W. F. R. Hardie
W. F. R. Hardie | |
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| Born | William Francis Ross Hardie 25 April 1902 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 30 September 1990 (aged 88) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Spouse |
Isobel (m. 1938) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Prof William Hardie (father) Colin Hardie (brother) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
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| Discipline | Classics |
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| Notable students | Isaiah Berlin, Paul Grice |
William Francis Ross "Frank" Hardie (25 April 1902 – 30 September 1990) was a Scottish
Early life and education
Hardie was born on 25 April 1902 in
Academic career
Hardie spent 1925 as a fellow by examination at Magdalen College, Oxford.[3] In 1926, he was appointed to a tutorial fellowship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[2][1] He was the college tutor in philosophy and notable tutees included Isaiah Berlin,[4] Paul Grice,[5] and J. O. Urmson, who reported that Hardie "when a tutor, turned out many more first-rate philosophers than most."[6]
Hardie became
Hardie has also been credited with naming the academic discipline of psephology,[1] the study of voting behaviours and the statistical analysis of elections, but this has been disputed.[8]
Personal life
Im 1938, Hardie married Isobel St Maur Macaulay. Together they had two sons.[3]
Hardie died on 30 September 1990 in Oxford, England.[1]
Works
- A Study in Plato. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1936.
- Naturalistic Ethics. London: British Academy. 1947.
- Aristotle's Ethical Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1968.
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33698. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-975469-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-4481-9134-5.
1. William Francis Ross (Frank') Hardie (1901-90). Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy. CCC, 1926-50. President 1950-69; IB's philosophy tutor at CCC, and a profound influence on his literary style, as well as his intellectual approach: 'extremely clever, modest, sharp — one couldn't get away with a single piece of rhetoric. however harmless, without explaining exactly what one meant, very clearly. Extremely deflationary; all the same, just and kind' (MI Tape 5).
- OCLC 191953003.
Grice always emphasised what he saw as his own good fortune in being allocated as tutee to W. F. R. (Frank) Hardie.
- ISBN 978-0-7126-3565-3.
Mr Hardie, when a tutor, turned out many more first-rate philosophers than most, so that his method was certainly-successful; but he was certainly inclined to judicious questioning rather than to imparting information or propagating his own views. One had very little idea what his views were. An essay beginning with a confident assertion of some generality would be greeted with a low, but agonised, moan. One would be required to say what one meant, what were one's grounds, how one would deal with this and that objection. . . . J. O. Urmson, 'W. F. R. Hardie: President 1950-1969', Pelican 1 No 1 (Michaelmas 1969), 4.
- ISBN 978-0-19-870758-5, retrieved 31 December 2023
- ISBN 978-1-78590-439-4.
External links
- A Lucianic Dialogue, Between Socrates in Hades and Certain Men of the Present Day, Who Are Conducted Thither by Pollux on One of His Annual Excursions (1922) by William Francis Ross Hardie [at Internet Archive]
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