Basil Mitchell (academic)

Basil George Mitchell
Born(1917-04-09)April 9, 1917
DiedJune 23, 2011(2011-06-23) (aged 94)
AwardsFellow of the British Academy (FBA)
Education
EducationKing Edward VI School, Southampton
Alma materThe Queen's College, Oxford
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy, Anglican
Institutions
Main interestsPhilosophy of religion, Ethics, Philosophy of law

Basil George Mitchell FBA (9 April 1917 – 23 June 2011) was an English philosopher and at one time Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford. Mitchell argued for the place of religious belief in public debate and criticised liberal humanism.

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