When was Akeel Bilgrami born?

Akeel Bilgrami was born in 1950.

Where was Akeel Bilgrami from?

Akeel Bilgrami is an Indian-American philosopher of the Contemporary era.

What philosophical movements is Akeel Bilgrami associated with?

Akeel Bilgrami is associated with Analytic Philosophy.

How many quotes are attributed to Akeel Bilgrami?

There are 8 attributed quotations from Akeel Bilgrami in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.

Akeel Bilgrami b. 1950

Akeel Bilgrami (born 1950) is an Indian-American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Analytic Philosophy.

Akeel Bilgrami is an Indian-American philosopher, Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, and one of the leading contemporary analytic philosophers of mind, language, and political philosophy. Belief and Meaning and Self-Knowledge and Resentment defended an externalist account of mental content together with a strong thesis of first-person authority over one's own beliefs, while Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment offered a sustained reflection on the political and intellectual conditions of secularism in a postcolonial world. His many essays on Gandhi and on the philosophical legacy of the Indian independence movement have shaped contemporary postcolonial political philosophy.

Key facts

Nationality: Indian-American
Era: Contemporary
Movements: Analytic Philosophy

Selected quotes

Attributed to Akeel Bilgrami:

“First-person authority is not infallibility; it is the special connection one has to what one is committed to believe.”
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“Secularism, properly understood, is a political ideal, not a metaphysical doctrine about the disenchantment of the world.”
Attributed to Akeel Bilgrami:

“Gandhi's politics is unintelligible without his metaphysics, and his metaphysics is unintelligible without his politics.”
Attributed to Akeel Bilgrami:

“The disenchantment of the world is reversible, and politics is the work of its reversal.”
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“Reason is constitutively committed to the responses it makes available to others.”

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Frequently asked about Akeel Bilgrami

When was Akeel Bilgrami born?: Akeel Bilgrami was born in 1950.
Where was Akeel Bilgrami from?: Akeel Bilgrami is an Indian-American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
What philosophical movements is Akeel Bilgrami associated with?: Akeel Bilgrami is associated with Analytic Philosophy.
What is Akeel Bilgrami known for?: Akeel Bilgrami is an Indian-American philosopher, Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, and one of the leading contemporary analytic philosophers of mind, language, and political philosophy.
How many quotes are attributed to Akeel Bilgrami?: There are 8 attributed quotations from Akeel Bilgrami in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.