R. B. Braithwaite
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This article is about the philosopher. For the poet, see Richard Braithwait.
Richard Bevan Braithwaite FBA (15 January 1900 – 21 April 1990) was an English philosopher who specialized in the philosophy of science, ethics, and the philosophy of religion.
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Born | Richard Bevan Braithwaite (1900-01-15)15 January 1900 Banbury, England |
Died | 21 April 1990(1990-04-21) (aged 90) Cambridge, England |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
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Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy |
Academic advisors | G. E. Moore[1] |
Doctoral students | Imre Lakatos, Stephan Körner |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion |
Notable ideas | The existence of logical features common to all the sciences[2] The nature of religious belief Half-belief[3] |
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