Michael Thompson (philosopher)

Michael Thompson
Born
Michael John Thompson

1959 (age 66–67)
Education
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (PhD)
ThesisSome Remarks on the Role of Generality in Practice (1992)
David Dolinko
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Analytic philosophy
Pittsburgh school
InstitutionsUniversity of Pittsburgh
Notable students
Matthew Boyle
Main interests
Philosophy of action, ethics

Michael John Thompson (born 1959) is an American philosopher at the University of Pittsburgh.

Life and work

Thompson's 2009 book Life and Action has been the subject of multiple reviews, including the Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal's roundtable by Jay Bernstein, Alice Crary, and Zed Adams. The work has also been translated by Matthias Haase into German, Guido Seddone to Italian (including a preface), and Chen Chumiao into Chinese.

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 "antiphasis". sites.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Michael Thompson | Department of Philosophy | University of Pittsburgh". www.philosophy.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-29.
  3. ↑ Bernstein, J.M. (2009). "To Be Is to Live, To Be Is to Be Recognized:". Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal. 30 (2): 357–390. doi:10.5840/gfpj200930225. ISSN 0093-4240.
  4. ↑ Crary, Alice (2009). "Ethics as Part of Human Natural History:". Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal. 30 (2): 391–407. doi:10.5840/gfpj200930226. ISSN 0093-4240.
  5. ↑ Adams, Zed (2009). "On the Hardness of the Ethical Must:". Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal. 30 (2): 409–420. doi:10.5840/gfpj200930227. ISSN 0093-4240.
  6. ↑ Bishop, John (Oct 2011). "Michael Thompson, Life and Action: Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought". Ethics. 122 (1): 212–220. doi:10.1086/662065. ISSN 0014-1704.
  7. ↑ Lemmens, Willem (2010). "Review of Life and Action. Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought". Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. 72 (4): 829–830. ISSN 1370-575X. JSTOR 41289526.
  8. ↑ Narboux, Jean-Philippe (2010). "Review of Life and Action: Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought". Archives de Philosophie. 73 (2): 348–351. ISSN 0003-9632. JSTOR 43038673.
  9. ↑ Ertz, Timo-Peter (2009). "Review of Life and Action. Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought". Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung. 63 (4): 619–623. ISSN 0044-3301. JSTOR 27765833.
  10. ↑ Rometsch, Jens (2009). McDowell, John; Thompson, Michael (eds.). "Neues aus Pittsburgh". Philosophische Rundschau. 56 (4): 335–342. doi:10.1628/phr-2009-0004. ISSN 0031-8159. JSTOR 42572890.