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Sydney Shoemaker was born on 29 September, 1931 in Boise, Idaho, U.S., is an American philosopher (1931–2022). Discover Sydney Shoemaker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

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Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 29 September, 1931
Birthday 29 September
Birthplace Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Date of death 3 September, 2022
Died Place Ithaca, New York
Nationality Idaho

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1931

Sydney Sharpless Shoemaker (September 29, 1931 – September 3, 2022) was an American philosopher.

He was the Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University and is well known for his contributions to philosophy of mind and metaphysics.

1957

He taught philosophy at Ohio State University from 1957 to 1960 then, in 1961, returned to Cornell as a faculty member of the philosophy department.

1958

Shoemaker graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Reed College and earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell University in 1958 under the supervision of Norman Malcolm.

1968

In "Self-Reference and Self-Awareness" (1968), he argued that the phenomenon of absolute 'immunity to error through misidentification' is what distinguishes self-attributions of mental states (such as "I see a canary") from self-attributions of physical states (such as "I weigh 200 pounds").

In metaphysics, he defended the view that laws are metaphysically necessary, a position that follows from his view of properties as clusters of conditional causal powers.

He also applied his view of properties to the problem of mental causation.

He also distinguished contributions to the literature on self-knowledge and personal identity, where he defended a Lockean psychological continuity theory in his influential paper "Persons and their Pasts".

In his later work on the content of perception, he has argued for a distinctive version of representationalism.

1971

In 1971, he delivered the John Locke Lectures at Oxford University.

Shoemaker died on September 3, 2022, at the age of 90.

He was buried in Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve in Newfield.

Shoemaker worked primarily in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics, and published many classic papers in both of these areas (as well as their overlap).

1975

In "Functionalism and Qualia" (1975), for example, he argued that functionalism about mental states can account for the qualitative character (or 'raw feel') of mental states.

1978

In 1978 he was appointed the Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy, a position he held until his retirement, as professor emeritus of Philosophy.