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Robert Nozick: Philosophical Explanations
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To prepare for his philosophical forays into consciousness, Nozick did reading in neurophysiology. 'You can read and learn enough to be stimulated and to see where the issues and problems are,' he explains. 'You don?t have to be an expert to get an idea about the general structure of the processes that are taking place.'
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Nozick has served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. He was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was a senior fellow in Harvard’s Society of Fellows.
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Australia has now followed the US down this path, with both sides of politics moving further and further away from Rawls' welfare state toward Nozick's extreme individualism. This philosophical shift has been subtle but inexorable, like the movement of tectonic plates under the earths surface. As a result many recent policies have been sold using the user-pays mantra that Nozick championed - why should people be forced to pay taxes for things that benefit others?
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Nozick is notable among contemporary philosophers for his curious, exploratory style and methodological ecumenism. Often content to raise tantalizing philosophical possibilities and then leave judgment to the reader, Nozick is ... notable for inventively drawing from literature outside of philosophy (e.g., economics, physics, evolutionary biology) to infuse his work with freshness and relevance.
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