Nick Fotion

Nicholas George Fotion (September 18, 1927 – 2019)^[1] was an American philosopher noted for his contributions to the philosophy of ethics and philosophy of language. He has written on military ethics, terrorism,^[2] and just war theory. He has also worked on the speech act theory of John Searle and J.L. Austin.^[3][4] He was professor emeritus at Emory University.^[5]

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Nicholas Fotion
Education
Alma mater	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Academic advisors	John Searle
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Main interests	Moral Philosophy Just war theory Intentionality · Social reality
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Fotion was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1927. He died in Atlanta, Georgia, in December 2019.^[6]

1. ^ "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947". Ancestry. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
2. ^ "Terrorism". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
3. ^ Fotion, N. (1971). "Master Speech Acts". The Philosophical Quarterly. 21 (84): 232–243. doi:10.2307/2218128. JSTOR 2218128.
4. ^ "Nicholas Fotion".
5. ^ "Nicholas Fotion".
6. ^ "Memorial Minutes, 2020". American Philosophical Association. Retrieved December 19, 2023.

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