Michael John Woods

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Michael John Woods (born August 16, 1934 , † April 2, 1993 in Oxford ) was a British philosopher and historian of philosophy .

Woods studied classics at the University of Oxford since 1953 with Maurice Platnauer (Classical Honor Moderations and Greats ) and then philosophy (B. Phil.) With Henry Price . He then held a Senior Scholarship at Merton College , then a position in research and teaching at Christ Church . From 1961 to 1993 he was an Official Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Brasenose College . There was John Lloyd Ackrill his colleague.

On the philosophical side, Woods mainly worked on philosophical logic and metaphysics . A monograph on the conditionals remained unfinished and was published posthumously. On the philosophical-historical side, he published various small works on Plato's state and on the ethics and metaphysics of Aristotle . His main work in this regard, however, is the translation of Books I, II and VIII of Eudemian Ethics for the Clarendon Aristotle Series .

Fonts (selection)

  • Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics: Books I, II, and VIII. Clarendon Press 1982, 2nd edition 1992.
  • (Ed., With Julia Annas ): A Festschrift for JL Ackrill . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1986 (Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy).
  • Conditionals . Edited by David Wiggins. With a commentary by Dorothy Edgington. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1997. - Review by Scott Sturgeon, in: Mind , New Series, Vol. 109, No. 433 (2000), pp. 179-183 online .
  • Four Prague lectures and other texts. Petr Rezek, Prague 2001.

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SURNAME Woods, Michael John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British philosopher and historian of philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1934
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1993
Place of death Oxford