Richard Taylor (philosopher)
- Richard Taylor (philosopher)
Richard Taylor (1919–2003) was an American philosopher renowned for his dry wit and his contributions to metaphysics. He was also an internationally-known beekeeper.
Taylor took his PhD at Brown University, where his supervisor was Roderick Chisholm. He taught at Brown University, Columbia and the University of Rochester, and had visiting appointments at about a dozen other institutions. His best known book was "Metaphysics" (1963). Other works included "Action and Purpose" (1966), "Good and Evil" (1970) and "Virtue Ethics" (1991). He was an enthusiastic advocate of virtue ethics. He also wrote influential papers on the meaning of life, which, like Albert Camus, he explored through an examination of the myth of Sisyphus.
Richard Taylor made significant contributions to beekeeping. He owned three hundred hives of bees and from 1970, produced mostly comb honey. He explained his management techniques in several books, including "The Comb Honey Book" and "The Joy of Beekeeping".
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* [http://www.philosophynow.org/issue44/44taylor.htm Richard Taylor Remembered] Memorial feature from [http://www.philosophynow.org Philosophy Now] . Various authors.
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