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    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    Sarah Buss is a contemporary American philosopher specializing in moral philosophy, agency, and practical reason. She is known for her work on autonomy, personal identity, and the nature of moral obligation, particularly exploring how constraints and dependencies shape authentic agency.

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    Influential work on personal autonomy and the conditions of free agency

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    Contributions to understanding moral obligation and practical reason

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    Editor of 'Contours of Agency: Essays on Themes from Harry Frankfurt'

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    Scholarly work on the ethics of manners and social norms

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    Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan

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    Skepticism

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    There is a fundamental tension between treating logical knowledge as a priori and the computational intractability of deciding logical validity.

    Truth & Knowledge

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    There is a fundamental tension between treating logical knowledge as a priori and the computational intractability of deciding logical validity.

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