C. D. Broad
Western Philosophy 20th-century philosophy | |
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Name: Charlie Dunbar (C.D.) Broad | |
Birth: December 30, 1887 | |
Death: March 11, 1971 | |
School/tradition: Analytic philosophy | |
Main interests | |
Metaphysics, Ethics, Philosophy of the Mind, Logic | |
Notable ideas | |
Influences | Influenced |
John Locke, William Ernest Johnson, Alfred North Whitehead, G. E. Moore, Bertrand Russell | A. J. Ayer |
Charlie Dunbar Broad (known as C.D. Broad) (30 December, 1887 - 11 March, 1971) was an English epistemologist, historian of philosophy, philosopher of science, moral philosopher, and writer on the philsophical aspects of psychical research. He was known for his thorough and dispassionate examinations of all conceivable arguments in such works as The Mind and Its Place in Nature (1925), Scientific Thought (1930) and Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy (1933).
Life
Broad was born at Harlesden, a suburb of London, as the only child of middle class parents of comfortable circumstances. He received a good education at Dulwich College (a private school for boys) and, based on his interest and ability in science and mathematics, won a science scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1905.
Fellow of Trinity College: 1911
Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer at St Andrews University: 1911-20
Professor at Bristol University: 1920-23
College Lecturer at Trinity College: 1923-
Lecturer in Moral Science at Cambridge University: 1926-31
President of the Aristotelian Society: 1927-1928; 1954-1955.
Sidgwick Lecturer at Cambridge University: 1931-33
Knightsbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge University: 1933-53
President of the Society of Psychical Research: 1935 & 1958.
Books and Publications
- Perception, Physics, and Reality, London: Cambridge University Press, 1914.
- The Mind and Its Place in Nature, London: Kegan Paul, 1925.
- Ethics and the History of Philosophy, London: Routledge, 1952.
External References
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ReferencesISBN links support NWE through referral fees
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Edition, Volume 1, Ed. by Donald M. Borchert, Farmington Hills, MI: MacMillian Reference, 2006.
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