| 词条 | Thomas Whittaker (metaphysician) |
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| name = Thomas Whittaker | image = Thomas Whittaker metaphysician.png |birth_date = {{birth date|1856|09|25|df=yes}} |death_date = {{death date and age|1935|10|03|1856|09|25|df=yes}} | occupation = Metaphysician, critic}} Thomas Whittaker (1856–1935) was an English metaphysician and critic. BiographyWhittaker was educated at Dublin Royal College of Science and Exeter College, Oxford. He was an editor of the journal Mind (1885-1891).[1] He won a Natural Science scholarship at Exeter College. From 1910 he was director of the Rationalist Press Association.[2] Whittaker was an advocate of the Christ myth theory.[3][4] He was influenced by the writings of Willem Christiaan van Manen and J. M. Robertson.[5] Works
He wrote several lives for the Dictionary of National Biography, signing as T. W-r.
References1. ^Gould, Frederick James. (1929). The Pioneers of Johnson's Court: A History of the Rationalist Press Association From 1899 Onwards. Watts. p. 54 2. ^Anonymous. (1935). Obituary: Mr. Thomas Whittaker. Metaphysician and Critic. The Times. October 4. p. 16 3. ^McCabe, Joseph. (1950). A Rationalist Encyclopaedia: A Book of Reference on Religion, Philosophy, Ethics, and Science. Watts. p. 334. "In England the philosophic writer T. Whittaker, and L. G. Rylands, supported Robertson in denying the historicity of Jesus." 4. ^Hawton, Hector. (1971). Controversy: The Humanist/Christian Encounter. Pemberton Books. p. 173. {{ISBN|978-0301710211}} 5. ^Johnston, G. A. (1916). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2377057 Reviewed Work: The Origins of Christianity, with an Outline of Van Manen's Analysis of the Pauline Literature by Van Manen, Thomas Whittaker]. International Journal of Ethics 26 (3): 428-429. Further reading
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