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Michael Huemer

Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than eighty academic articles in epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy, and he has written several books including Ethical Intuitionism. Huemer is also known for his detailed defence of philosophical anarchism in his book The Problem of Political Authority.

Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than eighty academic articles in epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy, and he has written several books including Ethical Intuitionism. Huemer is also known for his detailed defence of philosophical anarchism in his book The Problem of Political Authority.

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