Fred Feldman
Fred Feldman | |
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| Born | 1941 (age 84–85) Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Education | Bard College (B.A., 1963) SUNY (M.A., 1965) Brown University (Ph.D., 1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roderick Chisholm |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Doctoral students | |
| Main interests | Ethical theory |
Fred Feldman (born 1941) is an American philosopher who specializes in ethical theory. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he taught from 1969 until his retirement in 2013. His research primarily focused on normative ethics, metaethics, the nature of happiness, and justice. He had long been fascinated by philosophical problems about the nature and value of death. He received a NEH research fellowship for the academic year of 2008/09; he received a Conti Faculty research fellowship for the academic year of 2013/14.