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A. C. Grayling

Anthony Clifford Grayling (/ˈɡreɪlɪŋ/; born 3 April 1949) is a British philosopher and author. He was born in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and spent most of his childhood there and in Nyasaland (now Malawi). Until June 2011, he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, where he taught from 1991. In 2011 he founded and became the…

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Education
University of Sussex (BA, MA) University of London (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (DPhil)
Born
Anthony Clifford Grayling (1949-04-03) 3 April 1949 (age 77) Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia
Children
3
Doctoral advisors
A. J. Ayer · P. F. Strawson
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Institutions
Bedford College, London, St Anne's College, Oxford, Birkbeck College, London, New College of the Humanities

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A. C. Grayling → Contemporary philosophy
Institutions · 1
A. C. Grayling → Bedford College, London, St Anne's College, Oxford, Birkbeck College, London, New College of the Humanities
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A. C. Grayling → Epistemology, history of ideas, humanist ethics, logic, metaphysics

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A. C. GraylingBornAnthony Clifford Grayling (1949-04-03) 3 April 1949 (age 77) Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingChildren31.00infobox
A. C. GraylingDoctoral advisorsA. J. Ayer1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingDoctoral advisorsP. F. Strawson1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingEducationUniversity of Sussex (BA, MA) University of London (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (DPhil)1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingEraContemporary philosophy1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingInstitutionsBedford College, London, St Anne's College, Oxford, Birkbeck College, London, New College of the Humanities1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingMain interestsEpistemology, history of ideas, humanist ethics, logic, metaphysics1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingNotable ideasCriticism of arguments for the existence of God1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingRegionWestern philosophy1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingSchoolAnalytic philosophy1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingSchoolNew Atheism1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingThesisEpistemological Scepticism and Transcendental Arguments (1981)1.00infobox
A. C. GraylingWebsiteacgrayling.com1.00infobox

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