Derek Parfit (1942–2017)
Auteur de Reasons and Persons
A propos de l'auteur
Derek Antony Parfit was born in Chengdu, China on December 11, 1942 to parents who were doctors teaching preventive medicine at Christian missions. He received a degree in modern history in 1964 from Balliol College, Oxford. While on a Harkness Fellowship at Harvard University and Columbia afficher plus University after graduation, he began attending lectures on philosophy and changed course. He was elected to a prize fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, and had become a senior research fellow by 1984. He wrote several books during his lifetime including Reasons and Persons and On What Matters. In 2014, he was awarded the Rolf Schock Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy. He died on January 2, 2017 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Derek Parfit at Harvard (2015) - photo by Anna Riedl
Séries
Œuvres de Derek Parfit
Why Anything? Why This? 2 exemplaires
Moral & rationalitet 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Parfit, Derek
- Nom légal
- Parfit, Derek Antony
- Date de naissance
- 1942-12-11
- Date de décès
- 2017-01-01
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Lieu du décès
- Lodnon, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Études
- Balliol College, Oxford University (BA|1964)
Harvard University (Harkness Fellow)
Eton College
Dragon School - Professions
- professor (philosophy)
philosopher - Relations
- Richards, Janet Radcliffe (wife)
- Organisations
- All Souls College, Oxford University (Fellow)
- Prix et distinctions
- Rolf Schock Prize (2014)
Fellow, British Academy (1986)
T. H. Green Prize (1977)
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Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 1,168
- Popularité
- #22,017
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 35
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 1
Best work on moral philosophy from this century that I have read. Can't recommend highly enough.