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Charlie Dunbar Broad

Philosopher, born in London, UK. He became professor of moral philosophy in Cambridge (1933–53), but also had a strong interest in parapsychology, and was president of the Society for Psychical Research.

Western Philosophy
20th-century philosophy
Name: Charlie Dunbar (C.D.) Broad
Birth: December 30, 1887
Death: March 11, 1971
School/tradition: Analytic philosophy
Main interests: Metaphysics, Ethics, Philosophy of the Mind, Logic
Influences: John Locke, William Ernest Johnson, Alfred North Whitehead, G. Moore, Bertrand Russell
Influenced: A. Because of his special interest and ability in mathematics and science , in 1908 he earned a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge University, and there began his philosophical career. (Cambridge, UK, 1914.)

He earned his professorship in philosophy at Cambridge in 1933.

Timeline Summary

Fellow of Trinity College: 1911
Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer at St Andrews University: 1911-20
Professor at Bristol University: 1920-23
College Lecturer at Trinity College: 1923-
Lecturer in Moral Science at Cambridge University: 1926-31
President of the Aristotelian Society: 1927-1928; 1954-1955.
Sidgwick Lecturer at Cambridge University: 1931-33
Knightsbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge University: 1933-53
President of the Society of Psychical Research: 1935 & 1958.

Philosophy

Broad had no "philosophy" in the sense of a deeply original way of interpreting and dealing with the issues of his field.

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