Anthony Kenny

Sir Anthony John Patrick Kenny (born March 16, 1931 in Liverpool ) is an English philosopher and historian of philosophy.

Life

Anthony Kenny was ordained a priest in Rome in 1955 . He received his Ph.D. in 1961. (Doctor of Philosophy) at Balliol College of University of Oxford , and was then a research assistant at the University of until 1963 Liverpool operates. At the same time he was a Catholic parish priest in Liverpool (1959–1963). He was then called to serve as a priest at the Pontifical Venerable English College in Rome . In 1963 he was made lay (and excommunicated in 1965 after his marriage to Nancy Gayley ). He has since considered himself an agnostic. In the following years he worked at various institutions and in various functions at Oxford University, first as a tutor , then as a lecturer and finally as a professor . From 1984 to 2001 he was Vice-Rector ( Pro-Vice Chancellor ) of this university, where he is now Emeritus is.

Honors

In 1992 Anthony Kenny was beaten by Queen Elizabeth II to the Knight Bachelor . He is a member of numerous national and international scientific academies and societies, including the American Philosophical Society since 1993 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2003 . From 1989 to 1993 he was President of the British Academy . From 2006 to 2009 he was President of the Royal Institute of Philosophy . Since 1991 he has been a member of the Academia Europaea .

Works

• Action, emotion and will . Routledge, London 1963, ISBN 0-415-30374-5 .
• Responsa Alumnorum of English College. Rome, 2 vols, 1963.
• Descartes. 1968.
• The Five Ways: St. Thomas Aquinas' proofs of God's existence . Routledge, London 1969, ISBN 0-415-31845-9 .
• Wittgenstein . The Penguin Press, Harmondsworth 1973, ISBN 0-14-021581-6 .
• The Anatomy of the Soul. 1974.
• Will, Freedom and Power. Barnes & Noble Books, New York 1975, ISBN 0-06-493639-2 .
• The Aristotelian Ethics: a study of the relationship between the Eudemian and Nicomachean ethics of Aristotle. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1978, ISBN 0-19-824554-8 .
• The god of the philosophers . OUP, Oxford 1979, ISBN 0-19-824594-7 .
• Aquinas . Hill and Wang, New York 1980, ISBN 0-8090-2724-0 .
• The Computation of Style: an introduction to statistics for students of literature and humanities . Pergamon Press, Oxford / New York 1982, ISBN 0-08-024282-0 .
• A Path from Rome: An autobiography . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1986, ISBN 0-19-283050-3 .
• God and Two Poets: Arthur Hugh Clough and Gerard Manley Hopkins . Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1988, ISBN 0-283-99387-1 .
• The Metaphysics of Mind. 1989.
• The Oxford Diaries of. Arthur Hugh Clough. 1990.
• Mountains: an anthology . John Murray, London 1991, ISBN 0-7195-4639-7 .
• What is Faith? Essays in the philosophy of religion. OUP, Oxford 1992, ISBN 0-19-283067-8 .
• Aristotle on the Perfect Life . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1993, ISBN 0-19-824017-1 .
• Aquinas on Mind . Routledge, London / New York 1993, ISBN 0-415-04415-4 .
• as editor: The Oxford History of Western Philosophy . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1994, ISBN 0-19-824278-6 .
• A Brief History of Western Philosophy . Blackwell, Malden, Mass. 1997, ISBN 0-631-20132-7 .
• A Life in Oxford . John Murray, London 1997, ISBN 0-7195-5061-0 .
• A Brief History of Western Philosophy. 1998.
• Essays on the Aristotelian Tradition. 2001.
• Aquinas on Being . Clarendon Press, Oxford 2002, ISBN 0-19-823847-9 .
• Hon. Fellow, School of Advanced Study, Univ. of London. 2002.
• Ancient Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, v. 1 . Clarendon Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-875273-3 .
• Arthur Hugh Clough: a poet's life . Continuum, London / New York 2005, ISBN 0-8264-7382-2 .
• Medieval Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, v. 2 OUP, 2005, ISBN 0-19-875275-X .
• The Unknown God: Agnostic Essays. Continuum, 2005, ISBN 0-8264-7634-1 .
• What I believe . Continuum, London / New York 2006, ISBN 0-8264-8971-0 .
• The Rise of Modern Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, v. 3 OUP, 2006, ISBN 0-19-875277-6 .
• with C. Kenny: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Utility . Imprint Academic, 2006, ISBN 1-84540-052-6 .
• Philosophy in the Modern World: New History of Western Philosophy v. 4 . OUP, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-875279-0 .
• with R. Kenny: Can Oxford be Improved? Imprint Academic, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84540-094-1 .
• A New History of Western Philosophy . Clarendon Press, Oxford 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-958988-3 . German: History of Occidental Philosophy . 4 volumes Ancient - Middle Ages - Modern Times - Modern. Knowledge Book Society, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-86312-339-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Anthony Kenny in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Member History: Sir Anthony Kenny. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 22, 2018 .