John Robert Jones

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Plaque on his house in Pwllheli: "J. R. Jones, philosopher, grew up in this house."

John Robert Jones (4 September 1911 – 3 June 1970), was a Welsh philosopher.[1]

He was born in

Gorsedd
of Bards in protest.

As a philosopher, he was influenced by Wittgenstein and Simone Weil. His writings dealt mainly with three problems: the nature of the self, the nature of perception, and the nature of universals.

Works

  • Yr Argyfwng Gwacter Ystyr (1964)
  • Prydeindod (1966)
  • A rhaid i'r iaith ein gwahanu? (1967)
  • Ni fyn y taeog mo'i ryddhau (1968)
  • Yr ewyllys i barhau (1969)
  • Gwaedd yng Nghymru (1970)
  • Ac Onide (1970)

References

  1. ^ Mary Beynon Davies (2001). "Jones, John Robert (1911-1970), philosopher and patriot". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers. Bloomsbury Academic. 2005. p. 493.