John Henry Muirhead

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John Henry Muirhead (born April 28, 1855 in Glasgow , † May 24, 1940 in Rutherfield ) was an English philosopher who was best known for the founding of the book series Muirhead Library of Philosophy in 1890. In 1900 he became the University of Birmingham's first Chair of Philosophy in 1900.

Muirhead was taught at the Glasgow Academy from 1866 to 1879 and then moved to Glasgow University . He was heavily influenced by Edward Caird and is attributed to British idealism . In 1875 he went to Balliol College . His book series was first published by Allen & Unwin and existed until the 1970s. This series included works by Ernest Albee , Brand Blanshard , Francis Herbert Bradley , Axel Hägerström , Henri Bergson , Edmund Husserl , Bernard Bosanquet , Irving Thalberg, Jr. , Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and George Edward Moore .

Together with Bernard Bosanquet, he founded the London Ethical Society in London in 1881 . In 1931 he was elected a member ( Fellow ) of the British Academy .

Works

  • The Life and Philosophy of Edward Caird (with Henry Jones ) .– Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson and Co. 1921
  • Coleridge as Philosopher . New York: MacMillan & Co. 1930
  • The Platonic Tradition in Anglo-Saxon Philosophy: Studies in the History of Idealism in England and America . London: G. Allen & Unwin; New York: Macmillan 1931
  • The Use of Philosophy: Californian Addresses . Greenwood Press 1979
  • The Elements of Ethics . C. Scribner's Sons
  • Rule and End in Morals . Books for Libraries Press 1969
  • Chapters from Aristotle's Ethics . J. Murray

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed July 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Muirhead, John Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1940
Place of death Rutherfield