Philosopher
Crispin Wright
Overview
Crispin James Garth Wright (; born 21 December 1942) is a British philosopher, who has written on neo-Fregean (neo-logicist) philosophy of mathematics, Wittgenstein's later philosophy, and on issues related to truth, realism, cognitivism, skepticism, knowledge, and objectivity. He is Professor of Philosophical Research at the University of Stirling, and taught previously at the University of St Andrews, University of Aberdeen, New York University, Princeton University and University of Michigan.
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Philosophers who discussed Crispin Wright
- Hartry Field
- John McDowell
- Noam Chomsky
- Michael Dummett
- George Boolos
- Paul Boghossian
- Gottlob Frege
- Hilary Putnam
- Bob Hale (philosopher)
- Gareth Evans (philosopher)
- Ian Rumfitt
Ideas Crispin Wright discusses
- G. E. Moore
- Harvard University Press
- Philosophical realism
- Argument
- Philosophy
- Western philosophy
- Analytic philosophy
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- University of St Andrews
- Predicate (grammar)
- Doctor of Philosophy
- University of Aberdeen
- Oxford
- Princeton University
- Knowledge
- Peano axioms
- British Academy
- Skepticism
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Truth
- Michael Dummett
- Philosophical logic
- Cognitivism (ethics)
- Hume's principle
Place in the tradition
Part of Analytic philosophy.