John Cook Wilson
John Cook Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 June 1849 Nottingham, England |
| Died | 11 August 1915 (aged 66) Oxford, England |
| Spouse |
Charlotte Schneider (m. 1876) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Academic advisors | Hermann Lotze T. H. Green Henry William Chandler Henry John Stephen Smith |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th-/20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Direct realism |
| Institutions | New College, Oxford |
| Notable students | H. A. Prichard H. W. B. Joseph Edgar Frederick Carritt W. D. Ross R. G. Collingwood |
| Main interests | Logic, epistemology |
| Notable ideas | Knowledge as undefinable |
John Cook Wilson FBA (6 June 1849 – 11 August 1915) was an English philosopher, Wykeham Professor of Logic and Fellow of New College.