Richard Cartwright (philosopher)

Richard Cartwright
Born	Richard Lee Cartwright 1925
Died	2010
Education	Oberlin College (B.A., 1945) Brown University (Ph.D., 1954)
Spouse	Helen Morris
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Institutions	University of Michigan Wayne State University MIT
Thesis	Logical Constructions (1954)
Doctoral advisor	Curt John Ducasse Roderick Chisholm
Doctoral students	Richard Boyd
Main interests	Philosophy of language
Notable ideas	All-in-one principle (the objects in any domain of discourse form a set)

Richard Lee Cartwright (1925–2010) was an American philosopher of language and emeritus professor of philosophy at MIT.

Education and career

Cartwright took his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1945, and his Ph.D. from Brown University in 1954 under Curt John Ducasse and Roderick Chisholm. He taught at the University of Michigan and then at Wayne State University. In 1967 he moved to MIT, where he was appointed to strengthen the new graduate philosophy program, and where he continued to teach until his retirement in 1996. Cartwright served twice as head of philosophy at MIT, and also as head of the humanities department. He was the doctoral advisor of 12 doctoral students at MIT, including Richard Boyd.