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Simon Walter BlackburnFBA (born 12 July 1944) is an English academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends quasi-realism, and in the philosophy of language. More recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts to popularise philosophy. He has appeared in multiple episodes of the documentary series Closer to Truth. During his long career, he has taught at Oxford University, Cambridge University, and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Antony Kenneth Blackburn OBE (born 29 January 1943) is an English disc jockey, singer and TV presenter. Blackburn first achieved fame broadcasting on the...
Wiktionary "homological", The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (2005), ed. SimonBlackburn, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press Grelling and Nelson used the...
rational interpretation of the statements is available. According to SimonBlackburn, "it constrains the interpreter to maximize the truth or rationality...
'conceptual' or 'epistemological' reductionism is the definition provided by SimonBlackburn and by Jaegwon Kim: that form of reductionism which concerns a program...
dictionary of philosophy by the philosopher SimonBlackburn, published by Oxford University Press. Blackburn, Simon ([2005] 2008), 2nd rev. ed. The Oxford...
think, perceive, and feel. Alternatively, as summarized by philosopher SimonBlackburn, structuralism is: "The belief that phenomena of human life are not...
means something like "Boo on killing!". Quasi-realism, defended by SimonBlackburn, holds that ethical statements behave linguistically like factual claims...
is good" as "Do X!". More recent versions of expressivism, such as SimonBlackburn's "quasi-realism", Allan Gibbard's "norm-expressivism", and Mark Timmons'...
Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. "SimonBlackburn on Moral Relativism". philosophy bites. Blackburn, Simon (1998). "Review of Moral Relativism and...
social reformer. He is best known for his advocacy of utilitarianism. SimonBlackburn (1944–): English moral philosopher known for his efforts to popularise...
philosopher SimonBlackburn wrote a rejoinder to Stove, though a subsequent essay by Stove's protégé James Franklin suggested that Blackburn's response actually...
ethics, sometimes distinguish between ethics and morality. Philosopher SimonBlackburn writes that "Although the morality of people and their ethics amounts...
several of his students went on to be prominent philosophers, including SimonBlackburn, Edward Craig, Ian Hacking, and Crispin Wright. His father, Ludwig...
principle. It slowly embraces multiplicity in unity. The philosopher SimonBlackburn wrote that the dialectic in this sense is used to understand "the total...
Axiomatic Theories of Truth (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) SimonBlackburn and Keith Simmons, eds., 1999. Truth. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-875250-4...
guidance. Some assert that religion is necessary to live ethically. SimonBlackburn states that there are those who "would say that we can only flourish...
inferior as you would wish your superior to treat you." According to SimonBlackburn, the Golden Rule "can be found in some form in almost every ethical...
Schellenberg, Michael Shermer 206 11 "What Is Philosophy of Science?" SimonBlackburn, John Hawthorne, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, John Searle, Daniel Dennett...
main interpretations: a type of reasoning and a method of intuition. SimonBlackburn adopts the first, saying that Plato's dialectic is "the process of...
Slate. Pinker's website on The Blank Slate Meet the Flintstones by SimonBlackburn, a critical review of The Blank Slate. The Great Debate Articles -...
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