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    Armstrong

    Armstrong

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy (Australian Realism)

    1926 – 2014

    David Malet Armstrong (1926-2014) was an Australian philosopher renowned for his work in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. He defended a materialist theory of mind and developed an influential account of universals as immanent in the natural world, becoming a central figure in Australian realism.

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    Notable Achievements

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    Developed a materialist theory of mind in 'A Materialist Theory of the Mind' (1968)

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    Defended scientific realism about universals as immanent properties

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    Advanced a factualist ontology grounded in states of affairs

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    Formulated an influential causal theory of knowledge and perception

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    Co-founded the Australian school of philosophical realism with J.J.C. Smart

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    Modality & Possibility

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    By analogy, simply positing relational tropes does not provide an effective theoretical response to Bradley's argument

    Truth & Knowledge

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    By analogy, simply positing relational tropes does not provide an effective theoretical response to Bradley's argument

    Consciousness & Mind

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    Whether a priori deducibility from the explanans is sufficient for explaining consciousness depends in part on the nature of the premises from which the deduction proceeds

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    Analytic Philosophy (Australian Realism)

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    Truth & Knowledge1
    Consciousness & Mind1
    Modality & Possibility1

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