C. D. Broad
English philosopher (1887–1971)
Biography
Charlie Dunbar Broad (30 December 1887 – 11 March 1971) was an English philosopher who worked on epistemology, history of philosophy, philosophy of science, and ethics, as well as the philosophical aspects of psychical research. He was known for his thorough and dispassionate examinations of arguments in such works as Scientific Thought (1923), The Mind and Its Place in Nature (1925), and Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy (2 vols., 1933–1938).
Broad's essay on "Determinism, Indeterminism, and Libertarianism" in Ethics and the History of Philosophy (1952) introduced the philosophical terms occurrent causation and non-occurrent causation, which became the basis for the contemporary distinction between "agent-causal" and "event-causal" in debates on libertarian free will.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- University of Cambridge
- University of St Andrews
Quick answers about C. D. Broad
- How old was C. D. Broad?
- C. D. Broad died on March 11, 1971 at the age of 83.
- When is C. D. Broad's birthday?
- C. D. Broad was born on December 30, 1887.
- Where was C. D. Broad born?
- C. D. Broad was born in Harlesden.
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- C. D. Broad's zodiac sign is Capricorn.
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- C. D. Broad is a citizen of United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- C. D. Broad is known as philosopher, university teacher, art collector.
