Bernard Mayo (1921 – 14 February 2000) was an English

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. He worked at

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

until 1968, when he joined

University of St. Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

as professor of

moral philosophy Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns ma ...

, from which he retired in 1983. He was editor of

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(1956–65) and

The Philosophical Quarterly ''The Philosophical Quarterly'' is a quarterly academic journal of philosophy established in 1950 and published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Scots Philosophical Club and the University of St Andrews. Since 2014 its publisher is Oxford Acade ...

(1973–80).

Books

*''Logic of personality'' (

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, 1952) *''Ethics and the moral life'' (

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and

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, 1958) *''The philosophy of right and wrong'' (

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, 1986)

Publications

*''Rules' of Language'',

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, vol. 2, pp. 1–11, 1951 *''Ethics and Moral Controversy'',

, Vol. 4, No. 14 (Jan., 1954), pp. 1–14 *''Poetry, Language and Communication'',

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, Vol. 29, No. 109 (Apr., 1954), pp. 131–145 *''Events and Language'', in ''Philosophy and Analysis'' by Margaret MacDonald, 1954 *''Professor

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on temporal asymmetry'',

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, Volume 33, Issue 1 May 1955, pp 38–44 *''The Incongruity of Counterparts'',

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, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr., 1958), pp. 109–115 *''Objects, Events, and Complementarity'',

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, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 340–361, July 1961 *''The Open Future'',

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, vol. 71, 1962, pp. 1–14 *''A note on

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's performative theory of knowledge'',

, vol. 14, no. 1–2, January, 1963 *''The Incoherence of Determinism'',

, Vol. 44, No. 168 (Apr., 1969), pp. 89–100 *''On the

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- Richard Taylor Analysis of 'Can'-Statements'',

, New Series, Vol. 77, No. 306 (Apr., 1968), pp. 271–278 Publication list is incomplete, based on a search on

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and

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References

20th-century English philosophers Academics of the University of Birmingham Academics of the University of St Andrews 1921 births 2000 deaths Alumni of the University of Birmingham {{UK-philosopher-stub