Richard Granville Swinburne was born on December 26,1934 and is an English philosopher.
14 Facts About Richard Swinburne
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Richard Swinburne is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford.
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Richard Swinburne aroused much discussion with his early work in the philosophy of religion, a trilogy of books consisting of The Coherence of Theism, The Existence of God, and Faith and Reason.
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Richard Swinburne was born in Smethwick, Staffordshire, England, on 26 December 1934.
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Richard Swinburne's father was a school music teacher, who was himself the son of an off-licence owner in Shoreditch.
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Richard Swinburne's mother was a secretary, the daughter of an optician.
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Richard Swinburne received an open scholarship to study classics at Exeter College, Oxford, but in fact graduated with a first-class Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics, and economics.
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Richard Swinburne has held various professorships through his career in academia.
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Richard Swinburne has continued to publish regularly since his retirement.
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Richard Swinburne has been an active author throughout his career, producing a major book every two to three years.
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Richard Swinburne's books are primarily very technical works of academic philosophy, but he has written at the popular level as well.
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Richard Swinburne has written in defence of Cartesian dualism and libertarian free will.
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Richard Swinburne admits that he draws from Aquinas a systematic approach to philosophical theology.
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Richard Swinburne has attempted to reassert classical Christian beliefs with an apologetic method that he believes is compatible with contemporary science.