Sprigge, Timothy (Lauro Squire)

views updated

SPRIGGE, Timothy (Lauro Squire)

SPRIGGE, Timothy (Lauro Squire). British, b. 1932. Genres: Intellectual history, Philosophy, Theology/Religion. Career: University College, London, Lecturer in Philosophy, 1961-63; University of Sussex, Brighton, Lecturer, 1963-70, Reader in Philosophy, 1970-79; University of Edinburgh, Professor, 1979-89, Professor Emeritus of Logic and Metaphysics, and Endowment Fellow, 1990-. Publications: (ed.) The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, vols. 1 and 2, 1968; Facts, Words, and Beliefs, 1970; Santayana: An Examination of His Philosophy, 1974; The Vindication of Absolute Idealism, 1983; Theories of Existence, 1984; The Rational Foundations of Ethics, 1988; James and Bradley: American Truth and British Reality, 1993. Address: 31a Raeburn Place, Edinburgh EH4 1HX, Scotland. Online address: [email protected]