T. M. Scanlon
T. M. Scanlon | |
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Scanlon in 2018 | |
| Born | Thomas Michael Scanlon June 28, 1940 |
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| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
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| Main interests | Contractualism |
| Notable ideas | Reasons fundamentalism |
Thomas Michael "Tim" Scanlon (/ˈskænlən/; born June 28, 1940), usually cited as T. M. Scanlon, is an American philosopher. At the time of his retirement in 2016, he was the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity in Harvard University's Department of Philosophy, where he had taught since 1984. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.