Gibbard, Allan
Gibbard, Allan (Fletcher)
(1942– ) philosopher; born in Providence, R.I. After earning a Harvard doctorate (1971), he taught at the University of Chicago (1969–77) and (from 1977) at the University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, specializing in metaphysics, ethics, and social choice theory.The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.