Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy
The Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy is the senior professorship in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. It was established in 1896 and was named the Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy in 2010 after a successful fundraising appeal to endow the post. The incumbent Bertrand Russell Professor is Huw Price who will retire in September 2020 and the next professor will be Alexander Bird.[1][2]
Holders
- James Ward (1896-1925)
- G. E. Moore (1925-39)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1939-47)
- G. H. von Wright (1948-51)
- John Wisdom (1952-68)
- Elizabeth Anscombe (1970-86)
- D. H. Mellor (1986-99)
- Simon Blackburn (2001-2011)
- Huw Price (2011-2020)
- Alexander Bird (2020-)
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References
- "THE BERTRAND RUSSELL PROFESSORSHIP OF PHILOSOPHY" (PDF).
- Weinberg, Justin (30 January 2020). "Bird from KCL to Cambridge's Russell Professorship". Daily Nous.
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