Stuart Hampshire
Stuart Hampshire | |
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| Born | Stuart Newton Hampshire 1 October 1914 Healing, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 13 June 2004 (aged 89) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | Princeton University Stanford University |
| Doctoral students | Robert Stalnaker |
| Main interests | Philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, history of philosophy |
Sir Stuart Newton Hampshire FBA (1 October 1914 – 13 June 2004) was an English philosopher, literary critic and university administrator. He was one of the antirationalist Oxford thinkers who gave a new direction to moral and political thought in the post-World War II era.