Jimmy Altham | |
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Born | 1944 |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
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]
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]
Jimmy Altham | |
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Born | 1944 |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
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]
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]