British philosophers British philosophers Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller ( August 16 1864- August 9 1937) was a German- British pragmatist philosopher. Born in Nord-Schleswig, Denmark, Schiller studied at the University of Oxford, and later was a professor there, after being invited back after a brief time at Cornell. Later in his life he taught at the University of Southern California. His philosophy was very similar to and often aligned with the pragmatism of William James, although he refered to it as humanism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller"
Frank Plumpton Ramsey ( February 22, 1903 – January 19, 1930) was a British mathematician, philosopher and economist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank P. Ramsey"
Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe ( March 18, 1919 – January 5, 2001) (known as Elizabeth Anscombe, published as G. E. M. Anscombe) was a British analytic philosopher. A student of Ludwig Wittgenstein, she became on authority on his work, and edited and translated many books drawn from his writings. She wrote on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, logic, semiotics, and language theory. Her 1958 article "Modern Moral Philosophy", introduced the term " consequentialism" into the English language. She was also a theologian, and contributed extensively to the fields of ethics, especially to the modern revival of virtue ethics. ...more on Wikipedia about "G. E. M. Anscombe"
Gareth Evans ( 12 May 1946 – 10 August 1980) was a British philosopher at Oxford University during the 1970s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gareth Evans (philosopher)"
Sir Geoffrey Warnock was a philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geoffrey Warnock"
George Berkeley ( British English:/ /; Irish English: / /) ( March 12, 1685 – January 14, 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an influential Irish philosopher whose primary philosophical achievement is the advancement of what has come to be called subjective idealism, summed up in his dictum, "Esse est percipi" ("To be is to be perceived"). Basically, the theory is that we can only directly know sensations and ideas of objects, not abstractions such as "matter". He wrote a number of works, the most widely-read of which are his Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge ( 1710) and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous ( 1713) (Philonous, the "lover of the mind", representing Berkeley himself). In 1734 he published The Analyst, a critique of the foundations of science, which was very influential in the subsequent development of mathematics. ...more on Wikipedia about "George Berkeley"
George Boole [ ], ( November 2, 1815 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England – December 8, 1864 Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland) was a ...more on Wikipedia about "George Boole"
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Gillian Rose ( 20 September 1947- 9 December 1995) was a British scholar working in the fields of philosophy and sociology. Her work included criticisms of neo-Kantianism and post-modernism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gillian Rose"
Graham Priest is Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. He is known for his bold defense of dialetheism as well as his many writings related to paraconsistent and other non-classical logics. He was a frequent collaborator with the late Richard Sylvan, a fellow proponent of dialetheism and paraconsistent logic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Graham Priest"
Harry Burrows Acton ( 1908 – 1974) was a British academic in the field of political philosophy, known for books defending the morality of capitalism, and attacking Marxism-Leninism. He in particular produced arguments on the incoherence of Marxism, which he described as a 'farrago' (in philosophical terms). His book The Illusion of the Epoch, in which this appears, is a standard point of reference. Other interests were the Marquis de Condorcet, Hegel, John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer, F. H. Bradley, Bernard Bosanquet and Sidney Webb. ...more on Wikipedia about "H. B. Acton"
Henry Habberley Price ( 1899– 1984) was a British philosopher, known for his work on perception. He also wrote on parapsychology. ...more on Wikipedia about "H. H. Price"
Hastings Rashdall ( 1858– 1924) was an English philosopher who expounded a theory known as ideal utilitarianism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hastings Rashdall"
Dr Helena Cronin is a noted Darwinian philosopher and rationalist. Co-director of Darwin Centre (Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method Department, Darwin@LSE) at the LSE. She achieved prominence with her book, The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today but has published and broadcast widely since. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helena Cronin"
Henry Longueville Mansel ( October 6, 1820 – July 1, 1871) was an English philosopher. ...more on Wikipedia about "Henry Longueville Mansel"
Henry Sidgwick ( May 31, 1838– August 28, 1900) was an English philosopher. ...more on Wikipedia about "Henry Sidgwick"
Sir Isaiah Berlin, OM, ( June 6 1909 – November 5 1997) was a political philosopher and historian of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the 20th century. Born in Riga, then part of the Russian Empire, he was the first Jew to be elected to a prize fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford. From 1957 to 1967, he was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Oxford. In 1967, he helped to found Wolfson College, Oxford, and became its first president. He was knighted in 1957, and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1971. He was president of the British Academy from 1974 to 1978. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isaiah Berlin"
John Langshaw Austin ( March 28, 1911 – February 8, 1960) was a philosopher of language, who developed much of the current theory of speech acts. He was born in Lancaster and educated at Balliol College, Oxford. After serving in MI6 during World War II, Austin became White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford. He occupies a place in philosophy of language alongside Wittgenstein in staunchly advocating the examination of the way words are used in order to elucidate meaning. ...more on Wikipedia about "J. L. Austin"
John Leslie Mackie ( 1917– 1981) was a philosopher, originally from Sydney, Australia. From 1967 until his death, he was a Fellow of University College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1974. ...more on Wikipedia about "J. L. Mackie"
James Hutchison Stirling (* January 22 1820 - † March 19 1909), philosopher, born in Glasgow, and educated there and at Edinburgh, where he studied medicine, which he practised until the death of his father in 1851, after which he devoted himself to philosophy. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Hutchison Stirling"
Janet Radcliffe Richards ( 1944- ) is a well-known British feminist philosopher and bioethicist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Janet Radcliffe Richards"
Jennifer Hornsby ( 1951 - ) is a British philosopher of mind, action and language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jennifer Hornsby"
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John Gray (born 1948), is a prominent British political philosopher and author, currently School Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Gray (LSE)"
Professor John Hick (born 1922) is an important and influential philosopher of religion and theologian. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Hick"
John Laird ( 17 May, 1887 — 5 August, 1946) was a philosopher, in the school of New British Realism, who later turned to metaphysical idealism. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Laird (philosopher)"
John Macmurray ( 1891 - 1976) was a Christian, communitarian moral philosopher. He was born at Maxwellton in Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Macmurray"
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