Newton Garver
{{Short description|American philosopher}}
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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
References
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External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Betz |first1=Joseph |title=Violence: Garver's Definition and a Deweyan Correction |journal=Ethics |date=1977 |volume=87 |issue=4 |pages=339–351 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2379902 |issn=0014-1704}}
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Category:21st-century American philosophers
Category:20th-century American philosophers
Category:American philosophy academics
Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:University at Buffalo faculty
Category:Wittgensteinian philosophers
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
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