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Anderson, John, 1893-1962

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Personal name headingAnderson, John, 1893-1962
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Associated countryScotland Australia
Associated placeSydney (N.S.W.)
Birth date1893-11-01
Death date1962-07-06
Place of birthStonehouse (Scotland)
Place of deathSydney (N.S.W.)
Field of activityPhilosophy Realism Empiricism Free thought
AffiliationUniversity of Sydney
Profession or occupationPhilosophers
University and college faculty members
Found inHis Studies in empirical philosophy, 1962.
Information from 678 converted Dec. 16, 2014 (d. 1962)
Wikipedia, 19 March 2020 (John Anderson (philosopher); born 1 November 1893, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died 6 July 1962, Sydney, Australia; was a Scottish philosopher who occupied the post of Challis Professor of Philosophy at Sydney University from 1927 to 1958; educated at the former Hamilton Academy and the University of Glasgow; arrived in Sydney in 1927; promoted 'free thought' in all subjects, including politics and morality; founded the empirical brand of philosophy known as Australian realism)
Associated languageeng