Colin Murray Turbayne

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Colin Murray Turbayne (7 February 1916 - 16 May 2006) was an Australian philosopher, who spent most of his academic career at the University of Rochester, where he first had a position in 1957 and became professor emeritus in 1981. His doctorate was from the University of Pennsylvania. During World War II he had worked for Australian Intelligence, in the Pacific War theatre.

He was an authority on George Berkeley. He is best known for his book The Myth of Metaphor, from 1961.

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