Wikipedia:Projekt Philosophie/Artikelwunsch Philosophen/Colin Murray Turbayne
Vorlage:Orphan Colin Murray Turbayne (7 February 1916 – 16 May 2006) was an Australian philosopher, who spent most of his academic career at the University of Rochester, where he first had a position in 1957 and became professor emeritus in 1981. His doctorate was from the University of Pennsylvania. During World War II he had worked for Australian Intelligence, in the Pacific War theatre.
He was an authority on George Berkeley. He is best known for his book The Myth of Metaphor, from 1961. In the early 1990s Colin M. Turbayne and his wife established an International Berkeley Essay Prize competition in cooperation with the Philosophy Department at the University of Rochester[1]
External links
- Introduction to The Myth of Metaphor
- Memorial notice (PDF) (Hampden-Sydney College)
- Paul J. Olscamp. In Memoriam: Colin Murray Turbayne // Berkeley Newsletter No. 17 (2006): pp. 5-6. (PDF)
- Berkeley Prize Winners
- INTERNATIONAL BERKELEY SOCIETY