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Urmson, James Opie was born in 1915 in Yorkshire.
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James Opie Urmson
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University of Oxford. Inds: J. L. Austin.
Career
1939-1945, Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford: 1945-1955. Student, Christ Church, Oxford. 1955-1959, Professor, University of St Andrews.
1959-1978, Fellow. Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 1975-1980, Professor, Stanford University. Visiting positions in the USA.
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Urmson has written influentially in many areas of philosophy. Philosophical Analysis (1956) became a standard account of British analytical philosophy between the two World Wars. His Emotive Theory of Ethics (1968) criticized and developed the emotivism of C. L. Stevenson, using in part distinctions derived from Austin. His introduction to Aristotle’s ethics helped consolidate the place of Aristotle in contemporary ethical studies. He has also produced influential work in aesthetics.
