Renford Bambrough

John Renford Bambrough (29 April 1926 – 17 January 1999) was a British philosopher. He was fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1950-1999, where he held the positions of Dean (1964–1979) and President (1979–1983).

Life
John Renford Bambrough was born in Silksworth, Sunderland, England on 29 April 1926. He was born into a mining background, his father having been an electrician at Silksworth Colliery. And he himself worked, as part of his national service, in a coalmine at Wearmouth Colliery from 1944 to 1945 as a Bevin Boy.

He was the editor of Philosophy (the journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy) from 1972 to 1994.

He died in Cambridge on 17 January 1999.

Books authored

 * Reason, Truth and God (1969)
 * Moral Skepticism and Moral Knowledge (1979)

Books edited

 * The Philosophy of Aristotle (1963)
 * New Essays on Plato and Aristotle (1965)
 * Plato, Popper and Politics: Some Contributions to a Modern Controversy (1967).
 * Wisdom: Twelve Essays (1974)

Select papers/book chapters etc.

 * 'Universals and Family Resemblances', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 61 (1960–61), pp. 207–22.
 * 'A Proof of the Objectivity of Morals', American Journal of Jurisprudence, vol. 14 (1969), pp. 37–53.
 * 'Objectivity and Objects', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 72 (1971-2), pp. 65–81.
 * 'Plato's Political Analogies', in: Vlastos, Gregory (ed.) Plato: a collection of critical essays v. II (1971)
 * Conflict and the Scope of Reason, the St. John's College, Cambridge, lecture, 1973-74, delivered at the University of Hull, 8 March 1973, (1974)
 * '"Literature and philosophy" in: Wisdom: Twelve Essays (1974), pp. 274–292
 * 'Essay on Man', in: R.S. Peters (ed.), Nature and Conduct, Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures, vol. 8 (1975), pp. 1–13.
 * 'The Shape of Ignorance', in: Lewis, Hywel David (ed.) Contemporary British Philosophy Personal Statements Fourth Series (1976)
 * 'Intuition and the inexpressible', In Steven T. Katz (ed.), Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis. (1978)
 * 'Thought, Word and Deed', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, suppl. vol. 54 (1980), pp.105–17.
 * 'Aristotle and Agamemnon', in: (ed.) Griffiths, A. Phillips, Philosophy and Literature, Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 16 (1983) pp. 29–40.
 * 'Discipline and Discipleship', in: Ilham Dilman (ed.), Philosophy and Life: Essays on John Wisdom (The Hague, 1984), pp. 201–17.
 * 'Articulation and Justification', The Monist, vol. 71 (July 1988), pp. 311–19.
 * 'Ounces of Example: Henry James, Philosopher' in: Boyle, Nicholas (ed.) Realism in European Literature, Essays in Honour of J  P  Stern (1986)
 * "Fools and Heretics" in: (ed.) A. Phillips, Griffiths,Wittgenstein Centenary Essays, Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement 28 (1991)
 * 'Ethics and the Limits of Consistency', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 90 (1989–90), pp. 1–15.
 * 'Reason and Faith—I', in: Warner, Martin (ed.), Religion and Philosophy, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 31 (1992) pp. 23–32
 * ."Invincible Knowledge" in: .(ed.),A. Phillips, Griffiths, Ethics, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, 35, 51-62. (1993)
 * 'Question Time' in: Fellows, Roger (ed.) Philosophy and Technology, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 38 pp. 189–201 (1995)

For a more complete listing of publications see PhilPapers