About Tim Thornton
Born 1965. Tim Thornton is a philosopher.
Andrew Timothy Giles Thornton (born 1965) is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health at the University of Central Lancashire. He is a Senior Editor of the journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology. Thornton is known for his works on philosophy of thought and language.
Books Wittgenstein on Language and Thought (EUP 1998) John McDowell (Acumen 2004) Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry, co-authored with K.W.M. (Bill) Fulford and George Graham (OUP 2006) Essential Philosophy of Psychiatry (OUP 2007) Tacit Knowledge co-authored with Neil Gascoigne (Acumen 2013) Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry, edited with Fulford, K.W.M., Davies, M., Gipps, R., Graham, G., Sadler, J., and Stanghellini, (OUP 2014)
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British philosopher studying mental health
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Tim Thornton was born on 7 December 1965 in Manchester.
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Tim Thornton is a philosopher.
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