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...Nozick turned to political philosophy for the first time in 1971, when he delivered several talks on the topic at Harvard as a guest lecturer. Shortly after giving the lectures, Nozick later recalled, Rawls’ Theory of Justice arrived in his mailbox, and soon after he prepared his own rejoinder—which culminated three years later in Anarchy, State, and Utopia...
Though he achieved widespread recognition in the field of political philosophy, Nozick always considered himself primarily an analytic philosopher. He later referred to the writing of Anarchy, State, and Utopia as “an accident” that came about as a side project while he had been pursuing loftier questions of free will...
Eventually, as he returned to analytic philosophy, Nozick stopped trying to keep up with the growing literature about Anarchy, State, and Utopia...
...fact, throughout his career, Nozick made a point of exploring new fields and leaving others to discuss his past work. And it was the same way with his teaching...
...When Nozick joined the Harvard faculty in 1970, his colleagues affectionately took to calling him “tigger” behind his back because he was “such a bouncy animal,” Goldfarb said...