Ray Monk | |
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| Born | 15 February 1957 |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy, postanalytic philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Southampton |
Main interests | Logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, history of analytic philosophy, veganism |
Influences | |
Ray Monk FRSL (born 15 February 1957) is a British philosopher and writer. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Southampton, where he taught from 1992 to 2018.[1][2]
Biography
Monk won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the 1991 Duff Cooper Prize for his biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. His interests lie in the philosophy of mathematics, the history of analytic philosophy, and philosophical aspects of biographical writing. His biography of Robert Oppenheimer was published in 2012.
Since 2012 he has contributed to the New Statesman, contributing articles on philosophy and veganism.[3][4]
In 2015 he was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Society of Literature.[5]
Works
- Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. London: Vintage, 1991.
- Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude 1872–1921. London: Vintage, 1996.
- Russell. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997.
- Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness 1921–1970. London: Vintage, 2001.
- How to Read Wittgenstein. London: Granta, 2005.
- Inside the Centre: the Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer. London: Jonathan Cape, 2012
- "Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Sketch of His Life" (chapter in A Companion to Wittgenstein, edited by Hans-Johann Glock and John Hyman. Wiley-Blackwell, 2017)
References
- ^ Ray Monk - Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Southampton
- ^ Ray Monk's announcement of his retirement on Twitter
- ^ "Writers". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Ray Monk on veganism in the New Statesman". University of Southampton.
- ^ Ray Monk - Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
External links
- Home page
- WGBY audio recording of lecture "Philosophy Circa 1905"
- Leading, contemporary biographers Hermione Lee & Ray Monk and director Stephen Frears debate whether all biographies are fiction
- Appearances on C-SPAN