Adam Morton (1945 – 2020) was a Canadian philosopher. Morton's work focused on how we understand one another's behaviour in everyday life, with an emphasis on the role mutual intelligibility plays in cooperative activity. He also wrote on

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concer ...

, decision-making,

philosophy of language In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning, intentionality, reference, ...

and

epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Epis ...

. His later work concerned our vocabulary for evaluating and monitoring our thinking. Morton was Professor of Philosophy from 1980 to 2000 at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

in the UK and finished his academic career at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thre ...

. He was president of the Aristotelian Society during 1998–1999 and in 2006 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Works

Morton authored ''Frames of Mind: Constraints on the Common Sense Conception of the Mental'' (1980), ''Disasters and Dilemmas: Strategies for Real-life Decision Making'' (1990), ''The Importance of Being Understood: Folk Psychology as Ethics'' (2002), ''On Evil'' (2005), ''Bounded Thinking: Intellectual Virtues for Limited Agents'' (2012), ''Emotion and Imagination'' (2013), and two textbooks, ''A Guide Through the Theory of Knowledge'' (2002) and ''Philosophy in Practice'' (2003). Along with Stephen P. Stich, he co-edited ''Benacerraf and His Critics'' (1997).

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Key Philosophers in Conversation: Adam Morton (1999)
1945 births 20th-century Canadian philosophers 21st-century Canadian philosophers Academics of the University of Bristol Canadian expatriate academics in the United Kingdom Canadian philosophers Canadian people of Armenian descent Epistemologists Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada 2020 deaths McGill University alumni Philosophers of language Philosophers of mathematics Philosophers of mind Presidents of the Aristotelian Society Princeton University alumni Princeton University faculty University of Alberta faculty University of Oklahoma faculty University of Ottawa faculty Presidents of the Canadian Philosophical Association {{Canada-philosopher-stub