Edward Craig

Edward John Craig (born 26 March 1942) is an English academic philosopher, editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and former Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is also a former cricketer at first-class level: a right-handed batsman for Cambridge University and Lancashire.

Education and academic career Craig was born in Formby, Lancashire, and educated at Charterhouse. He read philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge (1960–1963), and was Reader in Philosophy at Cambridge from 1992 to 1998. He became Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy in 1998, a chair he held until his retirement in 2006. He is a Fellow of Churchill College. He edited the journal Ratio from 1988 to 1992.

Cricket career

It was while an undergraduate at Cambridge that Craig made his first-class cricket debut for Cambridge University against Surrey at Fenner's. He made sixteen appearances in his debut season for the university and gained his cricket Blue. His debut season was a resounding success, with 1,528 runs at an average of 42.44. He made five centuries and had a high score of 208 not out. For Cambridge University alone, he scored 1,342 runs at an average of 47.92, including a score of 105 in The University Match, and his unbeaten 208 against L.C. Stevens' XI.

In 1962, Craig made sixteen first-class appearances for Cambridge University, making 89 against Nottinghamshire the previous season at the Town Ground, Worksop. His overall season first-class record stood at 1,151 runs at an average of 31.97, with a highest score of 151 not out. scoring 12 runs before being dismissed by David Laitt. Cambridgeshire won the match by four wickets, but Craig didn't feature for the county again.

Books The Mind of God and the Works of Man (1987) Knowledge and the state of nature (1990) Was wir wissen können: Pragmatische Untersuchungen zum Wissensbegriff. Wittgenstein-Vorlesungen der Universität Bayreuth (1993) Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1996) (General Editor) Hume on religion (1997) Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (2002) The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2005) Philosophy: A Brief Insight (2009)