Philosopher

J. O. Urmson

Overview

James Opie Urmson (; 4 March 1915 – 29 January 2012) was a British philosopher and classicist who spent most of his professional career at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was a prolific author and expert on a number of topics including British analytic/linguistic philosophy, George Berkeley, ethics, and Greek philosophy (especially Aristotle).

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Philosophers who discussed J. O. Urmson

• J. L. Austin
• Chrysippus
• John Wisdom
• Geoffrey Warnock
• W. F. R. Hardie

Ideas J. O. Urmson discusses

• The Philosophical Quarterly
• George Berkeley
• Antony Flew
• Philosophy
• Western philosophy
• Philippa Foot
• Analytic philosophy
• Ancient Greek philosophy
• Linguistic philosophy
• University of St Andrews
• W. D. Ross
• Methodism
• Richard Rorty
• Oxford
• J. L. Austin
• Princeton University
• Stanford University
• Aristotle
• Cornell University Press
• World War II
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Cambridge
• Mind (journal)
• Oxford University Press

Place in the tradition

Part of Analytic philosophy.

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