About Michael C. Rea
Born 1968. Michael C. Rea is an American philosopher.
Michael Cannon Rea is an American analytic philosopher and, since 2017, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He delivered the 2017 Gifford Lecture on divine hiddenness.
Work
In World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism, Rea argues that naturalists are not justified in accepting either realism about material objects, or realism about other minds, or materialism.
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Who is Michael C. Rea?
analytic philosopher, professor of philosophy
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Michael C. Rea was born in 1968.
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Michael C. Rea is a philosopher.
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