Anthony Kenny

Anthony Kenny
Born
Anthony John Patrick Kenny

(1931-03-16) 16 March 1931 (age 93)
Alma materVenerable English College
St Benet's Hall, Oxford
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytical Thomism
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Main interests
Philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, history of philosophy
Notable ideas
Criticism of Cartesian dualism[1]
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionCatholicism
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Ordained1955

Sir Anthony John Patrick Kenny FBA (born 16 March 1931) is a British philosopher whose interests lie in the philosophy of mind, ancient and scholastic philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of Wittgenstein of whose literary estate he is an executor. With Peter Geach, he has made a significant contribution to analytical Thomism, a movement whose aim is to present the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas in the style of analytic philosophy. He is a former president of the British Academy and the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He has two sons, Charles James Kenny and Robert Alexander Kenny. He also has four grandchildren.

  1. ^ Kenny, A. (1997), A Brief History of Western Philosophy, Blackwell, pp. 207–8.