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John Gray (philosopher)

John Nicholas Gray (born 17 April 1948) is an English political philosopher and author with interests in analytic philosophy, the history of ideas and philosophical pessimism. He retired in 2008 as School Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Exeter College, Oxford (BA, MPhil, DPhil)
Born
John Nicholas Gray (1948-04-17) 17 April 1948 (age 78) South Shields, County Durham, England
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Main interests
Political philosophy, history of ideas, philosophical pessimism
Notable ideas
Agonistic liberalism, criticism of humanism
Region
Western philosophy

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John Gray (philosopher) → John Nicholas Gray (1948-04-17) 17 April 1948 (age 78) South Shields, County Durham, England
Education · 1
John Gray (philosopher) → Exeter College, Oxford (BA, MPhil, DPhil)
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John Gray (philosopher) → Contemporary philosophy
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John Gray (philosopher) → Political philosophy, history of ideas, philosophical pessimism
Notable ideas · 1
John Gray (philosopher) → Agonistic liberalism, criticism of humanism
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John Gray (philosopher) → Western philosophy
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John Gray (philosopher) → Analytic

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