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| - | '''Simon Blackburn''' (born 12 July 1944) is a British academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends [[quasi-realism]], and in the philosophy of language; more recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts to popularise [[philosophy]]. He retired as professor of philosophy at the [[University of Cambridge]] in 2011, but remains a distinguished research professor of philosophy at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], teaching every fall semester. He is also a [[Oxbridge Fellow|Fellow]] of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], and a member of the professoriate of [[New College of the Humanities]]. He was previously a Fellow of [[Pembroke College, Oxford]] and has also taught full-time at the University of North Carolina as an Edna J. Koury Professor. He is a former president of the [[Aristotelian Society]], having served the 2009–2010 term. | + | '''Simon Blackburn''' (born 12 July 1944) is a British academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends [[quasi-realism]], and in the philosophy of language; more recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts to popularise [[philosophy]]. |
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| *''Reason and Prediction'' (1973). {{ISBN|0-521-08742-2}}. | *''Reason and Prediction'' (1973). {{ISBN|0-521-08742-2}}. | ||
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Simon Blackburn (born 12 July 1944) is a British academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends quasi-realism, and in the philosophy of language; more recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts to popularise philosophy.
Books
- Reason and Prediction (1973). Template:ISBN.
- Spreading the Word (1984) – a text. Template:ISBN.
- Essays in Quasi-realism (1993). – a defence of quasi-realism as applied to ethicsISBN 0-19-508041-6 and Template:ISBN.
- The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy ([1994] 2015), 3rd ed. – compiled whole-handedly. Template:ISBN.
- Ruling Passions (1998) A defence of a NeoHumean theory of reasons and moral motivation. Template:ISBN.
- Truth (1999) (edited with Keith Simmons) – from Oxford Readings in Philosophy series. Template:ISBN.
- Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy. (1999) Template:ISBN and Template:ISBN.
- Being Good (2001) – an introduction to ethics. Template:ISBN.
- Reprinted as Ethics: A Very Short Introduction in Oxford University Press' Very Short Introductions series. Template:ISBN.
- Lust (2004) – one of an Oxford University Press series covering the Seven Deadly Sins. Template:ISBN.
- Truth: A Guide (2005). Template:ISBN.
- Plato's Republic: A Biography (2006) – from Atlantic Books' Books That Shook the World series. Template:ISBN.
- How to read Hume (2008) – Granta Publications. Template:ISBN.
- "What do we really know? -The Big Questions of Philosophy" – (2009) from Quercus. Template:ISBN.
- Mirror, Mirror: The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014)
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