Charles Taylor (philosopher)

Charles Taylor CC GOQ FRSC FBA
Taylor in 2019
Born	Charles Margrave Taylor (1931-11-05) November 5, 1931 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Spouses	Alba Romer Taylor (m. 1956; died 1990) Aube Billard (m. 1995)
Awards	Templeton Prize (2007) Kyoto Prize (2008) Kluge Prize (2015) Berggruen Prize (2016)

Education
Alma mater	McGill University Balliol College, Oxford
Thesis	Explanation in Social Science (1961)
Doctoral advisor	Sir Isaiah Berlin
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy Canadian philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy (early) continental philosophy (hermeneutics) (late) communitarianism Hegelianism
Institutions	All Souls College, Oxford McGill University Northwestern University
Doctoral students	Ruth Abbey Frederick C. Beiser Michael E. Rosen Michael J. Sandel
Notable students	Richard Kearney Guy Laforest Daniel Weinstock
Main interests	Social philosophy political philosophy cosmopolitanism secularity religion modernity
Notable works	Sources of the Self (1989) The Malaise of Modernity (1991) "The Politics of Recognition" (1992) A Secular Age (2007)
Notable ideas	Communitarian critique of liberalism critique of naturalism and formalist epistemology engaged hermeneutics

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Charles Margrave Taylor CC GOQ FRSC FBA (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec, and professor emeritus at McGill University best known for his contributions to political philosophy, the philosophy of social science, the history of philosophy, and intellectual history. His work has earned him the Kyoto Prize, the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy, and the John W. Kluge Prize.

In 2007, Taylor served with Gérard Bouchard on the Bouchard–Taylor Commission on reasonable accommodation with regard to cultural differences in the province of Quebec. He has also made contributions to moral philosophy, epistemology, hermeneutics, aesthetics, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of action.