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Nicholas John Griffin is a retired Canadian-based philosopher.[1] He was Director of the Bertrand Russell Centre at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, where he held a Canada Research Chair in Philosophy.[2]

Griffin has a bachelor's degree from the University of Leicester, and a Ph.D. from the Australian National University.[3] His 1974 dissertation, Relative Identity, was supervised by Richard Sylvan;[4] he later published it as a book. His area of research is Bertrand Russell.

Books

Monographs

  • Relative Identity (1977)[5]
  • Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship (1991)[6]

Edited works

  • The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 1, The Private Years 1884-1914 1992[7]
  • The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 2: The Public Years 1914-1970 2001[8]
  • The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell 2003[9]
  • Russell vs. Meinong: The Legacy of "On Denoting" (with Dale Jacquette) 2008[10]
  • The Palgrave centenary companion to Principia Mathematica (with Bernard Linsky) 2013[11]
  • Bertrand Russell: A Pacifist at War, Letters and Writings 1914-1918 2014[12]

References

  1. ^ Balch, Erica (9 September 2019). "Acclaimed philosopher named Library's new Scholar in Residence". McMaster Daily News. McMaster University. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Nicholas John Griffin". Experts. McMaster University. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Philosophy". Academic Calendars. McMaster University. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  4. ^ Griffin, Nicholas (1974). Relative Identity (Thesis). Australian National University. hdl:1885/10438.
  5. ^ Reviews of Relative Identity:
  6. ^ Reviews of Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship:
  7. ^ Reviews of The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 1:
    • Charles H. Karelis and Robert H. Bell, "Early Bertie", The American Scholar, JSTOR 41211067
    • George Woodcock, "Publishing as Play: The Hogarth Press", The Sewanee Review, JSTOR 27546823
  8. ^ Review of The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 2:
  9. ^ Reviews of The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell:
  10. ^ Reviews of Russell vs. Meinong:
    • Berit Brogaard, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, [7]
    • Judy Pelham, University of Toronto Quarterly, [8]
    • Michael Scanlan, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v30i1.2181
  11. ^ Review of The Palgrave centenary companion to Principia Mathematica:
  12. ^ Reviews of Bertrand Russell: A Pacifist at War:
    • Satish Kumar, "A passion For peace", Resurgence & Ecologist, [9]
    • James Walker, LeftLion, [10]