Sydney Shoemaker, professor emeritus of philosophy at Cornell College, has died.
Professor Shoemaker was an influential thinker well-known for his analysis in metaphysics and philosophy of thoughts. His works embody Physical Realization, Self-Knowledge and Self-Identity, The First Person Perspective and Other Essays, Identity, Cause, and Mind: Philosophical Essays, a number of different books, and plenty of articles. You possibly can discover his writings here.
Professor Shoemaker turned a member of the school at Cornell in 1961. Previous to that, he taught at Ohio State College. He earned his PhD from Cornell and was an undergraduate at Reed School.
(photograph by way of David Chalmers)
