Ranulph Glanville

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Ranulph Glanville (born June 13, 1946 in London - † December 20, 2014 ) was a British philosopher and architect.

Glanville studied architecture at the Architectural Association School in London and obtained his doctorate in 1975 under Gordon Pask on the subject of "The Object of Objects, the Point of Points - or Something about Things". He obtained a second doctorate with Laurie Thomas on the subject of “Human Learning” . Philosophically he belonged to radical constructivism .

Fonts

  • Objects . Berlin: Merve, 1988.
  • Numerous articles in the journal Cybernetics & Human Knowing .
  • Collected writings in The Black B∞x. 3 volumes: Cybernetic Circles , Living in Cybernetic Circles and 39 Steps . Vienna: edition echoraum, 2012, 2014, 2009.

Web links

  • Ranulph Glanville on the homepage of the University of Vienna
  • ZERO SPACES film project by, with and about Ranulph Glanville in collaboration with filmmaker Delmar Mavignier in commission of Innovation Design Engineering, at the Royal College of Art
personal data
SURNAME Glanville, Ranulph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British philosopher and architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 20th December 2014