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Bernard Mayo (1921 – 14 February 2000) was an English
philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...
. 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
Analysis Analysis ( : analyses) is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (38 ...
(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'',
Philosophical Studies ''Philosophical Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal for philosophy in the analytic tradition. The journal is devoted to the publication of papers in exclusively analytic philosophy and welcomes papers applying formal techniques to philo ...
, vol. 2, pp. 1–11, 1951 *''Ethics and Moral Controversy'',
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 ...
, Vol. 4, No. 14 (Jan., 1954), pp. 1–14 *''Poetry, Language and Communication'',
Journal of Philosophy ''The Journal of Philosophy'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal on philosophy, founded in 1904 at Columbia University. Its stated purpose is "To publish philosophical articles of current interest and encourage the interchange of ideas, e ...
, Vol. 29, No. 109 (Apr., 1954), pp. 131–145 *''Events and Language'', in ''Philosophy and Analysis'' by Margaret MacDonald, 1954 *''Professor
J. J. C. Smart John Jamieson Carswell Smart (16 September 1920 – 6 October 2012), was a British-Australian philosopher and was appointed as an Emeritus Professor by the Australian National University. He worked in the fields of metaphysics, philosophy of sc ...
on temporal asymmetry'',
Australasian Journal of Philosophy The ''Australasian Journal of Philosophy'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of philosophy and "one of the oldest English-language philosophy journals in the world". It was established in 1923 as ''The Australasian Journal of Psycho ...
, Volume 33, Issue 1 May 1955, pp 38–44 *''The Incongruity of Counterparts'',
Philosophy of Science Philosophy of science is a branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. The central questions of this study concern what qualifies as science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultim ...
, 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'',
Mind The mind is the set of faculties responsible for all mental phenomena. Often the term is also identified with the phenomena themselves. These faculties include thought, imagination, memory, will, and sensation. They are responsible for various m ...
, vol. 71, 1962, pp. 1–14 *''A note on
J. L. Austin John Langshaw Austin (26 March 1911 – 8 February 1960) was a British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, perhaps best known for developing the theory of speech acts. Austin pointed out that we use l ...
's performative theory of knowledge'',
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, vol. 14, no. 1–2, January, 1963 *''The Incoherence of Determinism'',
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, Vol. 44, No. 168 (Apr., 1969), pp. 89–100 *''On the
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- Richard Taylor Analysis of 'Can'-Statements'',
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, New Series, Vol. 77, No. 306 (Apr., 1968), pp. 271–278 Publication list is incomplete, based on a search on
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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