Judith Jarvis Thomson Quotes on Knowledge
Judith Jarvis Thomson was an American moral and metaphysical philosopher and a long-serving professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This page collects quotes attributed to Judith Jarvis Thomson on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Judith Jarvis Thomson:
“Careful description of cases is the first task of moral philosophy.”
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“A fetus is no more a human than an acorn is a tree”
Judith Jarvis Thomson, Philosopher, “A Defense of Abortion”. Philosophy & Public Affairs, Fall 1971 -
“Judith Jarvis Thomson, Philosopher, “A Defense of Abortion”. Philosophy & Public Affairs, Fall 1971”
A fetus is no more a human than an acorn is a tree -
“Judith Jarvis Thomson, "How it Was" Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association vol. 87, November 2013, pgs. 109-121”
Many women of my generation, in many fields, had good reason to be grateful to the women's colleges.