Walker received his secondary education at Aberdeen Grammar School, Selwyn House School and Trinity College School.[1] He was then educated at McGill and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, before entering academia as a fellow at Merton College in 1968. He moved to Magdalen in 1972, where he has worked since. From 1984–85, he served as the Junior Proctor, with disciplinary oversight for the University. From 1993–2003 he was a delegate to Oxford University Press and from 2000–2006 he was Head of the Humanities Division at Oxford, one of the most senior posts at the University.[2] In 2009, he retired from the position of Vice-President of Magdalen College. Until his retirement from the position of Senior Tutor in Philosophy at Magdalen in 2012, he lectured in the Faculty of Philosophy, normally on Kant. Upon his retirement, he was made an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College.[3]
Roger Scruton called Walker's book Kant "clear and scholarly" and the “‘positive’ rejoinder" to the “‘objective’ interpretation" of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, The Bounds of Sense, by P. F. Strawson,[4] who had already been at Magdalen when Walker started his work there and remained a fellow until 1987. Walker's later book, Kant and the Moral Law, was released in 1998 and has been translated into a number of languages. His most recent work, Objective Imperatives: An Exploration of Kant's Moral Philosophy, was published in 2022. Apart from focusing on Kant, Walker has also made contributions to the Coherence Theory of Truth.
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A Selective Bibliography on Kant. Oxford: Sub-Faculty of Philosophy, 1975. ISBN978-0905740041
^Scruton, Roger (2001). Kant: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0192801999.
November 11, 2023
ralph, walker, ralph, charles, sutherland, walker, born, june, 1944, philosopher, magdalen, college, oxford, expert, philosophy, immanuel, kant, ralph, walker, during, speech, 2012born, 1944, june, 1944, alma, matermcgill, universityballiol, college, oxfordreg. Ralph Charles Sutherland Walker born 2 June 1944 is a philosopher at Magdalen College Oxford and an expert on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant Ralph C S WalkerRalph Walker during a speech in 2012Born 1944 06 02 2 June 1944 age 79 Alma materMcGill UniversityBalliol College OxfordRegionWestern philosophySchoolAnalytic philosophyMain interestsKantianism Ancient Philosophy Coherence Theory of Truth Moral Philosophy Contents 1 Professional life 2 Bibliography 2 1 Books 2 2 Papers 3 ReferencesProfessional life editWalker received his secondary education at Aberdeen Grammar School Selwyn House School and Trinity College School 1 He was then educated at McGill and Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College before entering academia as a fellow at Merton College in 1968 He moved to Magdalen in 1972 where he has worked since From 1984 85 he served as the Junior Proctor with disciplinary oversight for the University From 1993 2003 he was a delegate to Oxford University Press and from 2000 2006 he was Head of the Humanities Division at Oxford one of the most senior posts at the University 2 In 2009 he retired from the position of Vice President of Magdalen College Until his retirement from the position of Senior Tutor in Philosophy at Magdalen in 2012 he lectured in the Faculty of Philosophy normally on Kant Upon his retirement he was made an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College 3 Roger Scruton called Walker s book Kant clear and scholarly and the positive rejoinder to the objective interpretation of Kant s Critique of Pure Reason The Bounds of Sense by P F Strawson 4 who had already been at Magdalen when Walker started his work there and remained a fellow until 1987 Walker s later book Kant and the Moral Law was released in 1998 and has been translated into a number of languages His most recent work Objective Imperatives An Exploration of Kant s Moral Philosophy was published in 2022 Apart from focusing on Kant Walker has also made contributions to the Coherence Theory of Truth Bibliography editBooks edit A Selective Bibliography on Kant Oxford Sub Faculty of Philosophy 1975 ISBN 978 0905740041 Kant London Routledge amp Kegan Paul 1978 ISBN 978 0710089946 Kant on Pure Reason Oxford Oxford University Press 1982 ISBN 978 0198750567 The Coherence Theory of Truth Realism Anti Realism Idealism London Routledge 1989 ISBN 978 0415018685 The Real in the Ideal Berkeley s Relation to Kant New York London Garland 1989 ISBN 978 0824024475 Kant Kant and the Moral Law London Phoenix 1998 ISBN 978 0753801963 Finnish translation by Heikki Eskelinen Kant Kant ja moraalilaki Helsinki Otava 2000 ISBN 978 9511161813 French translation by Ghislain Chaufour Kant La loi morale Paris Seuil 2000 ISBN 978 2020374521 Greek translation Kant Kant Enalios 2006 ISBN 978 9605360801 Hebrew translation by Orah Gringard קאנט Tel Aviv Yediʻot aḥaronot Sifre ḥemed 2001 ISBN 9789655110050 Polish translation by Jacek Holowka Kant prawo moralne Warszawa Amber 1998 ISBN 978 8371697975 Portuguese translation Kant kant e a lei moral Sao Paulo Unesp 1999 ISBN 978 8571392465 Spanish translation by Andres Lema Hincapie Kant y la ley moral Barcelona Norma 1999 ISBN 978 9580452300 Objective Imperatives An Exploration of Kant s Moral Philosophy Oxford 2022 ISBN 978 0191947865Papers edit Journal articles and papers by Ralph Walker can be found at JSTOR and philpapers See below for a selection of his papers The Status of Kant s Theory of Matter Synthese 23 1 Aug 1971 pp 121 126 Spinoza and the Coherence Theory of Truth Mind 94 373 Jan 1985 pp 1 18 Verificationism Anti Realism and Idealism European Journal of Philosophy 3 3 1995 pp 257 272 Kant Duty and Moral Worth International Philosophical Quarterly 42 2 2002 pp 265 267 Kant on the Number of Worlds British Journal for the History of Philosophy 18 5 2011 pp 821 843 References edit Dr Ralph Walker Magdalen College Oxford Dr Ralph Walker Magdalen College Oxford Dr Ralph Walker Magdalen College Oxford Scruton Roger 2001 Kant A Very Short Introduction Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0192801999 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ralph C S Walker amp oldid 1158367215, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
