James F. Thomson (philosopher)

James F. Thomson
Born1921
Hammersmith, London
Died1984 (aged 6263)
Spouse
(m. 1962; div. 1980)
Education
Alma materUniversity of London
Philosophical work
Notable ideasThomson's lamp, supertasks

James F. Thomson (1921–1984) was a British philosopher who devised the puzzle of Thomson's lamp, to argue against the possibility of supertasks (a word he also coined)