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John Anderson (1 November 1893 – 6 July 1962) was a Scottish philosopher who occupied the post of Challis Professor of Philosophy at Sydney University from 1927 to 1958. He founded the empirical brand of philosophy known as Australian realism .
22 de oct. de 2012 · John Anderson. First published Mon Oct 22, 2012; substantive revision Mon Nov 8, 2021. John Anderson (1893–1962) was a Scottish philosopher who worked primarily in Australia. In 1927 he was appointed to the Challis Chair of Philosophy at the University of Sydney and occupied this position until his retirement in 1958.
Scottish-Australian philosopher John Anderson was a passionate defender of a philosophy typically described as Realism. Anderson exercised a significant and lasting influence over several generations of students, including such later philosophers as John Passmore, J.L. Mackie, and D.M. Armstrong.
John Anderson, 1926. John Anderson (1 de noviembre de 1893 - 6 de julio de 1962) fue un filósofo australiano nacido en Escocia que fue profesor Challis de filosofía en la Universidad de Sídney entre los años 1927-1958. [1] [2] Fundó la rama de filosofía empírica denominada realismo australiano.
John Anderson FRSE FRS FSAScot (26 September 1726 – 13 January 1796) was a Scottish natural philosopher and liberal educator at the forefront of the application of science to technology in the industrial revolution, and of the education and advancement of working men and women.
John Anderson was born in Dunbartonishire in 1726. He was educated at Glasgow University, and later (1756) became the Professor for Oriental Languages there, before taking up the chair of Natural Philosophy (or physics as it is now known) in 1760. Anderson was interested in the practical applications of scientific theory - he erected the first ...
Anderson was the most important philosopher who has worked in Australia. A great educator, he was a profound influence on the intellectual formation of those who were his pupils. These included, but were far from being exhausted by, a number of students who went on to become philosophers themselves.
