Simon Blackburn

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Chipping Sodbury Clifton College Trinity College, Cambridge Churchill College, Cambridge University of Cambridge

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Philosophical work

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Alma mater: Trinity College, Cambridge · Churchill College, Cambridge
Born: Simon Walter Blackburn (1944-07-12) 12 July 1944 (age 82) Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
Doctoral advisor: Casimir Lewy
Doctoral students: E. J. Lowe · Michael A. Smith
Era: Contemporary philosophy
Institutions: Trinity College, Cambridge · Pembroke College, Oxford · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · New College of the Humanities

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In Our Time In Our Time (BBC Radio 4)
Metaethics Meta-ethics
Quasi-realism
Philosophy of language
Philosophy
Closer to Truth
Oxford University
Cambridge University
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Life and career

Philosophical work

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Richard Joyce Richard Joyce (philosopher)
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

Public philosophy

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Simon Blackburn

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Institutions · 4

Simon Blackburn → New College of the Humanities, Pembroke College, Oxford, Trinity College, Cambridge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Simon Blackburn → Ethics, Philosophy of language, Truth theory

Alma mater · 2

Simon Blackburn → Churchill College, Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge

Doctoral students · 2

Simon Blackburn → E. J. Lowe, Michael A. Smith

Born · 1

Simon Blackburn → Simon Walter Blackburn (1944-07-12) 12 July 1944 (age 82) Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England

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Simon Blackburn → Casimir Lewy

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Simon Blackburn → Quasi-realism

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Simon Blackburn → Western philosophy

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Simon Blackburn	Alma mater	Churchill College, Cambridge	1.00	infobox
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Simon Blackburn	Doctoral advisor	Casimir Lewy	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Doctoral students	E. J. Lowe	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Doctoral students	Michael A. Smith	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Era	Contemporary philosophy	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Institutions	Trinity College, Cambridge	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Institutions	Pembroke College, Oxford	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Institutions	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Institutions	New College of the Humanities	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Main interests	Ethics	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Main interests	Truth theory	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Main interests	Philosophy of language	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Notable ideas	Quasi-realism	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	Region	Western philosophy	1.00	infobox
Simon Blackburn	School	Analytic philosophy	1.00	infobox

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