Mel Thompson
| Mel Thompson | |
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| Born |
1946 England |
| Residence | England |
| Fields | Ethics, Philosophy, History |
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Website Philosophy and Ethics | |
Mel Thompson (1946-, England) is an author, former teacher, editor and A level examiner. Mel Thompson writes book on Philosophy and Ethics for the general reader and for students.
Life and Education
Born in 1946, he was educated at King Edward VI School, Chelmsford and King’s College London where he received a BD in 1969 (Shelford Prize for Philosophy of Religion; Tinniswood Essay Prize), M.Phil (as an external student) in 1973, and a Ph.D. in 1979.
Works
His many publications include philosophy titles [1][2][3] published by Teach Yourself books (Ethics, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Eastern Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Science) and textbooks for Religious Studies, including Ethical Theory, Religion and Science and An Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics in Hodder & Stoughton’s ‘Access to Philosophy’ series. He has contributed to Nelson Thornes’ Understanding Philosophy for A2 Level, edited a large-format, illustrated handbook of philosophy entitled World Philosophy (published by Vega) and has co-authored (with Nigel Rodgers) a book about some less well-known aspects of philosophers’ lives, entitled Philosophers Behaving Badly (co-authored by Nigel Rodgers and published by Peter Owen).[4] More recent publications include Me in Acumen’s ‘The Art of Living’ series, exploring issues of personal identity, Understand Existentialism, co-authored with Nigel Rodgers, and The Philosopher’s Beach Book, published by Hodder Education.
English language versions of his books have sold over half a million copies, and have been translated into 12 other languages.
He is a member and former Chair of the Educational Writers Group at the Society of Authors, and is interested in exploring ways in which new technology can enhance opportunities for writers.
Concerned that copyright should be respected and authors paid when their work is used, Mel Thompson was for some years a non-executive director of the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society, and was a non-executive director and former Chair of the Copyright Licensing Agency.
Convinced that some things are easier to ‘see’ than to explain, Mel Thompson is a keen photographer, with a section on ‘visual philosophy’ on his website and, recognizing the importance of personal roots, he is also a local historian.
References
- ↑ Thompson, M. (2012). Understand philosophy of science. London: Hodder Education.
- ↑ Thompson, M. (2010). Understand ethics. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- ↑ Thompson, M. (2011). Ethics made easy. London: Hodder Education.
- ↑ Rodgers, N., & Thompson, M. (2005). Philosophers behaving badly. London: Peter Owen.