{{Short description|American Philosopher}} {{use mdy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox philosopher | name = Nicholas Fotion | era = [[Contemporary philosophy]] | region = [[Western philosophy]] | main_interests = {{unbulleted list |[[Moral Philosophy]] |[[Just war theory]] |[[Intentionality]]{{·}}[[Social reality]]}} | alma_mater = [[University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]] | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = [[John Searle]] }}
'''Nicholas George Fotion''' (September 18, 1927 – 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/38050523:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=b9be4558-d05c-401d-b224-bc5bd515a445&_phsrc=MZA233&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry |access-date=19 December 2023}}</ref> was an American philosopher noted for his contributions to the philosophy of ethics and philosophy of language. He has written on military ethics, terrorism,<ref>{{cite web|title=Terrorism |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/terrorism/#TerrUnju|publisher=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref> and [[just war theory]]. He has also worked on the [[speech act theory]] of [[John Searle]] and [[J.L. Austin]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.2307/2218128|title=Master Speech Acts|first=N.|last=Fotion|date=1971|journal=The Philosophical Quarterly|volume=21|issue=84|pages=232–243 |doi=10.2307/2218128 |jstor=2218128 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://philosophy.emory.edu/home/people/emeritus/fotion-nicholas.html | title=Nicholas Fotion}}</ref> He was professor emeritus at [[Emory University]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.britannica.com/contributor/Nicholas-Fotion/7746444 | title=Nicholas Fotion}}</ref>
Fotion was born in [[Cedar Rapids]], Iowa, in 1927. He died in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, in December 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Memorial Minutes, 2020 |url=https://www.apaonline.org/general/custom.asp?page=memorial_minutes2020 |website=American Philosophical Association |access-date=19 December 2023}}</ref>
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