Philosopher

Andrew David Irvine

Overview

Andrew David Irvine, FSCC (born July 14, 1958) is a Canadian academic who teaches at the University of British Columbia. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Sydney University and is a professor of philosophy and mathematics at UBC Okanagan. He has served as vice-chair of the

UBC Board of Governors, as head of the UBCO Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science, as president of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, and as a member of the board of directors of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship. An advocate of traditional democratic civil liberties, Irvine has written about the importance of the rule of law for both modern and ancient democracies. He has held visiting positions at Canadian, American and British universities and has been recognized as one of British Columbia's most influential public intellectuals.

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Philosophers who discussed Andrew David Irvine

• David Malet Armstrong
• Bertrand Russell
• Gottlob Frege

Ideas Andrew David Irvine discusses

• Aristophanes
• University of Toronto Press
• Liar paradox
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Plato
• Physicalism
• Rule of law
• Socrates
• Aristotle
• Academic staff
• University of Sydney
• Vancouver
• Modal logic
• Civil liberties
• Bertrand Russell
• Gottlob Frege
• Apology (Plato)
• Newcomb's problem

Place in the tradition

Part of Bertrand Russell.

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