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UCL Department Of Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy is an academic division in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University College London. Affiliated centres * The Keeling Centre for Ancient Philosophy (named after Stanley Victor Keeling) * Watling Archive (archive of John Leonard Watling's published and unpublished writings) Rankings The Philosophical Gourmet Report 2021-22 lists the department at 6th in the UK and 41st in the English-speaking world. QS World University Rankings places the department at 7th in the UK and 20th globally in 2019. Permanent Faculty Honorary Faculty * Tamsin De Waal * M.M. McCabe * Anthony Savile * Victor Verdejo * Jonathan Wolff * Arnold Zuboff Emeritus Professors * Malcolm Budd * Marcus Giaquinto * Ted Honderich * Paul Snowdon Notable alumni * Keith Simmons * David Conway * James Garvey * Momtazuddin Ahmed *Marjorie Wallace *Ricky Gervais * Peter Warlock *Jonathan Dimbleby Jonathan Dimbleby (born 31 July 1944) is a British presenter of curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University College London Faculty Of Arts And Humanities
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (popularly known as UCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities) is one of the 11 constituent faculties of University College London (UCL). The current Executive Dean is Professor Stella Bruzzi, FBA. Ranked 5th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2022), the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at UCL is recognised globally for both its teaching and research excellence. History In October 2013 it was announced that the Translation Studies Unit of Imperial College London would move to UCL, becoming part of the UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society. Departments The Faculty currently comprises the following departments: * UCL Department of Arts and Sciences *UCL Department of English Language and Literature *UCL Department of European and International Social and Political Sciences *UCL Department of Greek & Latin (Classics) *UCL Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies *UCL Department of Information Studies * UCL Department of Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Zuboff
Arnold Stuart Zuboff (born January 1946) is an American philosopher who has worked on topics such as personal identity, philosophy of mind, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of probability. He is the original formulator of the Sleeping Beauty problem and a view analogous to open individualism—the position that there is one subject of experience, who is everyone—which he calls "universalism". Education and career Zuboff received a BA in philosophy from the University of Connecticut, in 1968 and later a PhD in philosophy from Princeton University in 2009. Zuboff lectured at the University College London's Department of Philosophy from 1974, till his retirement in 2011; he is now a Senior Honorary Research Associate. Selected works Articles * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Books * * Videos * * * * See also * ''The Mind's I'', a collection of essays on philosophy of mind, edited by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett, in which Zuboff's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Philosophy, King's College London
The Department of Philosophy is an academic division in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at King's College London. It is one of the largest and most distinguished centres for the study of philosophy in the United Kingdom. History For over half a century since the Anglican foundation of King's College in 1829, the study of philosophy was restricted to courses within the Department of Theology and the Department of English Literature. In 1906 a separate Department of Philosophy and Psychology was explicitly established, and in 1912 Philosophy split to form its own department. The department is located in the Philosophy Building on Surrey Street, a set of three adjacent townhouses joined through a series of corridors and forming part of the Strand Campus of King's College. The vaults along the back of the building are those containing the old Roman Baths on Strand Lane. In 1989, Sir Richard Sorabji founded the ''King's College Centre for Philosophical Studies'' at the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Dimbleby
Jonathan Dimbleby (born 31 July 1944) is a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, author and historian. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and younger brother of television presenter David Dimbleby. Education Dimbleby was educated at Charterhouse, a boys' independent school in Surrey. Later, he studied farm management at the Royal Agricultural College and graduated in 1965. He then studied philosophy at University College, London, where he was editor of the student newspaper '' Pi'', and graduated in 1970. He was later elected an honorary fellow but resigned in 2015 in protest at the forced resignation of Tim Hunt as an honorary fellow. In July 2007 he received an honorary degree from the University of Exeter. He is an Honorary Fellow of Bath Spa University (2006) and holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the West of England (2018). TV and radio career Dimbleby began his career at the BBC in Bristol in 1969. In 1970 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Warlock
Philip Arnold Heseltine (30 October 189417 December 1930), known by the pseudonym Peter Warlock, was a British composer and music critic. The Warlock name, which reflects Heseltine's interest in occult practices, was used for all his published musical works. He is best known as a composer of songs and other vocal music; he also achieved notoriety in his lifetime through his unconventional and often scandalous lifestyle. As a schoolboy at Eton College, Heseltine met the British composer Frederick Delius, with whom he formed a close friendship. After a failed student career in Oxford and London, Heseltine turned to musical journalism, while developing interests in folk-song and Elizabethan music. His first serious compositions date from around 1915. Following a period of inactivity, a positive and lasting influence on his work arose from his meeting in 1916 with the Dutch composer Bernard van Dieren; he also gained creative impetus from a year spent in Ireland, studying Celtic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais ( ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms ''The Office'' (2001–2003), '' Extras'' (2005–2007), and ''An Idiot Abroad'' (2010–2012). He also created, wrote and starred in '' Derek'' (2012–2014), and '' After Life'' (2019–2022). He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019). Gervais was listed in ''The Observer'' as one of the 50 funniest performers in British comedy in 2003. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, and at No. 3 in their 2010 list. In 2010, he was included in the ''Time 100'' list of World's Most Influential People. Gervais initially worked in the music industry. He attempted a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new-wave act Seona Dancing, and managed the then-unknown band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Wallace (SANE)
Marjorie Shiona Wallace, CBE (born January 1943) is a British investigative journalist, author, and broadcaster. She is also the Founder and Chief Executive of mental health charity SANE. Early life and education Wallace was born in Nairobi, British Kenya, where her father was a civil engineer mapping the railways. Her mother was a classical pianist. After studying music, Wallace graduated with a degree in Psychology and Philosophy from University College London. Career Journalism Early career After graduating, Wallace worked as a trainee producer for ''The Frost Programme'' with David Frost. She then became a religious programmes producer and a current affairs reporter for London Weekend Television. She later joined the BBC as a reporter and film director for news and current affairs programme '' Nationwide,'' including covering stories about homeless people and making the first film inside an IRA training camp. ''The Sunday Times'' In 1972, Harold Evans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momtazuddin Ahmed
Momtazuddin Ahmed ( bn, মমতাজউদ্দিন আহমেদ; 24 December 1903 – 12 September 1971) was a Bangladeshi philosopher and educationist. Early life and education Ahmed was born to a Bengali Muslim family from Brahmanbaria in the erstwhile Tippera District of eastern Bengal. He studied in Dhaka University and obtained MA in philosophy in 1927. In 1937 he earned his PhD degree in Philosophy from University College London. His research for dissertation was on metaphysics and logic under the advisers John Cook Wilson and Bradley Stamp. Career Academia Ahmed began his career as a lecturer at Dhaka University and later became the Head of the Department of Philosophy. He left the University in 1939 to become the first Muslim Principal of Dhaka College. He later served as the principal of Rajshahi College during 1945 to 1950. He then moved to Dhaka as Assistant Director of Public Instructions. He was elevated to the position of the Director of Public Instru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Garvey (philosopher)
James Garvey (born 1967) is an American philosopher based in Britain. Career He is Managing Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, an educational charity supporting philosophy inside and outside the academy. He is editor of The Philosophers’ Magazine, a quarterly which aims to publish readable, accessible philosophy. With Jeremy Stangroom, he edits ''Think Now'', a series of books on social and political philosophy. He is a regular and controversial contributor to The Guardian, commenting on morality and climate change, arguing that the developed nations have a moral obligation to take action. He has a PhD in Philosophy from University College London. In ''The Ethics of Climate Change'', Garvey summarises what moral philosophy does, examines the strength of the evidence for global warming, and analyses various possible policy responses. He argues that the line that taking drastic action to curb global warming would be bad for the economy amounts to “harming people for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Conway (academic)
David Conway (born 1947) is a British academic philosopher who has written several books on philosophy and politics. He has been described as "a classical liberal who thinks nations are essential". Conway grew up in London, read Philosophy as an undergraduate at Cambridge University in the 1960s and went on to obtain his doctorate in Philosophy from University College London. He taught at Middlesex University for over thirty years, where he was Professor of Philosophy. He subsequently worked at Roehampton University as a senior research fellow in Theology and Religious Studies. Conway then worked for CIVITAS, an independent British think tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-govern ..., as a senior research fellow. Bibliography * ''A Farewell to Marx: An Outline and Apprais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Simmons (philosopher)
__notoc__ Keith Eric George Simmons is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at University of Connecticut. He is known for his works on logic and philosophy of mind. Books *''Semantic Singularities: Paradoxes of Reference, Predication, and Truth'', Oxford University Press 2018 * ''Truth'' (Oxford Readings in Philosophy), edited with Simon Blackburn, Oxford University Press 1999 * ''Universality and the Liar: An Essay on Truth and the Diagonal Argument'', Cambridge University Press 1993 See also *Cantor's diagonal argument In set theory, Cantor's diagonal argument, also called the diagonalisation argument, the diagonal slash argument, the anti-diagonal argument, the diagonal method, and Cantor's diagonalization proof, was published in 1891 by Georg Cantor as a m ... References External links Personal website 21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics University of California, Los Angeles alumni Living people American logicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Snowdon
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire *Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist *Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia * Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice, Byza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
