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Comment on Susan Stebbing and the Language of Common Sense by src1

src1 — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:02:17 +0000

Thanks for this, Brian. The Kingsley School was a very important part of Stebbing’s life, but I haven’t been able to find much information about it, so leads like this are really helpful.

Comment on Susan Stebbing and the Language of Common Sense by Brian Carlick

Brian Carlick — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:10:09 +0000

My mother under the patronage of her aunt Elsie Matilda Maude Smith (nee Whetnall) or of her grandfather Thomas William Ward Whetnall attended Kingsley School London (also connected to Tintagel). L S Stebbing was a founder or “Principal” of this school. Apart from a 1939 first edition (Pelican) of “Thinking to some Purpose” I also have LSS’s In Memorian notice.

B R Carlick

Comment on Susan Stebbing and the Language of Common Sense by L. Susan Stebbing « Siobhan Chapman

L. Susan Stebbing « Siobhan Chapman — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:44:38 +0000

[...] a book based on my current research project on the British analytic philosopher Susan Stebbing. Here is a very brief account of why I am interested in [...]

Comment on Arne Naess died 12th January 2009 by Siobhan Chapman on Arne Naess : Chris Routledge

Siobhan Chapman on Arne Naess : Chris Routledge — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:19:32 +0000

[...] Siobhan Chapman, my wife, partner in crime, and recent author of Language and Empiricism, After the Vienna Circle has written a brief post on Arne Naess, the Norwegian philosopher who died on Monday: The Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist Arne Naess died on Monday, two weeks short of his 97th birthday. The Associated Press announcement, along with most of the tributes now being paid to Naess, focus on his ecological work and appropriately so; the ‘Deep Ecology’ movement, which he founded in 1970, is his greatest intellectual legacy. But Naess is also a significant figure in the history of analytic philosophy. He was the last surviving philosopher to have attended meetings of the Vienna Circle in the 1930s … [More] [...]