Philosopher

Scott Aikin

Overview

Scott F. Aikin (born 1971) is an American philosopher and associate professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he also holds a joint appointment in Classics. He earned an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Montana in 1999 and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University in 2006. His principal areas of research are epistemology, argumentation theory, ancient philosophy, and pragmatism.

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Philosophers who discussed Scott Aikin

• Robert B. Talisse

Ideas Scott Aikin discusses

• Ancient philosophy
• Argumentation theory
• Philosophy
• American philosophy
• William Kingdon Clifford
• Straw man
• Evidentialism
• Routledge
• William James
• Epistemology
• Pragmatism

Place in the tradition

Part of Fallibilism.

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