Philosopher

Anthony Quinton

Overview

Anthony Meredith Quinton, Baron Quinton (25 March 1925 – 19 June 2010) was an English political and moral philosopher, metaphysician, and materialist philosopher of mind. He served as President of Trinity College, Oxford from 1978 to 1987; and as chairman of the board of the British Library from 1985 to 1990. He is also remembered as a presenter of the BBC Radio programme Round Britain Quiz.

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Philosophers who discussed Anthony Quinton

• Roger Scruton
• Friedrich Waismann
• A. J. Ayer
• John Foster (philosopher)

Ideas Anthony Quinton discusses

• The Independent
• Nelson Goodman
• Philosophy
• Philosophy (journal)
• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Metaphysics
• The Guardian
• Materialism
• Margaret Thatcher
• David Malet Armstrong
• Nominalism
• Oxford
• Political philosophy
• Problem of universals
• The Daily Telegraph
• P. F. Strawson
• Set (mathematics)
• Anthony Kenny
• Conservative Party (UK)
• World War II
• Willard Van Orman Quine
• The Times
• Philosophy of mind
• Aristotelian Society

Place in the tradition

Part of Analytic philosophy.

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