Timothy Williamson
British philosopher (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Timothy Williamson FRSE FBA (born 6 August 1955) is a British philosopher whose main research interests are in philosophical logic, philosophy of language, epistemology and metaphysics. He is the former Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of New College, Oxford.
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Born | (1955-08-06) 6 August 1955 (age 69) |
Nationality | British |
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Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Thesis | The Concept of Approximation to the Truth (1980) |
Influences | Ruth Barcan Marcus |
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Discipline | Philosophy |
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School or tradition | Analytic philosophy |
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Main interests | Fuzzy logic |
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