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David Malet Armstrong

Australian philosopher (1926-2014) · Australia · Academics · Died at 87

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David Malet Armstrong, often D. M. Armstrong, was an Australian philosopher. He is well known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factualist ontology, a functionalist theory of the mind, an externalist epistemology, and a necessitarian conception of the laws of nature.

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Awards

Officer of the Order of Australia1993
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities1969
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

Country
Australia
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2014 · aged 87

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