Crispin Wright
Crispin Wright | |
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| Born | 21 December 1942 Surrey, England |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic Neo-logicism (Scottish School) |
| Institutions | All Souls College, Oxford |
| Main interests | Philosophy of mind Philosophy of language Philosophy of mathematics Frege · Wittgenstein Epistemology |
| Notable ideas | Rule-following considerations Neo-logicism Truth pluralism Epistemic entitlement Superassertibility Anti-realist semantics for empirical language Warrant transmission failure Cornerstone proposition |
Crispin James Garth Wright (/raɪt/; born 21 December 1942) is a British philosopher, who has written on neo-Fregean (neo-logicist) philosophy of mathematics, Wittgenstein's later philosophy, and on issues related to truth, realism, cognitivism, skepticism, knowledge, and objectivity. He is Professor of Philosophical Research at the University of Stirling, and taught previously at the University of St Andrews, University of Aberdeen, New York University, Princeton University and University of Michigan.