William Frankena

Tags: Philosopher.

William K. Frankena (1908–1994) was an American moral philosopher. He was a member of the University of Michigan’s department of philosophy for 41 years (1937–1978) and chair of the department for 14 years (1947–1961).

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birth date

1908-06-21

birth place

Montana, Manhattan Montana

death date

1994-10-22

death place

Ann Arbor Michigan, Michigan

era

20th-century philosophy

influenced by

G. E. Moore, Clarence Irving Lewis, C. D. Broad, Ralph Barton Perry, Alfred North Whitehead

main interest

Ethics

philosophicalSchool

Analytic philosophy

region

Western philosophy