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'''Michael Huemer''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|j|uː|m|ər}}; born 27 December 1969) is a professor of [[philosophy]] at the [[University of Colorado, Boulder]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/people/faculty/michael-huemer | title=Michael Huemer | date=24 March 2015 }}</ref> He has defended [[ethical intuitionism]], [[direct realism]], [[libertarianism]], [[ |
'''Michael Huemer''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|j|uː|m|ər}}; born 27 December 1969) is a professor of [[philosophy]] at the [[University of Colorado, Boulder]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/people/faculty/michael-huemer | title=Michael Huemer | date=24 March 2015 }}</ref> He has defended [[ethical intuitionism]], [[direct realism]], [[libertarianism]], [[substance dualism]], [[reincarnation]], [[mere addition paradox|the repugnant conclusion]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Huemer |first1=Michael |title=In Defence of Repugnance |journal=Mind |date=2008 |volume=117 |issue=468 |pages=899–933 |doi=10.1093/mind/fzn079 |jstor=20532700 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/20532700 |issn=0026-4423}}</ref> and [[philosophical anarchism]]. |
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==Education and career== |
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==Philosophical work== |
==Philosophical work== |
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Huemer is a philosophical [[Mind–body dualism|dualist]].<ref name="Interview">{{Cite web|last=Sosis|first=Cliff|date=2021|title=Michael Huemer Interview |url=https://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/michael-huemer|website=What is it like to be a Philosopher?|language=en-GB|archive-date=|archive-url=|url-status=live}}</ref> His book ''[[Ethical Intuitionism (book)|Ethical Intuitionism]]'' (2005) was reviewed in ''Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=McNaughton |first=David |title=Michael Huemer: Ethical Intuitionism |url=http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/25112/?id=7604 |date=10 September 2006 |journal=Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |issn=1538-1617}}</ref> ''[[Philosophy and Phenomenological Research]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last=Schroeder |first=Mark |title=Review: Huemer's Clarkeanism: Ethical Intuitionism by Michael Huemer |journal=Philosophy and Phenomenological Research |date=2009 |volume=78 |issue=1 |pages=197–204 |doi=10.1111/j.1933-1592.2008.00239.x |jstor=40380419}}</ref> and ''[[Mind (journal)|Mind]].''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lemos |first1=Noah |title=Review: Michael Huemer: Ethical Intuitionism |journal=Mind |volume=117 |issue=466 |year=2008 |pages=483–486 |issn=0026-4423 |doi=10.1093/mind/fzn063}}</ref> |
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Huemer is the author of ''[[The Problem of Political Authority]]'' (2013) which argues that the modern arguments for [[political authority]] fail and that society can function properly without state coercion.<ref>{{cite journal |author= Skoble, Aeon J.|title=Reviewed Work: The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey by Michael Huemer |
Huemer is the author of ''[[The Problem of Political Authority]]'' (2013), which argues that the modern arguments for [[political authority]] fail and that society can function properly without state coercion.<ref>{{cite journal |author= Skoble, Aeon J.|title=Reviewed Work: The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey by Michael Huemer|journal=[[The Independent Review]]|volume=19 |issue=1 |year=2014 |pages=144–147|jstor=24563269}}</ref> Huemer is an [[Agnosticism|agnostic]].<ref name="Lemieux">{{Cite web|last=Lemieux|first=Pierre|date=2022|title=A Wide Ranging Libertarian Philosopher, Reasonable and Radical|url=https://www.cato.org/regulation/winter-2021/2022/wide-ranging-libertarian-philosopher-reasonable-radical|website=Cato Institute|language=en-GB|archive-date=February 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225023932/https://www.cato.org/regulation/winter-2021/2022/wide-ranging-libertarian-philosopher-reasonable-radical|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Phenomenal conservatism=== |
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==Vegetarianism== |
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Huemer has defended [[phenomenal conservatism]], the idea that it is reasonable to assume that things are as they appear, except when there are positive grounds for doubting this. |
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⚫ | His ''Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism'' (2019) is a series of dialogues on the [[ethics of eating meat]]. [[Peter Singer]] who wrote the foreword to book commented that "In the future, when people ask me why I don't eat meat, I will tell them to read this book."<ref>[https://animainternational.org/blog/interview-with-michael-huemer "Interview with Michael Huemer, the author of ”Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism"]. Animainternational.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.routledge.com/Dialogues-on-Ethical-Vegetarianism/Huemer/p/book/9781138328297 "Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism"]. Routledge.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.</ref> |
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Huemer has stated that the [[Problem of evil|presence of evil]] in the world such as children with terrible diseases is strong evidence that an [[omnipotent]], [[omniscient]], and [[omnibenevolent]] God does not exist.<ref name="Lemieux"/> |
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===Reincarnation=== |
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Huemer has argued that immaterial [[soul]]s exist.<ref name="Lemieux"/> He has defended reincarnation in his paper "Existence Is Evidence of Immortality".<ref>{{cite journal|author=Jäger, Jens|year=2021|title=Immortal Beauty: Does Existence Confirm Reincarnation?|journal=Australasian Journal of Philosophy|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00048402.2021.1938150|volume=100|issue=4|pages=789-807| doi=10.1080/00048402.2021.1938150}}</ref> In 2022, he debated [[Graham Oppy]] on the existence of souls.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022|title=Do Souls Exist?:Mike Huemer (Yes): Graham Oppy (No): ep. 183|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxSi0htNihk|website=Youtube|language=en-GB|archive-date=April 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428224429/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxSi0htNihk|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Animal ethics=== |
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⚫ | In 2016, Huemer debated [[Bryan Caplan]] on the ethical treatment of animals, including [[insects]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20170427222657/http://www.learnliberty.org/blog/do-animals-have-rights-professors-bryan-caplan-and-michael-huemer-discuss/ "Do animals have rights? Professors Bryan Caplan and Michael Huemer discuss"]. Learnliberty.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.</ref>Inregard to killing insects, Huemer has argued that insects are not raised in horrible conditions like animals in factory farms, animal farming requires killing more insects as they are fed vegetable foods and it is "much less likely that insects feel pain".<ref name="Huemer 2019"/> Huemer has commented: "In the overwhelming majority of actual cases, meat eaters do not have any reasons that could plausibly be claimed to justify the pain and suffering caused by their practice."<ref>[https://reason.com/2018/09/26/proposition-libertarians-shoul1/ "Debate: Libertarians Should Be Vegetarians"]. Reason.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.</ref> |
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⚫ | His ''Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism'' (2019) is a series of dialogues on the [[ethics of eating meat]]. [[Peter Singer]], who wrote the foreword to book, commented that "In the future, when people ask me why I don't eat meat, I will tell them to read this book."<ref>[https://animainternational.org/blog/interview-with-michael-huemer "Interview with Michael Huemer, the author of ”Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism"]. Animainternational.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.routledge.com/Dialogues-on-Ethical-Vegetarianism/Huemer/p/book/9781138328297 "Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism"]. Routledge.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.</ref> |
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===Ostroveganism=== |
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Huemer is an advocate of ostroveganism, a [[plant-based diet]] with the addition of [[oyster]]s and other bivalves.<ref name="Huemer 2019">Huemer, Michael. (2019). ''Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism''. Routledge. pp. 74-75. {{ISBN|978-1-138-32829-7}}</ref><ref name="Milburn 2022">{{cite journal|author=Milburn, Josh; Bobier, Christopher|year=2022|title=New Omnivorism: a Novel Approach to Food and Animal Ethics|journal=Food Ethics|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41055-022-00098-z|volume=7|issue=|pages=5|doi=10.1007/s41055-022-00098-z}}</ref> Ostroveganism has been described as a type of "new omnivorism".<ref name="Milburn 2022"/> |
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==Personal life== |
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Huemer is married to Iskra Fileva.<ref name="Interview"/> |
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==Books== |
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*''Is Political Authority an Illusion?: A Debate'' ( |
*''Is Political Authority an Illusion?: A Debate'' (with [[Daniel Layman]], Routledge, 2022) |
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*''Can We Know Anything?: A Debate'' ( |
*''Can We Know Anything?: A Debate'' (with [[Bryan Frances]], Routledge, Forthcoming) |
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Michael Huemer
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Born | (1969-12-27) December 27, 1969 (age 54) |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Rutgers University (PhD) |
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Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
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Institutions | University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Notable ideas | Phenomenal conservatism |
Website | https://www.owl232.net/ |
Michael Huemer (/ˈhjuːmər/; born 27 December 1969) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder.[1] He has defended ethical intuitionism, direct realism, libertarianism, substance dualism, reincarnation, the repugnant conclusion,[2] and philosophical anarchism.
Huemer graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and earned his Ph.D. at Rutgers University in 1998 under the supervision of Peter D. Klein.[3]
Huemer is a philosophical dualist.[4] His book Ethical Intuitionism (2005) was reviewed in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews,[5] Philosophy and Phenomenological Research[6] and Mind.[7]
Huemer is the author of The Problem of Political Authority (2013), which argues that the modern arguments for political authority fail and that society can function properly without state coercion.[8] Huemer is an agnostic.[9]
Huemer has defended phenomenal conservatism, the idea that it is reasonable to assume that things are as they appear, except when there are positive grounds for doubting this.
Huemer has stated that the presence of evil in the world such as children with terrible diseases is strong evidence that an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God does not exist.[9]
Huemer has argued that immaterial souls exist.[9] He has defended reincarnation in his paper "Existence Is Evidence of Immortality".[10] In 2022, he debated Graham Oppy on the existence of souls.[11]
In 2016, Huemer debated Bryan Caplan on the ethical treatment of animals, including insects.[12] In regard to killing insects, Huemer has argued that insects are not raised in horrible conditions like animals in factory farms, animal farming requires killing more insects as they are fed vegetable foods and it is "much less likely that insects feel pain".[13] Huemer has commented: "In the overwhelming majority of actual cases, meat eaters do not have any reasons that could plausibly be claimed to justify the pain and suffering caused by their practice."[14]
His Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism (2019) is a series of dialogues on the ethics of eating meat. Peter Singer, who wrote the foreword to book, commented that "In the future, when people ask me why I don't eat meat, I will tell them to read this book."[15][16]
Huemer is an advocate of ostroveganism, a plant-based diet with the addition of oysters and other bivalves.[13][17] Ostroveganism has been described as a type of "new omnivorism".[17]
Huemer is married to Iskra Fileva.[4]
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