Jonathan Schaffer
Jonathan Schaffer | |
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| Born | Jonathan Moshe Schaffer |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Kenyon College (BA) Rutgers University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Causation and the Probabilities of Processes (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Brian P. McLaughlin |
| Other advisors | Barry Loewer, Tim Maudlin, David Lewis |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School or tradition | Analytic |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
| Main interests | Meta-ontology |
| Notable ideas | Priority monism |
| Website | jonathanschaffer |
Jonathan Moshe Schaffer is an American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and also working in epistemology, mind, and language. He is best known for his work on grounding and his development of monism, and is also a notable proponent of contrastivism.