John Joseph Haldane
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| Born | 19 February 1954 |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy, Thomism |
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philosophy of mind, ethics, history of philosophy |
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John Joseph Haldane KHS FRSE FRSA (born 19 February 1954) is a Scottish philosopher, commentator and broadcaster. He is a papal adviser to the Vatican. He is credited with coining the term Analytical Thomism and is himself a Thomist in the analytic tradition. Haldane is associated with The Veritas Forum and is the current chairman of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.
Haldane attended Hamilton Park School, John Ogilvie Hall Preparatory School and St Aloysius' College, Glasgow. Later he studied at the Kent Institute of Art & Design in Rochester, Kent, and the Wimbledon School of Art in London for a BA in fine art in 1975.
He received a BA in philosophy from Birkbeck College of the University of London in 1980; a PGCE from the London University Institute of Education in 1976 and a PhD in philosophy from the University of London in 1984. He holds honorary degrees from Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire, United States, and from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He was named one of Scotland's "Brights" in a list of the 50 top Scottish intellectuals, artists, lawyers, scientists, etc. (Herald Magazine, 2001).
Haldane spent his childhood in Scotland. In 1980 he was married to his wife Hilda at Westminster Cathedral. They have four children; Kirsty (b. 1988), James (b. 1990), Alice (b. 1992) and John (b. 1994).
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