Timothy Shanahan (born December 22, 1960) is an American philosopher and Professor of
Philosophy
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at
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...
. He is known for his research on
philosophy of science
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,
philosophy and film, and the
morality of terrorism.
Books
* ''Reason and Insight: Western and Eastern Perspectives on the Pursuit of Moral Wisdom'', 2nd edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2003).
* ''The Evolution of Darwinism: Selection, Adaptation, and Progress in Evolutionary Biology'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004).
* ''Philosophy 9/11: Thinking about the War on Terrorism'' (Chicago: Open Court, 2005).
* ''The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Morality of Terrorism'' (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009).
* ''Philosophy and Blade Runner'' (Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
*''Blade Runner 2049: A Philosophical Exploration'' (London & New York: Routledge, 2019).
See also
*
Darwinism
Darwinism is a scientific theory, theory of Biology, biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of smal ...
*
philosophy of biology
The philosophy of biology is a subfield of philosophy of science, which deals with epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues in the biological and biomedical sciences. Although philosophers of science and philosophers generally have lon ...
References
External links
Timothy Shanahan at Loyola Marymount University
21st-century American philosophers
Analytic philosophers
American political philosophers
American philosophers of art
American philosophers of science
American philosophy academics
Living people
1960 births
Loyola Marymount University faculty
University of Notre Dame alumni
State University of New York at Cortland alumni
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