Newton Garver

{{Short description|American philosopher}}

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| education = Deep Springs College
Swarthmore College (BA)
University of Oxford
Cornell University (PhD)

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Newton Garver (April 24, 1928 – February 8, 2014) was an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at University at Buffalo.

He is known for his works on Wittgenstein.{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Seung-Chong |title=NEWTON GARVER, 1928-2014 |journal=Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association |date=2014 |volume=88 |pages=161–163 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43661483 |issn=0065-972X}}{{cite web |title=Newton Garver |url=https://www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosophy/faculty/memoriam/garver.html |website=www.buffalo.edu |language=en}}

Books

  • Derrida & Wittgenstein
  • This Complicated Form of Life
  • Limits to Power: Some Friendly Reminders
  • Nonviolence and community: Reflections on the Alternatives to Violence Project
  • Jesus, Jefferson, and the Task of Friends
  • Wittgenstein and approaches to clarity

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