John Joseph Haldane

John Joseph Haldane
Born 19 February 1954
Era 20th-century philosophy
Region Western Philosophy
School Analytic philosophy, Thomism
Main interests
 philosophy of mind, ethics, history of philosophy

John Joseph Haldane KHS FRSE FRSA (born 19 February 1954) is a Scottish philosopher, commentator and broadcaster. He is a Papal Adviser to the Vatican.[1] He is credited with coining the term Analytical Thomism, and is himself a Thomist in the analytic tradition. Haldane is associated with The Veritas Forum.

Education

Haldane attended Hamilton Park School, John Ogilvie Hall Preparatory School and St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow. Later, he studied at the Kent Institute of Art & Design in Rochester, Kent, and the Wimbledon School of Art in London for a BA in Fine Art in 1975.

He received a BA in Philosophy from Birkbeck College, of the University of London in 1980; a PGCE from the London University Institute of Education in 1976, and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of London in 1984. He holds honorary degrees from Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire, USA and from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He was named one of Scotland's 'Brights' in a list of the 50 top Scottish intellectuals, artists, lawyers, scientists, etc. (Herald Magazine, 2001).

Family

Haldane spent his childhood in Scotland. In 1980 he was married to his wife Hilda at Westminster Cathedral and they have four children: Kirsty (b. 1988), James (b. 1990), Alice (b. 1992), and John (b. 1994).

Career

He has been a visiting lecturer in the School of Architecture of the University of Westminster, at the Medical School of the University of Dundee, at the University of Malta, at the Thomistic Institute at the University of Notre Dame, at the University of Aberdeen, at Denison University, at the University of St Thomas, at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, and the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. He held the Royden Davis Chair of Humanities at Georgetown University, and delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen[2] in 2003-04, and the Joseph Lectures at the Gregorian University in Rome.

He was appointed to the University of St Andrews in 1983 where he has held a lectureship, a readership and as of 1994 is University Professor in Philosophy. From 1988 to 2000 and from 2002 to the present he has been Director of the University Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs. In addition, he has held fellowships at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Edinburgh, St John's College, Oxford, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University and at the Centre for the Study of Sculpture in Leeds, England. Starting with the fall of 2015, he holds the J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Distinguished Chair in Philosophy at Baylor University.

Cultural and artistic interests

Haldane has simultaneously pursued a career in the cultural sphere. He is a regular contributor to renowned publications including The Burlington Magazine, Modern Painters, Tate, and Art Monthly, et al.

Television work

The majority of Haldane's television work is for the BBC. He has contributed to a number of programmes including The Heart of the Matter: God Under the Microscope, Newsnight, and Twenty Four Hours. He has also produced work for ITV and PBS.

Newspapers

In addition to his former position as a regularly contributing columnist, Haldane has offered opinions and contributed articles to periodicals including The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Scotsman, New Statesman, The Herald, Sunday Herald, Mail on Sunday, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Contemporary Review, and Economist Information Strategy.

Radio broadcasts

Haldane's radio work includes contributions to the following stations:

Fellowships

Publications

Edited works

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Prof John Haldane reappointed to Pontifical Council, SCMO, 2011
  2. ↑ Gifford Lectures John J. Haldane biography
  3. ↑ The Witherspoon Institute

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