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By Cora Diamond

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Cora Diamond is Kenan Professor of Philosophy emerita at the University of Virginia. Her works have analyzed philosophical problems in many areas, including Wittgenstein, Frege, Philosophy of Language, Ethics, Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Literature. Her notable works include “What Nonsense Might Be”, an analysis of Fregean nonsense, as well as numerous writings on all of Wittgenstein’s lifetime work. She has also been noted for her writing on animal rights, including the article “Eating Meat and Eating People” published by Cambridge University Press.

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