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Simon Blackburn was born on 12 July, 1944 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England, is an English academic philosopher. Discover Simon Blackburn's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 12 July, 1944
Birthday 12 July
Birthplace Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
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1944

Simon Walter Blackburn (born 12 July 1944) is an English academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends quasi-realism, and in the philosophy of language.

More recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts to popularise philosophy.

He has appeared in multiple episodes of the documentary series Closer to Truth.

During his long career, he has taught at Oxford University, Cambridge University, and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Blackburn was born on 12 July 1944 in Chipping Sodbury, England.

1965

He attended Clifton College and went on to receive his bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1965 from Trinity College, Cambridge.

1969

He obtained his doctorate in 1969 from Churchill College, Cambridge.

2002

He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2002 and a Foreign Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2008.

He is a former editor of the journal Mind.

In philosophy, he is best known as the proponent of quasi-realism in meta-ethics and as a defender of neo-Humean views on a variety of topics.

"The quasi-realist is someone who endorses an anti-realist metaphysical stance but who seeks, through philosophical maneuvering, to earn the right for moral discourse to enjoy all the trappings of realist talk."

2008

In 2008 The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, which was authored by Blackburn, was published.

2009

He is a former president of the Aristotelian Society, having served the 2009–2010 term.

2010

He was one of 55 public figures to sign an open letter published in The Guardian in September 2010, stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK, and has argued that "religionists" should have less influence in political affairs.

He was one of 240 academics to sign a letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission opposing 'radical gender orthodoxy', published in The Sunday Times.

In a televised debate, Blackburn argued against the position of the author and podcaster Sam Harris that morality can be derived straightforwardly from science.

2011

He retired as the professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge in 2011, but remains a distinguished research professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, teaching every fall semester.

He is also a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a member of the professoriate of New College of the Humanities.

He was previously a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford and has also taught full-time at the University of North Carolina as an Edna J. Koury Professor.

2014

In 2014 Blackburn published Mirror, Mirror: The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love, focusing on different philosophical aspects of self-love, discussing modern forms and manifestations of pride, amour-propre, integrity or self-esteem through various philosophical frameworks and ideas.

He makes occasional appearances in the British media, such as on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze.

He is a patron of Humanists UK (formerly the British Humanist Association), and when asked to define his atheism, he said he prefers the label infidel over atheist:

"Being an infidel, that is, just having no faith, I do not have to prove anything. I have no faith in the Loch Ness Monster, but do not go about trying to prove that it does not exist, although there are certainly overwhelming arguments that it does not."