Renford Bambrough

John Renford Bambrough (29 April 1926 – 17 January 1999) was a British philosopher. He was fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1950 to 1999, where he held the positions of Dean (1964–1979) and President (1979–1983).

Life John Renford Bambrough was born in Silksworth, Sunderland, England on 29 April 1926. He was born into a mining background, his father having been an electrician at Silksworth Colliery.

He was the editor of Philosophy (the journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy) from 1972 to 1994. He was also noted for his works on Aristotle.

Bambrough married his wife Moira in 1952. 'A Proof of the Objectivity of Morals', American Journal of Jurisprudence, vol. 14 (1969), pp. 37–53. 'Objectivity and Objects', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 72 (1971–2), pp. 65–81. 'Plato's Political Analogies', in: Vlastos, Gregory (ed.) Plato: a collection of critical essays v. II (1971) Conflict and the Scope of Reason, the St. John's College, Cambridge, lecture, 1973-74, delivered at the University of Hull, 8 March 1973, (1974) '"Literature and philosophy" in: Wisdom: Twelve Essays (1974), pp. 274–292 'Essay on Man', in: R.S. Peters (ed.), Nature and Conduct, Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures, vol. 8 (1975), pp. 1–13. 'The Shape of Ignorance', in: Lewis, Hywel David (ed.) Contemporary British Philosophy Personal Statements Fourth Series (1976) 'Intuition and the inexpressible', In Steven T. Katz (ed.), Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis. (1978) 'Thought, Word and Deed', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, suppl. vol. 54 (1980), pp.105–17. 'Aristotle and Agamemnon', in: Griffiths, A. Phillips (ed.), Philosophy and Literature, Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 16 (1983) pp. 29–40. 'Discipline and Discipleship', in: Ilham Dilman (ed.), Philosophy and Life: Essays on John Wisdom (The Hague, 1984), pp. 201–17. 'Articulation and Justification', The Monist, vol. 71 (July 1988), pp. 311–19. 'Ounces of Example: Henry James, Philosopher' in: Boyle, Nicholas (ed.) Realism in European Literature, Essays in Honour of J P Stern (1986) "Fools and Heretics" in: Griffiths, A. Phillips (ed.),Wittgenstein Centenary Essays, Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement 28 (1991) 'Ethics and the Limits of Consistency', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 90 (1989–90), pp. 1–15. 'Reason and Faith—I', in: Warner, Martin (ed.), Religion and Philosophy, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 31 (1992) pp. 23–32 "Invincible Knowledge" in: Griffiths, A. Phillips .(ed.), Ethics, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, 35, 51–62. (1993) 'Question Time' in: Fellows, Roger (ed.) Philosophy and Technology, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 38 pp. 189–201 (1995)

For a more complete listing of publications see PhilPapers