Jonathan Bennett (philosopher)
Jonathan Bennett | |
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| Born | Jonathan Francis Bennett 17 February 1930 Greymouth, New Zealand |
| Died | 31 March 2024 Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Canterbury (M.A., 1953) Magdalen College, Oxford (BPhil, 1955) |
| Academic advisors | J. L. Austin |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | Syracuse University |
| Main interests | Philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ethics |
| Notable ideas | Equivalence thesis (no moral difference between killing and letting die) |
Jonathan Francis Bennett (17 February 1930 – 31 March 2024) was a philosopher of language and metaphysics, specialist of Kant's philosophy and a historian of early modern philosophy. He had New Zealand citizenship by birth and later acquired UK and Canadian citizenship.