James Ferguson Conant (born June 10, 1958) is an American philosopher who has written extensively on topics in philosophy of language, ethics, and metaphilosophy. He is perhaps best known for his writings on Wittgenstein, and his association with the New Wittgenstein school of Wittgenstein interpretation. He has also written on Stanley Cavell, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Soren Kierkegaard, edited two volumes of Hilary Putnam's papers, and edited one volume of Thomas Kuhn's papers.

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  • James Ferguson Conant (born June 10, 1958) is an American philosopher who has written extensively on topics in philosophy of language, ethics, and metaphilosophy. He is perhaps best known for his writings on Wittgenstein, and his association with the New Wittgenstein school of Wittgenstein interpretation. He has also written on Stanley Cavell, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Soren Kierkegaard, edited two volumes of Hilary Putnam's papers, and edited one volume of Thomas Kuhn's papers. Conant was born in Kyoto, Japan to American parents. At 14, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He received his B.A. in Philosophy and History of Science from Harvard College in 1982, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard University in 1990. He joined the philosophy faculty at the University of Pittsburgh from 1991-1999, and then became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, where he continues to teach. At Chicago, he organizes and runs the University of Chicago Wittgenstein Workshop, which meets on a weekly basis during the academic year and serves as a forum for discussion of philosophical topics related to the work of Wittgenstein. In the 2008-2009 academic year, he is a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin). Conant is the grandson of former Harvard University president James Bryant Conant.
  • James Ferguson Conant est un philosophe américain. Né le 10 juin 1958 à Kyoto de parents américains, il enseigne actuellement à l'Université de Chicago. Il est le petit-fils de l'ancien président de l'Université d'Harvard, James Bryant Conant.
  • James Ferguson Conant – amerykański filozof, zajmujący się szczególnie filozofią analityczną, Immanuelem Kantem, Sørenem Kierkegaardem oraz problematyką etyczną. Jest obecnie profesorem Uniwersytetu Chicagowskiego; jest wnukiem byłego rektora Uniwersytetu Harvarda, Jamesa B. Conanta. James Conant jest, obok Cory Diamond, jednym z głównych przedstawicieli tzw. New Wittgenstein, to znaczy nowej interpretacji filozofii Ludwiga Wittgensteina, proponujacej nowe rozważenie, m. in. , problemu "nonsensu". Znany jest także ze współpracy ze Stanleyem Cavellem.
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  • James Ferguson Conant (born June 10, 1958) is an American philosopher who has written extensively on topics in philosophy of language, ethics, and metaphilosophy. He is perhaps best known for his writings on Wittgenstein, and his association with the New Wittgenstein school of Wittgenstein interpretation. He has also written on Stanley Cavell, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Soren Kierkegaard, edited two volumes of Hilary Putnam's papers, and edited one volume of Thomas Kuhn's papers.
  • James Ferguson Conant est un philosophe américain. Né le 10 juin 1958 à Kyoto de parents américains, il enseigne actuellement à l'Université de Chicago. Il est le petit-fils de l'ancien président de l'Université d'Harvard, James Bryant Conant.
  • James Ferguson Conant – amerykański filozof, zajmujący się szczególnie filozofią analityczną, Immanuelem Kantem, Sørenem Kierkegaardem oraz problematyką etyczną. Jest obecnie profesorem Uniwersytetu Chicagowskiego; jest wnukiem byłego rektora Uniwersytetu Harvarda, Jamesa B. Conanta. James Conant jest, obok Cory Diamond, jednym z głównych przedstawicieli tzw. New Wittgenstein, to znaczy nowej interpretacji filozofii Ludwiga Wittgensteina, proponujacej nowe rozważenie, m. in.
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  • James F. Conant
  • James Conant
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