Michael Huemer (philosopher)
Michael Huemer (born December 27, 1969 ) is an American philosopher . He is a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder .
Life
Huemer studied philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley ( BA , 1992) and received his PhD from Rutgers University in 1998 . He has been at the University of Colorado Boulder since 1998 .
job
Huemer represents direct realism in epistemology and intuitionism (in a special form, called: rationalistic intuitionism) and realism in ethics . His approach is phenomenal conservatism , which assumes that our perception and our moral convictions are, so to speak, innocent until proven otherwise. Huemer has published on philosophical skepticism , the induction problem , free will and deontological ethics , among other things .
He defends philosophical and political anarchism . He starts from moral premises which , according to Bryan Caplan , most non-libertarians already accept. In particular, he avoids the pitfalls of approaches that are purely consequentialist or purely rights-based.
criticism
The publicist Michael von Prollius wrote a detailed review of the book Against the presumption of politics on the Internet platform Forum Freie Gesellschaft . He doesn’t skimp on critical remarks - for example, it seems “bizarre to want to weigh the recreational value of firearms in relation to a human life” - and concludes his observations with the words: “ Politics is a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. "Mindful of the approving commentators," Huemer's connection between moral philosophy and social science does not work "for von Prollius.
Publications
- Skepticism and the Veil of Perception . Rowman & Littlefield, 2001, ISBN 0742512533 .
- Epistemology: Contemporary Readings (Ed. With Robert Audi). Routledge, 2002, ISBN 0415259215 .
- Ethical Intuitionism . Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, ISBN 9781403989680 .
- The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey . Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, ISBN 9781137281647 .
- Approaching Infinity . Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, ISBN 9781137560865 .
- Phenomenal Conservatism , 2019. In: Grajner M., Melchior G. (Ed.) Handbook Epistemology . JB Metzler, Stuttgart, DOI 10.1007 / 978-3-476-04632-1_24
Web links
- Huemer's personal website
- Huemer at the University of Colorado
- Andreas Müller: Against the presumption of politics . In: Novo . March 9, 2016
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Michael von Prollius : Politics or no politics - is that the question? Critical comments on Michael Huemer "Against the presumption of politics" . Forum Free Society . 2015 (discussion of The Problem of Political Authority and Against the Arrogance of Politics )
- also published in Mythos Anarchokapitalismus , Edition Forum Freie Gesellschaft Vol. 6, Fürstenberg 2015, Helmut Krebs and Michael von Prollius, ISBN 9783739217741 ; on pages 61–77
Individual evidence
- ^ Skepticism and the Veil of Perception. Huemer does not differentiate between direct and naive realism , but prefers the former term (see page xix).
- ↑ "A Liberal Realist Answer to Debunking Skepticism: The Empirical Case for Realism" , 2016, Philosophical Studies, p. 4
- ↑ Ethical Intuitionism
- ↑ Phenomenal Conservatism
- ^ The Problem of Political Authority , p. 137; Philosophical anarchism is the view that there are no political obligations. Political anarchism is the view that the state should be abolished.
- ↑ Bryan Caplan: Plausible Libertarianism: Philosophy, Social Science, and Huemer , Response Essays, March 6, 2013
- ↑ This coincides with Huemer's self-assessment within libertarian theorists: Some Opening Replies: Coordination, Intuition, and Positive Rights , The Conversation, March 14, 2013. Quote: “Can the idea of starting from obvious, uncontroversial premises really be a new idea ? Bizarrely enough, yes. "
- ↑ Michael von Prollius : Politics or no politics - is that the question? Critical comments on Michael Huemer "Against the presumption of politics" . In: Forum Free Society . ( forum-frei-gesellschaft.de [accessed on June 14, 2020]).
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SURNAME | Huemer, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philosopher |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1969 |