Scott Sehon
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Scott Robert Sehon (born 1963) is an American philosopher and the Joseph E. Merrill Professor of philosophy at Bowdoin College. His primary work is in the fields of philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, the free will debate, and socialism. He is the author of Teleological Realism: Mind, Agency and Explanation (MIT University Press, 2005) in which he takes a controversial, non-causalist view of action explanation,[1][2] Free Will and Action Explanation: a Non-Causal, Compatibilist Account (Oxford University Press, 2016), and Socialism: A Logical Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Scott R. Sehon | |
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Born | (1963-11-25) November 25, 1963 (age 60) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
Institutions | Bowdoin College |
Main interests | Philosophy of mind Free will Socialism |
Sehon has also published in the area of philosophy of religion, with a particular focus on the problem of evil[3] and whether or not religious faith is a necessary foundation for morality.[4] In his later work, he has criticized anti-communism and American conservative arguments against socialism.[5][6][7]