About C. J. F. Williams
Lived 1930 – 1997 (aged 66). C. J. F. Williams was a British linguist, philosopher and translator.
Christopher John Fardo Williams (31 December 1930 – 25 March 1997) was a British philosopher. His areas of interest were philosophical logic, on which topic he did most of his original work, and ancient philosophy, as an editor and translator.
Life Christopher Williams was born in Walsall
Works Books (authored) What is Truth? (1976) What is Existence? (1981) What is Identity? (1989) Being, Truth and Identity (1992). Select papers and book chapters
"On Sameness and Selfhood", in Harry A. Lewis (ed.), Peter Geach: Philosophical Encounters (1991). Other works
(Translation. with notes), Aristotle, De generatione et corruptione (1982). (Edited. with translation and notes), Paul of Venice, Logica Magna [pt 1, fasc. 8], Tractatus de necessitate et contingentia futurorum (1991) (Translation) John Philoponus, On Aristotle's "On Coming-to-Be and Perishing" 1.1-5, and On Aristotle's "On Coming-to-Be and Perishing" 1.6-2.4 (1999)
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Who was C. J. F. Williams?
British logician (1930-1997)
When was C. J. F. Williams born?
C. J. F. Williams was born on 31 December 1930 in Midsomer Norton.
When did C. J. F. Williams die?
C. J. F. Williams died on 25 March 1997 in Bristol.
What was C. J. F. Williams's occupation?
C. J. F. Williams was a linguist, philosopher and translator.
What nationality was C. J. F. Williams?
C. J. F. Williams was British.
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