Anthony C. Grayling

Anthony C. Grayling
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Född3 april 1949 (75 år)
Luanshya, Nordrhodesia
RegionVästerländsk filosofi
SkolaAnalytisk filosofi ⋅ nyateism
IntressenEpistemologi, idéhistoria, etik, logik, metafysik
InfluenserBertrand Russell
Signatur

Anthony Clifford Grayling, född 3 april 1949 i Luanshya, är en brittisk filosof och författare. Han var professor i filosofi vid Birkbeck, University of London, innan han år 2011 grundade New College of the Humanities.

Biografi

Grayling avlade år 1981 doktorsexamen vid Magdalen College med avhandlingen Epistemological Scepticism and Transcendental Arguments. Mellan 2005 och 2011 var han professor i filosofi vid Birkbeck, University of London. Sistnämnda år grundade Grayling New College of the Humanities at Northeastern, ett privat college i London.

År 2017 utnämndes Grayling till kommendör av Brittiska imperieorden.[1]

Bibliografi (urval)

  • 1982 – An Introduction to Philosophical Logic
  • 1985 – The Refutation of Scepticism
  • 1988 – Wittgenstein
  • 1996 – Russell
  • 1997 – The Future of Moral Values
  • 2001 – The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life
  • 2002 – The Reason of Things: Living with Philosophy
  • 2002 – Russell: A Very Short Introduction
  • 2003 – What Is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live
  • 2005 – Descartes: The Life of René Descartes and Its Place in His Times
  • 2005 – The Heart of Things: Applying Philosophy to the 21st Century
  • 2006 – The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy
  • 2007 – Truth, Meaning and Realism: Essays in the Philosophy of Thought
  • 2009 – Ideas That Matter: A Personal Guide for the 21st Century
  • 2009 – Liberty in the Age of Terror: A Defence of Civil Society and Enlightenment Values
  • 2009 – To Set Prometheus Free: Essays on Religion, Reason and Humanity
  • 2009 – Thinking of Answers: Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life
  • 2013 – The God Argument
  • 2014 – Among the Dead Cities: Was the Allied Bombing of Civilians in WWII a Necessity or a Crime?
  • 2015 – The Challenge of Things: Thinking Through Troubled Times
  • 2016 – The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind
  • 2017 – War: An Enquiry
  • 2018 – Democracy and its Crisis
  • 2019 – The History of Philosophy
  • 2021 – The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind

Svensk översättning

  • 2015 – Bertrand Russell
  • 2021 – Filosofins historia: tre tusen år av tänkande

Källor

  • ”Professor A C Grayling CBE”. Humanists UK. https://humanists.uk/about/our-people/patrons/professor-a-c-grayling/. Läst 5 mars 2022. 

Noter

  1. ^ ”Order of the British Empire: Commanders of the Order of the British Empire” ( PDF). gov.uk. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/581860/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf. Läst 30 mars 2022. 

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