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January 1, 2017 (74 years old)
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Sagittarius
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Derek Parfit
Derek Antony Parfit is an English philosopher specializing in the study of personal identity, rationality and morality. He is considered by many to be one of the most important and influential moral philosophers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Parfit emerged in 1971 with the publication of his first article, “Personal Identity”. His first book, Reason and Man, is described as the most important work on moral philosophy since the 1800s. His second book, On What Matters, was widely distributed and discussed for many years before its publication. Throughout his academic career, Parfit worked at the University of Oxford, where he was Honorary Senior Fellow at All Souls College at the time of his death. He is also a visiting professor of philosophy at Harvard University, New York University, and Rutgers University.
BornDecember 11, 1942, Chengdu, Republic of China
DiedJanuary 02, 2017, London, England, United Kingdom
EducationEton College, Balliol College, Oxford (B.A, 1964), Columbia University

About Derek Parfit

Philosopher Derek Parfit was born in China on December 11, 1942. He dies at the age of 74, on January 1, 2017.

Personal identity, rationality, and ethics were among the topics he explored as a British philosopher.

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Derek Parfit before becoming famous

Derek Parfit was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1942 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1984, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford.

Achievement of Derek Parfit

In order to study our beliefs and intuitions about our identities, he drew philosophical inspiration from shows like Star Trek.

Derek Parfit's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born in China, but his family moved to the United Kingdom when he was a child.

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As a visiting lecturer at New York University, where fashion designer Fashion Designer John Bakel studied, he gave classes.

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Derek Parfit Income & Net worth

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