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,
    • Judy Pelham, University of Toronto Quarterly,
    • 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,
    • James Walker, LeftLion,


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