John Macmurray
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- This article is about the philosopher. For the musician and trumpeter, see John MacMurray.
John Macmurray (1891 - 1976) was a Quaker and communitarian moral philosopher. He was born at Maxwellton in Scotland.
He attended Balliol College, Oxford. After service in World War I he pursued a career in philosophy first at Balliol and then at University College, London (preceding A.J.Ayer) and Edinburgh University. He gave the 1953-1954 Gifford Lectures at Glasgow.
His friendship with the educator Kenneth C. Barnes resulted in his becoming a governor of Wennington School.
His best known works are Interpreting the Universe (1933) and Religion, Art and Science (1961). He broadcast on philosophy with BBC radio prior to World War II. His philosophy is characterised by an interest in action rather than in thought. Interest in him has been rekindled because apparently he was a significant influence on the young Tony Blair.
[edit] References
- Biography: John Macmurray by John Costello (Floris Books 2000)
- Short biography of John Macmurray at the University of Aberdeen website
[edit] External links
- The John Macmurray Fellowship
- John Macmurray's Gifford Lectures
- The Boundaries Of Science (1939), on the Internet Archive
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