Simon Blackburn
Simon Walter Blackburn (born July 12, 1944 in Chipping Sodbury ) is a British philosopher who taught in Cambridge from 2001 to 2011 . He previously held a professorship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . From 1969 to 1990 he was a fellow and lecturer at Pembroke College (Oxford) . He was the editor of Mind magazine from 1984 to 1990 . Blackburn is Vice President of the British Humanist Association .
In 2008 he was elected as an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Fonts
- Reason and Prediction (1973). ISBN 0521087422 .
- Spreading the Word (1984). ISBN 0198246501 .
- Essays in Quasi-Realism (1993). ISBN 0195080416 and ISBN 0195082249 .
- The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1994). ISBN 0192116940 .
- Ruling Passions (1998). ISBN 0198247850 .
- (Ed., With Keith Simmons): Truth (1999) (Oxford Readings in Philosophy). ISBN 0192100246 and ISBN 0199690871 .
- Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy . (1999) ISBN 0192100246 and ISBN 0199690871 .
- Being Good (2001). ISBN 0192100521 . Reprinted under the title: Ethics: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford University Press (Very Short Introductions series) [1] . ISBN 0192804421 .
- Lust (Oxford University Press 2004). ISBN 0195162005 .
- Truth: A Guide (2005). ISBN 0195168240 .
- Liberalism, Religion, and the Sources of Value (2005).
- Plato's Republic: A Biography (2006). ISBN 1-84-354350-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Simon Blackburn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Simon Blackburn on the University of Cambridge website
- Simon Blackburn's private website
- Short biography and reviews of works by Simon Blackburn at perlentaucher.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blackburn, Simon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blackburn, Simon Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chipping Sodbury |