W. R. Boyce Gibson
{{Short description|British-Australian philosopher (1869–1935)}}
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William Ralph Boyce Gibson (15 March 1869 – 2 April 1935) was a British-Australian philosopher. He was an advocate of personal idealism.Grave, S. A. [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gibson-william-ralph-boyce-6314 "Gibson, William Ralph Boyce (1869–1935)"]. Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
Biography
He was born in Paris, the son of Reverend William Gibson, a Methodist minister and his wife Helen Wilhelmina, daughter of William Binnington Boyce.[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095851617 "William Ralph Boyce Gibson"]. Oxford Reference. Ed. Retrieved 11 Feb. 2019.
He married Lucy Judge Peacock in 1898; they had five children including Alexander Boyce Gibson, Ralph Siward Gibson and Quentin Boyce Gibson.
In 1911 he was appointed to the chair of mental and moral philosophy at the University of Melbourne, a position he held until his retirement in 1934.
Gibson died in Surrey Hills, Victoria.
Selected publications
- A Philosophical Introduction to Ethics (1904){{Cite journal |last=Moore |first=G. E. |author-link=G. E. Moore |date=1905 |title=Review of A Philosophical Introduction to Ethics |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2376419 |journal=International Journal of Ethics |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=370–379 |issn=1526-422X}}
- Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy of Life (1906)
- [https://archive.org/details/problemoflogic00gibs/page/n5 The Problem of Logic] (1908, 1914)
- [https://archive.org/details/godwithusstudyin00gibsrich God with Us: A Study in Religious Idealism] (1909)
References
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Sources
- "Gibson, William Ralph Boyce," Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, Dec. 2007, [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U210001 accessed 31 Jan. 2012].
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