Stanley Cavell

Stanley Louis Cavell (; September 1, 1926 – June 19, 2018) was an American philosopher. He was the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Emeritus, at Harvard University.  He worked in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, and ordinary language philosophy.  

His influential works were on Wittgenstein, Austin, Emerson, Thoreau, and Heidegger.  His work is seen and known by its conversational tone and many literary references.

Cavell died in Boston, Massachusetts of heart failure on June 19, 2018 at the age of 91.

References

Other websites
Harvard Philosophy Department website
Conversations: The Journal of Cavellian Studies
A Philosopher Goes to the Movies: Conversation with Stanley Cavell 
Daniel Ross, Review of Cavell, Philosophy the Day after Tomorrow
A study (in French) on Cavell's idea of perfectionism 
Stanley Cavell 

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