Irving Grant Thalberg Jr. (August 25, 1930August 21, 1987) was an American author and the son of 1930s

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and

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-winning actress

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. Thalberg was six years old when his father died from

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at the age of 37. He was educated at

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and attended

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. He was a professor of philosophy at the

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until he died of cancer on August 21, 1987. He left behind his wife from his second marriage, the American anthropologist, Deborah Pellow and three daughters from his first marriage to Suzanne McCormick. Prior to the University of Illinois, he was briefly a professor at the

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Thalberg published two books of philosophical studies through the Muirhead Library of Philosophy: ''Enigmas of Agency'' (

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, London, 1972), and ''Perception, Emotion & Action'' (Blackwells, Oxford, 1977). Unlike most

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, Thalberg published articles that defended the Platonic tripartite analysis of knowledge ( justified true belief, a.k.a. "JTB") against the more popular view that Gettier counterexamples refuted the JTB account. Specifically, Thalberg argued that justification is not transmissible through valid deduction.

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http://www.jstor.org/stable/4318855 https://doi.org/10.2307/2024370 1930 births 1987 deaths Alumni of Institut Le Rosey American people of German-Jewish descent Jewish philosophers Writers from Los Angeles University of Illinois Chicago faculty Deaths from cancer in Illinois 20th-century American philosophers {{US-philosopher-stub

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