Background
Alfred Ewing was born on May 11, 1899, in Leicester, United Kingdom.
Alfred Ewing was born on May 11, 1899, in Leicester, United Kingdom.
Alfred Ewing studied at the University College where he gained the John Locke Lectureship.
Alfred Ewing started his career as a lecturer at the University College of Swansea in 1927. He left this post in 1931 and then became a Lecturer in Moral Science at the University of Cambridge. In 1954, Ewing was appointed reader in Moral Science he held this post until 1966.
Alfred Ewing published his first book Kant's Treatment of Causality in 1924. Later he wrote such books as The Morality of Punishment, Idealism: a Critical Survey, The Fundamental Questions of Philosophy and Value and Reality.
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1951Alfred Ewing usually defended without apology precisely those doctrines which the votaries of philosophical fashion in his time were most eager to attack. He was a defender of traditional metaphysics and developed what has been termed an "analytic idealism". Ewing believed that the study of the history of philosophy was important to philosophical practice.
Alfred Ewing was an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College and the Moral Sciences Club. He also was the President of the Aristotelian Society.
Alfred Ewing was a deeply religious and serious person.
Physical Characteristics: Alfred Ewing wore heavy boots around due to a fear of getting wet.
