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Nicholas John Griffin is a retired Canadian-based philosopher.^[1] He was Director of the Bertrand Russell Centre at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, where he held a Canada Research Chair in Philosophy.^[2]

Griffin has a bachelor's degree from the University of Leicester, and a Ph.D. from the Australian National University.^[3] His 1974 dissertation, Relative Identity, was supervised by Richard Sylvan;^[4] he later published it as a book. His area of research is Bertrand Russell.

Books

Monographs

Relative Identity (1977)^[5]
Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship (1991)^[6]

Edited works

The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 1, The Private Years 1884-1914 1992^[7]
The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 2: The Public Years 1914-1970 2001^[8]
The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell 2003^[9]
Russell vs. Meinong: The Legacy of "On Denoting" (with Dale Jacquette) 2008^[10]
The Palgrave centenary companion to Principia Mathematica (with Bernard Linsky) 2013^[11]
Bertrand Russell: A Pacifist at War, Letters and Writings 1914-1918 2014^[12]

References

^ Balch, Erica (9 September 2019). "Acclaimed philosopher named Library's new Scholar in Residence". McMaster Daily News. McMaster University. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Nicholas John Griffin". Experts. McMaster University. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^ "Philosophy". Academic Calendars. McMaster University. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ Griffin, Nicholas (1974). Relative Identity (Thesis). Australian National University. hdl:1885/10438.
^
Reviews of Relative Identity:
- Richard H. Feldman, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, doi:10.1017/S0012217300023398
- Colin McGinn, The Philosophical Review, doi:10.2307/2184792, JSTOR 2184792
- Jack Nelson, Noûs, doi:10.2307/2215007, JSTOR 2215007
- H. W. Noonan, Mind, JSTOR 2252979
- Gerold Stahl, Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger, JSTOR 41092592
- Leslie Stevenson, The Philosophical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/2219052, JSTOR 2219052
- Gerald Vision, International Studies in Philosophy, doi:10.5840/intstudphil19791116
^
Reviews of Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship:
- Thomas Baldwin, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, doi:10.1017/S0012217300012397
- I. Grattan-Guinness, Mind, JSTOR 2254187
- Herbert Hochberg, Philosophy in Review, [1]
- Ray Monk, "Russel and Ramsey", London Review of Books, [2]
- Tom Regan, Journal of the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1353/hph.1992.0074
- Alan Richardson, International Studies in Philosophy, doi:10.5840/intstudphil1994262148
- F. Saurí, "Russell's idealist apprenticeship: Idealist or Realist?", Modern Logic, [3]
- Peter M. Sullivan, Philosophical Books, doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.1992.tb02341.x
- Alasdair Urquhart, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v13i1.1834
^
Reviews of The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 1:
- Charles H. Karelis and Robert H. Bell, "Early Bertie", The American Scholar, JSTOR 41211067
- George Woodcock, "Publishing as Play: The Hogarth Press", The Sewanee Review, JSTOR 27546823
^
Review of The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 2:
- Stefan Andersson, "An Epistolary Biography", Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v26i1.2094
^
Reviews of The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell:
- Peter H. Denton, Journal of the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1353/hph.2004.0046
- Martin Guha, Reference Reviews, doi:10.1108/09504120410535128
- Kevin C. Klement, The Review of Modern Logic, [4]
- Peter Koellner, Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, doi:10.1017/S1079898600003486
- Yoshi Ogawa and Alan Richardson, Philosophy in Review, [5]
- Volker Peckhaus, zbMATH, Zbl 1056.03002
- John Shosky, The European Legacy, doi:10.1080/108487705200032029
- Arthur Sullivan, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, [6]
- Joseph W. Ulatowski, Disputatio, doi:10.2478/disp-2005-0015
- Anthony Wrigley, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1080/0960878042000317654
^
Reviews of Russell vs. Meinong:
- Berit Brogaard, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, [7]
- Judy Pelham, University of Toronto Quarterly, [8]
- Michael Scanlan, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v30i1.2181
^
Review of The Palgrave centenary companion to Principia Mathematica:
- Victor V. Pambuccian, zbMATH, Zbl 1298.03007
- Graham Stevens, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v35i1.2671
- Russell Wahl, History and Philosophy of Logic, doi:10.1080/01445340.2015.1084680
^
Reviews of Bertrand Russell: A Pacifist at War:
- Satish Kumar, "A passion For peace", Resurgence & Ecologist, [9]
- James Walker, LeftLion, [10]

External links

Video of Griffin describing research on Bertrand Russell at McMaster University

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[1] Balch, Erica (9 September 2019). "Acclaimed philosopher named Library's new Scholar in Residence". McMaster Daily News. McMaster University. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[2] "Nicholas John Griffin". Experts. McMaster University. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

[3] "Philosophy". Academic Calendars. McMaster University. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[4] Griffin, Nicholas (1974). Relative Identity (Thesis). Australian National University. hdl:1885/10438.

[5] Reviews of Relative Identity:
Richard H. Feldman, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, doi:10.1017/S0012217300023398

Colin McGinn, The Philosophical Review, doi:10.2307/2184792, JSTOR 2184792

Jack Nelson, Noûs, doi:10.2307/2215007, JSTOR 2215007

H. W. Noonan, Mind, JSTOR 2252979

Gerold Stahl, Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger, JSTOR 41092592

Leslie Stevenson, The Philosophical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/2219052, JSTOR 2219052

Gerald Vision, International Studies in Philosophy, doi:10.5840/intstudphil19791116

[6] Richard H. Feldman, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, doi:10.1017/S0012217300023398

[7] Colin McGinn, The Philosophical Review, doi:10.2307/2184792, JSTOR 2184792

[8] Jack Nelson, Noûs, doi:10.2307/2215007, JSTOR 2215007

[9] H. W. Noonan, Mind, JSTOR 2252979

[10] Gerold Stahl, Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger, JSTOR 41092592

[11] Leslie Stevenson, The Philosophical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/2219052, JSTOR 2219052

[12] Gerald Vision, International Studies in Philosophy, doi:10.5840/intstudphil19791116

[6] Reviews of Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship:
Thomas Baldwin, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, doi:10.1017/S0012217300012397

I. Grattan-Guinness, Mind, JSTOR 2254187

Herbert Hochberg, Philosophy in Review, [1]

Ray Monk, "Russel and Ramsey", London Review of Books, [2]

Tom Regan, Journal of the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1353/hph.1992.0074

Alan Richardson, International Studies in Philosophy, doi:10.5840/intstudphil1994262148

F. Saurí, "Russell's idealist apprenticeship: Idealist or Realist?", Modern Logic, [3]

Peter M. Sullivan, Philosophical Books, doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.1992.tb02341.x

Alasdair Urquhart, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v13i1.1834

[14] Thomas Baldwin, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, doi:10.1017/S0012217300012397

[15] I. Grattan-Guinness, Mind, JSTOR 2254187

[16] Herbert Hochberg, Philosophy in Review, [1]

[17] Ray Monk, "Russel and Ramsey", London Review of Books, [2]

[18] Tom Regan, Journal of the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1353/hph.1992.0074

[19] Alan Richardson, International Studies in Philosophy, doi:10.5840/intstudphil1994262148

[20] F. Saurí, "Russell's idealist apprenticeship: Idealist or Realist?", Modern Logic, [3]

[21] Peter M. Sullivan, Philosophical Books, doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.1992.tb02341.x

[22] Alasdair Urquhart, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v13i1.1834

[7] Reviews of The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 1:
Charles H. Karelis and Robert H. Bell, "Early Bertie", The American Scholar, JSTOR 41211067

George Woodcock, "Publishing as Play: The Hogarth Press", The Sewanee Review, JSTOR 27546823

[24] Charles H. Karelis and Robert H. Bell, "Early Bertie", The American Scholar, JSTOR 41211067

[25] George Woodcock, "Publishing as Play: The Hogarth Press", The Sewanee Review, JSTOR 27546823

[8] Review of The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 2:
Stefan Andersson, "An Epistolary Biography", Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v26i1.2094

[27] Stefan Andersson, "An Epistolary Biography", Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v26i1.2094

[9] Reviews of The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell:
Peter H. Denton, Journal of the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1353/hph.2004.0046

Martin Guha, Reference Reviews, doi:10.1108/09504120410535128

Kevin C. Klement, The Review of Modern Logic, [4]

Peter Koellner, Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, doi:10.1017/S1079898600003486

Yoshi Ogawa and Alan Richardson, Philosophy in Review, [5]

Volker Peckhaus, zbMATH, Zbl 1056.03002

John Shosky, The European Legacy, doi:10.1080/108487705200032029

Arthur Sullivan, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, [6]

Joseph W. Ulatowski, Disputatio, doi:10.2478/disp-2005-0015

Anthony Wrigley, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1080/0960878042000317654

[29] Peter H. Denton, Journal of the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1353/hph.2004.0046

[30] Martin Guha, Reference Reviews, doi:10.1108/09504120410535128

[31] Kevin C. Klement, The Review of Modern Logic, [4]

[32] Peter Koellner, Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, doi:10.1017/S1079898600003486

[33] Yoshi Ogawa and Alan Richardson, Philosophy in Review, [5]

[34] Volker Peckhaus, zbMATH, Zbl 1056.03002

[35] John Shosky, The European Legacy, doi:10.1080/108487705200032029

[36] Arthur Sullivan, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, [6]

[37] Joseph W. Ulatowski, Disputatio, doi:10.2478/disp-2005-0015

[38] Anthony Wrigley, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, doi:10.1080/0960878042000317654

[10] Reviews of Russell vs. Meinong:
Berit Brogaard, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, [7]

Judy Pelham, University of Toronto Quarterly, [8]

Michael Scanlan, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v30i1.2181

[40] Berit Brogaard, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, [7]

[41] Judy Pelham, University of Toronto Quarterly, [8]

[42] Michael Scanlan, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v30i1.2181

[11] Review of The Palgrave centenary companion to Principia Mathematica:
Victor V. Pambuccian, zbMATH, Zbl 1298.03007

Graham Stevens, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v35i1.2671

Russell Wahl, History and Philosophy of Logic, doi:10.1080/01445340.2015.1084680

[44] Victor V. Pambuccian, zbMATH, Zbl 1298.03007

[45] Graham Stevens, Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, doi:10.15173/russell.v35i1.2671

[46] Russell Wahl, History and Philosophy of Logic, doi:10.1080/01445340.2015.1084680

[12] Reviews of Bertrand Russell: A Pacifist at War:
Satish Kumar, "A passion For peace", Resurgence & Ecologist, [9]

James Walker, LeftLion, [10]

[48] Satish Kumar, "A passion For peace", Resurgence & Ecologist, [9]

[49] James Walker, LeftLion, [10]

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+'''Nicholas John Griffin''' is a retired Canadian-based philosopher.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/acclaimed-philosopher-named-librarys-new-scholar-in-residence/|title=Acclaimed philosopher named Library's new Scholar in Residence|newspaper=McMaster Daily News|first=Erica|last=Balch|date=September 9, 2019|publisher=McMaster University|access-date=2023-06-25}}</ref> He was Director of the Bertrand Russell Centre at [[McMaster University]], Hamilton, Ontario, where he held a Canada Research Chair in Philosophy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/ngriffin|title=Nicholas John Griffin|work=Experts|publisher=McMaster University|access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref>
-'''Nicholas Griffin''' is a Canadian-based philosopher. He is Director of the Bertrand Russell Centre at [[McMaster University]], Hamilton, Ontario, where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Philosophy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/ngriffin|title=Nicholas John Griffin|access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref> Griffin's main area of research is [[Bertrand Russell]]. In reviewing Griffin's book ''Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship'', [[Ray Monk]] comments that Griffin's account of Russell's early philosophical development 'is more detailed, more coherent, more plausible and ultimately more interesting' than some previous accounts,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/v13/n16/ray-monk/russell-and-ramsey|title = London Review of Books|access-date=2018-09-27}}</ref> and that the book is 'one of the finest works of philosophical scholarship I have ever read'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/v13/n16/ray-monk/russell-and-ramsey|title = London Review of Books|access-date=2018-09-27}}</ref>
+Griffin has a bachelor's degree from the [[University of Leicester]], and a Ph.D. from the [[Australian National University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://academiccalendars.romcmaster.ca/preview_entity.php?catoid=46&ent_oid=6242&returnto=9232|title=Philosophy|work=Academic Calendars|publisher=McMaster University|access-date=2023-06-25}}</ref> His 1974 dissertation, ''Relative Identity'', was supervised by [[Richard Sylvan]];<ref>{{cite thesis|title=Relative Identity|hdl=1885/10438|first=Nicholas|last=Griffin|year=1974|publisher=Australian National University}}</ref> he later published it as a book.
+His area of research is [[Bertrand Russell]].
 ==Books==
+===Monographs===
-*''Relative Identity'' (1977)
+*''Relative Identity'' (1977)<ref>Reviews of ''Relative Identity'':
-*''Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship'' (1991)
+*Richard H. Feldman, ''Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review'', {{doi|10.1017/S0012217300023398}}
-*''The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 1, The Private Years 1884-1914'' (editor) 1992
+*Colin McGinn, ''The Philosophical Review'', {{doi|10.2307/2184792}}, {{JSTOR|2184792}}
-*''The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 2: The Public Years 1914-1970'' (editor) 2001
+*Jack Nelson, ''Noûs'', {{doi|10.2307/2215007}}, {{JSTOR|2215007}}
-*''The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell'' (editor) 2003
+*H. W. Noonan, ''Mind'', {{JSTOR|2252979}}
-*''Bertrand Russell.  A Pacifist at War: Letters and Writings 1914-1918 (editor) 2014
+*Gerold Stahl, ''Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger'', {{JSTOR|41092592}}
+*Leslie Stevenson, ''The Philosophical Quarterly'', {{doi|10.2307/2219052}}, {{JSTOR|2219052}}
+*Gerald Vision, ''International Studies in Philosophy'', {{doi|10.5840/intstudphil19791116}}
+</ref>
+*''Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship'' (1991)<ref>Reviews of ''Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship'':
+*Thomas Baldwin, ''Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review'', {{doi|10.1017/S0012217300012397}}
+*I. Grattan-Guinness, ''Mind'', {{JSTOR|2254187}}
+*Herbert Hochberg, ''Philosophy in Review'', [https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/8949]
+*Ray Monk, "Russel and Ramsey", ''London Review of Books'', [https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v13/n16/ray-monk/russell-and-ramsey]
+*Tom Regan, ''Journal of the History of Philosophy'', {{doi|10.1353/hph.1992.0074}}
+*Alan Richardson, ''International Studies in Philosophy'', {{doi|10.5840/intstudphil1994262148}}
+*F. Saurí, "Russell's idealist apprenticeship: Idealist or Realist?", ''Modern Logic'', [https://projecteuclid.org/journals/modern-logic/volume-6/issue-3/Russells-idealist-apprenticeship--Idealist-or-Realist/rml/1204835746.full]
+*Peter M. Sullivan, ''Philosophical Books'', {{doi|10.1111/j.1468-0149.1992.tb02341.x}}
+*Alasdair Urquhart, ''Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies'', {{doi|10.15173/russell.v13i1.1834}}
+</ref>
+===Edited works===
+*''The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 1, The Private Years 1884-1914'' 1992<ref>Reviews of ''The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 1'':
+*Charles H. Karelis and Robert H. Bell, "Early Bertie", ''The American Scholar'', {{jstor|41211067}}
+*George Woodcock, "Publishing as Play: The Hogarth Press", ''The Sewanee Review'', {{jstor|27546823}}
+</ref>
+*''The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 2: The Public Years 1914-1970'' 2001<ref>Review of ''The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 2'':
+*Stefan Andersson, "An Epistolary Biography", ''Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies'', {{doi|10.15173/russell.v26i1.2094}}
+</ref>
+*''The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell'' 2003<ref>Reviews of ''The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell'':
+*Peter H. Denton, ''Journal of the History of Philosophy'', {{doi|10.1353/hph.2004.0046}}
+*Martin Guha, ''Reference Reviews'', {{doi|10.1108/09504120410535128}}
+*Kevin C. Klement, ''The Review of Modern Logic'', [https://philarchive.org/archive/KLETCC-5]
+*Peter Koellner, ''Bulletin of Symbolic Logic'', {{doi|10.1017/S1079898600003486}}
+*Yoshi Ogawa and Alan Richardson, ''Philosophy in Review'', [https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/6459]
+*Volker Peckhaus, ''zbMATH'', {{zbl|1056.03002}}
+*John Shosky, ''The European Legacy'', {{doi|10.1080/108487705200032029}}
+*Arthur Sullivan, ''Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews'', [https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-cambridge-companion-to-bertrand-russell/]
+*Joseph W. Ulatowski, ''Disputatio'', {{doi|10.2478/disp-2005-0015}}
+*Anthony Wrigley, ''British Journal for the History of Philosophy'', {{doi|10.1080/0960878042000317654}}
+</ref>
+*''Russell vs. Meinong: The Legacy of "On Denoting"'' (with Dale Jacquette) 2008<ref>Reviews of ''Russell vs. Meinong'':
+*Berit Brogaard, ''Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews'', [https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/russell-vs-meinong-the-legacy-of-on-denoting/]
+*Judy Pelham, ''University of Toronto Quarterly'', [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/445532]
+*Michael Scanlan, ''Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies'', {{doi|10.15173/russell.v30i1.2181}}
+</ref>
+*''The Palgrave centenary companion to Principia Mathematica'' (with Bernard Linsky) 2013<ref>Review of ''The Palgrave centenary companion to Principia Mathematica'':
+*Victor V. Pambuccian, ''zbMATH'', {{zbl|1298.03007}}
+*Graham Stevens, ''Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies'', {{doi|10.15173/russell.v35i1.2671}}
+*Russell Wahl, ''History and Philosophy of Logic'', {{doi|10.1080/01445340.2015.1084680}}
+</ref>
+*''Bertrand Russell: A Pacifist at War, Letters and Writings 1914-1918 2014<ref>Reviews of ''Bertrand Russell: A Pacifist at War'':
+*Satish Kumar, "A passion For peace", ''Resurgence & Ecologist'', [https://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article4422-a-passion-for-peace.html]
+*James Walker, LeftLion, [https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2015/02/book-reviews-february-2015-7228/]
+</ref>
 == References ==
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+[[Category:Alumni of the University of Leicester]]
+[[Category:Australian National University alumni]]
+[[Category:Academic staff of McMaster University]]

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