James Edward John Altham (born 1944), known as Jimmy Altham and normally cited as J. E. J. Altham, is a British philosopher and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[1]
Jimmy Altham | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Biography edit
He obtained his BA degree in Philosophy at Cambridge followed in 1969 by a Ph.D. also in Philosophy. His dissertation was entitled 'Assertion, Command and Obligation. Philosophical Foundations of the Logic of Imperatives and Deontic Logic'.[2]
Altham was then appointed a lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at Cambridge from 1972. He was a former Sidgwick lecturer in Philosophy and retired as professor in 1999. He is now an emeritus professor and Fellow at Gonville and Cauis. He has published on a wide range of philosophical areas including logic, ethics and political philosophy.[3]
Selected publications edit
- The Logic of Plurality. London: Methuen, 1971.
- 'Rawls's Difference Principle'. Philosophy 48 (1973):75–78.
- 'Ethics of Risk'. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 84 (1983), 15–29. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/4545003
- 'Wicked promises' in I. Hacking (ed.), Exercises in Analysis. Cambridge University Press, 1985, pp. 1–21.
References edit
- ^ "Jimmy Altham". Gonville and Cauis College. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ Altham, J. E. J. "Assertion command and obligation. Philosophical foundations of the logic of imperatives and deontic logic". EthOS. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Works by J.E.J. Altham". Philpapers. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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