Richard Holton

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Richard Holton
Education Princeton University (PhD), University College, Oxford (BA)
Spouse Rae Langton
Awards Fellow of the British Academy
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Analytic
Institutions University of Cambridge, MIT, Monash, ANU, Sheffield, Edinburgh
Thesis Less Work for a Theory of Sense  (1995)
Doctoral advisor Scott Soames
Main interests
ethics, moral psychology
Website https://rjh221.user.srcf.net/

Richard Holton is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Peterhouse. He is known for his works on moral psychology and action theory. Holton is a Fellow of the British Academy. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Richard Holton". scholar.google.com.
  2. Steward, Helen (1 April 2010). "Richard Holton, Willing, Wanting, Waiting". Ethics. 120 (3): 604–608. doi:10.1086/652493. ISSN   0014-1704.
  3. Clarke, Randolph (2011). "Review of Willing, Wanting, Waiting". Analysis. 71 (1): 191–193. doi:10.1093/analys/anq102. ISSN   0003-2638. JSTOR   41237295.