Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy
Teaching position at the University of Cambridge
The Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy is the senior professorship in philosophy at the University of Cambridge.[1] It was established in 1896 and named the Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy in 2010, after a successful fundraising appeal to endow the post.[1] The incumbent Bertrand Russell Professor is Alexander Bird, who succeeded Huw Price in October 2020.[2]
Holders
- James Ward (1896–1925)
- G. E. Moore (1925–1939)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1939–1947)
- G. H. von Wright (1948–1951)
- John Wisdom (1952–1968)
- Elizabeth Anscombe (1970–1986)
- D. H. Mellor (1986–1999)
- Simon Blackburn (2001–2011)
- Huw Price (2011–2020)
- Alexander Bird (2020–present)
References
- ^ a b "THE BERTRAND RUSSELL PROFESSORSHIP OF PHILOSOPHY" (PDF).
- ^ Langton, Rae (September 2020). "From the Chair" (PDF). Philosophy at Cambridge. 16: 1.
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Bertrand Russell
British philosopher, logician, and social critic
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- The Principles of Mathematics (1903)
- On Denoting (1905)
- Principia Mathematica (1910–1913)
- The Problems of Philosophy (1912)
- Why Men Fight (1916)
- Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy (1919)
- Free Thought and Official Propaganda (1922)
- Why I Am Not a Christian (1927)
- Marriage and Morals (1929)
- In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays (1935)
- Power: A New Social Analysis (1938)
- A History of Western Philosophy (1945)
- My Philosophical Development (1959)
- Alys Pearsall Smith (wife, 1894–1921)
- Dora Russell (wife, 1921–35)
- Patricia Russell (wife, 1936–51)
- Edith Finch Russell (wife, 1952–70)
- John Russell, 4th Earl Russell (son)
- Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell (son)
- Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell (brother)
- John Russell, Viscount Amberley (father)
- Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley (mother)
- John Stuart Mill (godfather)
- John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (paternal grandfather)
- Henrietta Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley (maternal grandmother)
- Appointment court case
- Earl Russell
- Peace Foundation
- Professorship of Philosophy
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