Michael John Lockwood was a British

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Life

Lockwood studied philosophy and psychology at

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university. The college was founde ...

, and did his doctorate at that university under the supervision of

A. J. Ayer Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer ( ; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books '' Language, Truth, and Logic'' (1936) and ''The Problem of Knowledge'' (1 ...

. For five years he was assistant professor in philosophy at

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, and was subsequently employed as a systems analyst for the

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and

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Stock Exchanges. Lockwood was emeritus Fellow of

Green Templeton College Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the former Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and is ...

(formerly Green College),

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, where he taught philosophy for many years. His work includes articles on

philosophical logic Understood in a narrow sense, philosophical logic is the area of logic that studies the application of logical methods to philosophical problems, often in the form of extended logical systems like modal logic. Some theorists conceive philosophic ...

medical ethics Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. Medical ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict. T ...

animal rights Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all Animal consciousness, sentient animals have Moral patienthood, moral worth independent of their Utilitarianism, utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as ...

, and the

philosophy of science Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science, the reliability of scientific theories, ...

. He died on 24 June 2018 at the age of 74, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Works

"The Grain Problem"
''Philosophy of mind: contemporary readings'', Editors Timothy O'Connor, David Robb, Routledge, 2003,
"The Enigma of Sentience"
''Toward a science of consciousness II: the second Tucson discussions and debates Complex adaptive systems'', Editors Stuart R. Hameroff, Alfred W. Kaszniak, Alwyn Scott, MIT Press, 1998, * ''Mind, brain, and the quantum: the compound 'I, B. Blackwell, 1989,
''The Labyrinth of Time''
Oxford University Press, 2005,

References

External links

Interview With Micheal Lockwood and Paul Davies
1940s births 2018 deaths Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Fellows of Green Templeton College, Oxford New York University faculty {{UK-philosopher-stub