List of philosophers associated with Balliol College, Oxford

This is a list of philosophers associated with Balliol College, Oxford.

Philosophers and social-political theorists Image Name JoinDate Field of work Comments RefsSir William Hamilton1807metaphysicsProfessor of Logic and Metaphysics, EdinburghPhilosophy of the Unconditioned 1829Thomas Hill Green1854British idealism Whyte's Professor of Moral PhilosophyHusband of Charlotte Byron Symonds who promoted women's educationHis teaching is considered the most potent philosophical influence in England during the last quarter of the 19th century, cited by many social liberal politicians, often Balliol alumni, such as Herbert Samuel and H. H. AsquithProlegomena to Ethics 1884 posthumouslyEdward Caird1860British idealismFBA, FRSEChair of Moral Philosophy, GlasgowMaster of Balliolbrother of theologian John CairdThe Evolution of Religion 1893Alfred Barratt1862panpsychismFellow, Brasenose CollegePhysical Ethics 1869William Wallace1864German philosophyFellow of Merton CollegeWhite's Professor of Moral PhilosophyThe Logic and Prolegomena of Hegel 1873Kant 1882Richard Lewis Nettleship1865British idealismFellowThe Theory of Education in Plato's Republic 1935(43 years posthumous)Bernard Bosanquet1866British idealismFBAHusband of social theorist and reformer Helen BosanquetThe Philosophical Theory of the State 1899John Cook Wilson1867logicFBA, Fellow of New CollegeWykeham Professor of LogicDisputed the barbershop paradox with Lewis CarrollDavid George Ritchie1873British idealismFellowProfessor of Logic and Metaphysics, St AndrewsNatural Rights 1895Balliol College Register (Second Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1934Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead1874arts and craftsFounded Byrdcliffe Colony New YorkSamuel Alexander1878emergentistOM, FBAProfessor of Philosophy, ManchesterMoral Order and Progress 1889F. C. S. Schiller1882pragmatismFBA, Fellow, Corpus Christi College, OxfordVisiting Professor USCJohn Alexander Smith1883British idealismFBA Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical PhilosophyInstigator of the new PPE degreeRobert Ranulph Marett1885anthropologyRector of Exeter CollegeHarold Joachim1886coherence theory of truthFBA Wykeham Professor of LogicThe Nature of Truth 1906Sir Ernest Barker1893political scienceFBA, Principal KCLProfessor, Political Science, CambridgeSir W. D. Ross1896moral realismFBAWhite's Professor of Moral PhilosophyThe Right and the GoodSir Leon Simon1900Zionism Balfour DeclarationPresident, Hebrew UniversityOlaf Stapledon1905transhumanismexpressed philosophy through Science FictionLast and First MenHerbert James Paton1908German philosophyFBAWhite's Professor of Moral Philosophybrains behind the Curzon Line 1919 splitting PolandJohn Macmurray1913personalismFellowGrote Professor of Mind and Logic at UCLProfessor of Moral Philosophy, EdinburghAustin Marsden Farrer1923theologyFBA, Fellow, Trinity College, OxfordWarden, Keble College"one of the greatest figures of 20th-century Anglicanism"John Niemeyer Findlay1924rational mysticismRhodes ScholarProfessor of Philosophy, KCL/Yale/Boston J. L. Austin1929philosophy of languageFBA, White's Professor of Moral Philosophyleading proponent of ordinary language philosophy How to Do Things with Words 1955Balliol College Register (Third Edition) by Ivo Elliott and Elsie Lemon. 1953Norman O. Brown1932Freudo-Marxismprofessor of classics at WesleyanSir Stuart Hampshire1933philosophy of mindFBA, Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, UCLHead of Philosophy, PrincetonWarden, Wadham College Thought and ActionPeter Geach1934Philosophical logicHon. Fellow, Professor of Logic, Leedsmarried to philosopher Elizabeth AnscombeR. M. Hare1937moral philosophyFBA,White's Professor of Moral PhilosophyThe Language of Morals 1952David Pears1939Ludwig WittgensteinProfessor of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE"one-man crusader for critical rationalism"Words and Things 1959Richard Wollheim1941philosophy of artGrote Professor of Mind and Logic, UCLArt And Its ObjectsErnest Gellner1943European philosophyFBA, Fellow, Christ Church"the only Wittgensteinian to get Wittgenstein right"Sir Bernard Williams1947Moral philosophyFBA, Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, CambridgeWhite's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford"a good claim to be the leading British philosopher of his day" (Martin Hollis)Utilitarianism: For and Against CUP 1973John Lucas1947philosophy of mathematicsFBA, Fellow at Merton CollegeMinds, Machines and Gödel 1959 Alan Montefiore1948European philosophyFellowA Modern Introduction to Moral PhilosophyRoutledge 1958 Peter Sedgwick1952international socialismPsychoPolitics 1982Charles Taylor1952political philosophyFRSC, Rhodes Scholar, Professor at McGillThe first president of the Oxford Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentA Secular Age HUP 2007 Steven Lukes1958sociologyFBA, professor of politics and sociology at NYUPower: A Radical View 3rd Ed. 2021Alan Ryan1959political philosophyFBA, Professor of Politics, OxfordThe Philosophy of John Stuart Mill MacMillan 1970 Hans Sluga1960German philosophyProfessor, BerkeleyThe Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein CUP 1996 Derek Parfit1961moral philosophyFellow of All Soulswidely considered one of the most important and influential moral philosophers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, whose first book, Reasons and Persons (OUP 1984) has been described as the most significant work of moral philosophy since the 1800s Sir Neil MacCormick1963jurisprudenceFRS, FRSE, FellowRegius Chair of Public Law, EdinburghMEPLaw, State and Practical Reason, OUP 2011Roy Bhaskar1963critical realismMasterA Realist Theory of Science, Verso 1975Robert D. Putnam1963social capitalFulbright Fellowtwo-level game theoryBowling AloneSir Anthony Kenny1964philosophy of mindMasterA New History of Western Philosophy OUP 2010Kit Fine1964philosophical logicProfessor of Philosophy and Mathematics, New YorkVagueness: A Global Approach OUP 2020Martin Hollis1965rationalityTutorProfessor, University of East Angliaeditor RatioPuzzlerArthur Prior1967temporal logicFellowTime and Modality, OUP 1957 William Newton-Smith1967philosophy of scienceFellowThe Rationality of Science Routledge 1981 David Miller1967social justiceProfessor of Political Theory, OxfordAlex Callinicos1968TrotskyismThe Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx 2012 Michael E. Rosen1970Continental philosophyProfessor of Government at HarvardJoseph Raz1972jurisprudenceFBA, FellowThe Concept of a Legal System: An Introduction to the Theory of a Legal System, 2nd Ed OUP 1980 Hilary Lawson1973anti-realismTV producerFounded the Institute of Art and IdeasTom Sorell1973early modern philosophy, applied philosophyProfessor of Politics and Philosophy, University of Warwick Hobbes (Routledge, 1986) Scientism (Routledge, 1991) Descartes Reinvented (Cambridge University Press, 2005) Emergencies and Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2013)Timothy Williamson1974philosophical logicWykeham Professor of Logic, Fellow of New CollegeKnowledge and Its Limits OUP 2000Ewan Ferlie1974public sector managementprofessor of public services management at King's College LondonMichael Sandel1975political philosophyRhodes Scholar, Professor of Government, HarvardJustice: the right things to do, popular Harvard courseSir Geoff Mulgan1979collective intelligenceProfessor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at UCLAdrian William Moore1979metaphysicsFBA, Professor of Philosophy, OxfordThe Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things, CUP 2012 Stephen Macedo1980liberalismProfessor of Politics at PrincetonIan Rumfitt1983philosophy of languageFBA, Fellow, All SoulsThe Boundary Stones of Thought, Clarendon 2015 Paul W. Franks1983Jewish philosophyProfessor of Philosophy, YaleAll or Nothing: Skepticism, Transcendental Arguments and Systematicity in German Idealism, HUP 2005 Cheryl Misak1984pragmatismRhodes Scholar, FRSCProfessor of Philosophy, TorontoFrank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers, OUP 2020Stephen Mulhall1984German philosophyFellow, New College The Great Riddle: Wittgenstein and Nonsense, Theology and Philosophy, OUP 2015Robert Maximilian de Gaynesford1986philosophy of languageProfessor of Philosophy, ReadingI: The Meaning of the First Person Term Clarendon 2006Michael Otsuka1986political philosophyProfessor of Philosophy, RutgersLibertarianism Without Inequality OUP 2003Herman Cappelen1987philosophy of languageProfessor of Philosophy, Hong KongBad Language (with Josh Dever) OUP 2019John Tasioulas1989moral philosophyRhodes ScholarProfessor of Ethics and Legal PhilosophyKatherine Hawley1989metaphysicsHow Things Persist 2002How To Be Trustworthy 2020Balliol College Register (Seventh Edition) by Tom Bewley and John Jones. 2005.Graeme Garrard1990political philosophyProfessor of Politics at CardiffThe Return of the State: And Why it is Essential for our Health, Wealth and Happiness 2022 Raj Patel1991social justiceStuffed and StarvedThe Value of NothingAlice Sullivan1992sociologyProfessor, UCL. Advocates data on biological sex and gender identity should be recorded as distinct categorieshttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-data-statistics-and-research-on-sex-and-gender/review-of-data-statistics-and-research-on-sex-and-gender-executive-summaryAly Kassam-Remtulla1999multiculturalismVice Provost for International Affairs, PrincetonToby Ord2003effective altruismFounded Giving What We CanThe Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

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