J. L. Mackie
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 42 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 25,1917 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Sydney |
| Australia | |
| Date of died | December 12,1981 |
| Died | Oxford |
| United Kingdom | |
| Children | Penelope Mackie |
| Influenced by | David Hume |
| John Anderson | |
| Job | Philosopher |
| Education | The University of Sydney |
| Oriel College | |
| Books | Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong |
| The Miracle of Theism | |
| The cement of the universe | |
| Problems from Locke | |
| Hume's moral theory | |
| Truth, probability and paradox | |
| Era | Analytic philosophy |
| 20th-century philosophy | |
| Australian realism | |
| Parents | Alexander Mackie |
| Annie Burnett Duncan | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 605945 |
J. L. Mackie Life story
John Leslie Mackie FBA was an Australian philosopher. He made significant contributions to the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language. Mackie had influential views on metaethics, including his defence of moral scepticism and his sophisticated defence of atheism. He wrote six books.
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