Dorothy Edgington

Dorothy Edgington
Born 1941
Era Contemporary philosophy
Region Western Philosophy
Main interests
philosophical logic, vagueness, conditionals, probability

Dorothy Margaret Doig Edgington FBA (née Milne, born 29 April 1941) is a philosopher active in metaphysics and philosophical logic.[1] She was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford[2] from 2003[3] to 2006, where she was also a professor from 1996 to 2001. Before moving to Oxford, Edgington taught for many years at Birkbeck College, London,[2] and now teaches there again[3] part-time. From 2007-2008 she was President of the Aristotelian Society. She is especially well known for her work on the logic of conditionals and vagueness.[2]

Birkbeck College now hosts a lecture series named after Edgington; in 2012, the lectures were given by John McDowell, in 2014 they were given by Rae Langton, and in 2016 the Edgington Lectures were given by Kit Fine.[4]

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References

  1. EDGINGTON, Prof. Dorothy Margaret Doig’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; online edn, Nov 2011 accessed 25 Jan 2012
  2. 1 2 3 Sue James (5 November 2004). "Department audit". The Times. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Prof. Dorothy Edgington returns to Birkbeck". Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  4. http://edgingtonlectures.org/


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