John Burnheim
John Burnheim (* 1928 in Sydney , Australia ) is an Australian philosopher. He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney and Rector of St. John's College there.
Life
John Burnheim comes from a Catholic family of Irish descent. From 1943 he attended the Catholic seminary in Sydney. With a scholarship from the Church, he studied in Ireland, took his master’s degree there and received his doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven .
After returning from Europe, he first became professor of philosophy at St. Columba's Catholic Seminary in Springwood. After leaving the church he became a lecturer in philosophy and from 1974 professor of general philosophy at the University of Sydney. He married and had two daughters. In 1990 he retired early.
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In his book "What is Democracy?" (1987) John Burnheim uses the term demarchy to describe a political system that does not have a sovereign state or bureaucracies, but is instead run by decision-makers who are chosen at random. It comes very close to the democratic ideas of classical antiquity, as described, for example, by Thucydides . In 2006 Burnheim published a second English edition of his book with a new foreword.
In his book "To Reason Why: From Religion to Philosophy and Beyond" he explains in detail the reasons that led him to leave the church.
Publications
- What is logic: being an excerpt from a dissertation entitled "An essay on Gottlob Frege's theory of logic" (1954)
- What is democracy ?, Wagenbach, Berlin 1987 ISBN 3-8031-2142-6
- Is democracy possible? The alternative to electoral politics 2nd edition (2006) Sydney University Text and Imaging Service (SETIS)
- To Reason Why: From Religion to Philosophy and Beyond. Sydney, Australia: Darlington Press 2011 (autobiography)
Web links
- J. Franklin: Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia , Macleay Press, ch. 11, 2003
- Literature by and about John Burnheim in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Remarks
- ↑ http://equalitybylot.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/john-burnheim-to-reason-why/
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2] /
- ^ To Reason Why.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burnheim, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , Australia |