Michael Redhead

Michael Redhead
Born Michael Logan Gonne Redhead
30 December 1929
Education Westminster School
Era Contemporary philosophy
Region Western Philosophy
School Analytic philosophy
Main interests
 Metaphysics
Philosophy of physics
Notable ideas
 Experimental metaphysics[1]

Michael Logan Gonne Redhead (born 30 December 1929) is a British academic and philosopher of physics.

Biography

Redhead was born on 30 December 1929 in London and educated there at Westminster School.[3]

Redhead is Centennial Professor in CPNSS (Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science) at the London School of Economics and Political Science.[4]

Redhead is an Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and was Vice-President (1992–1996) and Acting President 1992 and 1993, Wolfson College, and Formerly Head, CU Dept of History and Philosophy of Science.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Michael Redhead, From Physics to Metaphysics, Cambridge University Press, 1996, p. 41.
  2. ↑ Michael Redhead, From Physics to Metaphysics, Cambridge University Press, 1996, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Stuart Brown (1 August 2005). Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers: 2 Volumes. A&C Black. pp. 864–866. ISBN 978-1-84371-096-7. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Professor Michael Redhead". LSE. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Professor Michael Redhead". Wolfson College, Cambridge. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
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