David Malet Armstrong

Philosopher, Author

1926 – 2014

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Who was David Malet Armstrong?

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. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.

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Born
Jul 8, 1926
Melbourne
Also known as
  • D. M. Armstrong
Profession
Education
  • University of Sydney
Died
May 13, 2014
Sydney

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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