Anthony Kenny | |
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Born | Anthony John Patrick Kenny 16 March 1931 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
Alma mater | Venerable English College St Benet's Hall, Oxford |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytical Thomism |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, history of philosophy |
Notable ideas | Criticism of Cartesian dualism[1] |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Catholicism |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Ordained | 1955 |
Sir Anthony John Patrick Kenny FBA (born 16 March 1931) is a British philosopher whose interests lie in the philosophy of mind, ancient and scholastic philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of Wittgenstein of whose literary estate he is an executor. With Peter Geach, he has made a significant contribution to analytical Thomism, a movement whose aim is to present the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas in the style of analytic philosophy. He is a former president of the British Academy and the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He has two sons, Charles James Kenny and Robert Alexander Kenny. He also has four grandchildren.