John Wisdom

Arthur John Terence Dibben Wisdom (12 September 1904, in Leyton, Essex – 9 December 1993, in Cambridge), usually cited as John Wisdom, was a leading British philosopher considered to be an ordinary language philosopher, a philosopher of mind and a metaphysician. He was influenced by G.E. Moore, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Sigmund Freud, and in turn explained and extended their work.

This article is about the philosopher. For his cousin, a contributor to philosophy and to psychoanalysis, see John Oulton Wisdom. For the U.S. court of appeals judge, see John Minor Wisdom.
John Wisdom
Born
Arthur John Terence Dibben Wisdom

12 September 1904
Leyton, Essex
Died9 December 1993
Cambridge
Academic background
Alma materFitzwilliam House, Cambridge
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge (1934–1968), University of Oregon (1968–1972)

Wisdom was educated at Aldeburgh Lodge School, Suffolk, and Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge, where he graduated with a first-class BA degree in Moral Sciences in 1924. He is not to be confused with the philosopher John Oulton Wisdom (1908–1993), his cousin, who shared his interest in psychoanalysis.

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