Renford Bambrough
John Renford Bambrough was a British philosopher. He was fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1950-1999, where he held the positions of Dean and President.
Life
John Renford Bambrough was born in Silksworth, Sunderland, England on 29 April 1926. He was born into a mining background, his father having been an electrician at Silksworth Colliery. And he himself worked, as part of his national service, in a coalmine at Wearmouth Colliery from 1944 to 1945 as a Bevin Boy.He was the editor of Philosophy from 1972 to 1994. Bambrough edited a Festschrift in honour of John Wisdom titled Wisdom: Twelve Essays.
He died in Cambridge on 17 January 1999.
Works
Books authored
Reason, Truth and God- ''Moral Skepticism and Moral Knowledge''
Books edited
The Philosophy of Aristotle New Essays on Plato and Aristotle- Plato, Popper and Politics: Some Contributions to a Modern Controversy.
- ''Wisdom: Twelve Essays''
Select papers/book chapters etc.
- , Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 61, pp. 207–22.
- , American Journal of Jurisprudence, vol. 14 (1969), pp. 37–53.
- , Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 72, pp. 65–81.
- 'Plato's Political Analogies', in: Vlastos, Gregory Plato: a collection of critical essays v. II
- Conflict and the Scope of Reason, the St. John's College, Cambridge, lecture, 1973-74, delivered at the University of Hull, 8 March 1973,
- '"Literature and philosophy" in: Wisdom: Twelve Essays, pp. 274–292
- , in: R.S. Peters, Nature and Conduct, Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures, vol. 8, pp. 1–13.
- 'The Shape of Ignorance', in: Lewis, Hywel David Contemporary British Philosophy Personal Statements Fourth Series
- 'Intuition and the inexpressible', In Steven T. Katz, Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis.
- , Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, suppl. vol. 54 (1980), pp.105–17.
- 'Aristotle and Agamemnon', in: Griffiths, A. Phillips, Philosophy and Literature, ''Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 16 pp. 29–40.
- 'Discipline and Discipleship', in: Ilham Dilman, Philosophy and Life: Essays on John Wisdom, pp. 201–17.
- , The Monist, vol. 71, pp. 311–19.
- 'Ounces of Example: Henry James, Philosopher' in: Boyle, Nicholas Realism in European Literature, Essays in Honour of J P Stern
- "Fools and Heretics" in: Griffiths, A. Phillips,Wittgenstein Centenary Essays, Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement 28
- ', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 90, pp. 1–15.
- 'Reason and Faith—I', in: Warner, Martin, Religion and Philosophy, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 31 pp. 23–32
- "Invincible Knowledge" in: Griffiths, A. Phillips., Ethics, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, 35, 51-62.
- 'Question Time' in: Fellows, Roger Philosophy and Technology, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 38 pp. 189–201