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John E. Thomas is a British philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is best known for his work on the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of religion. Thomas was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he received his B.A. in 1948 and his M.A. in 1950. He then went on to study at the University of Oxford, where he received his D.Phil. in 1954. Thomas has held a number of academic positions, including a lectureship at the University of Manchester, a professorship at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and a visiting professorship at the University of California, Berkeley. He has also held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh. Thomas is the author of several books, including The Philosophy of Language (1966), The Philosophy of Mind (1973), and The Philosophy of Religion (1978). He has also written numerous articles and book chapters on topics such as the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of religion. Thomas is currently retired and living in Aberystwyth, Wales. He is 70 years old.

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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 9 April 1926
Birthday 9 April
Birthplace Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom
Date of death (1996-10-14)
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Nationality United Kingdom

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1960

From 1960 to 1991 Thomas was faculty in the Department of Philosophy at McMaster University. His second-year philosophy (2D3) 3 credit course, Medical Ethics and Human Life, was very successful with thousands having taken the class. Topics included abortion, euthanasia, consent and medical experimentation. Philosophical paradigms included J.S. Mill's utilitarianism, Kant's universalizability, W.D. Ross's ranking system of prima-facie duties. From 1985 to 1991 he was also Adjunct Professor of Medicine at McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences. He was a columnist for The Canadian Doctor from 1986 to 1988, and a columnist for Canadian Family Physician from 1991 to 1996.

1954

In 1954, the Thomas family migrated to the United States, where John Thomas won a scholarship at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in the masters program in philosophy. John Thomas completed the masters and doctorate programs (PhD) at Duke University in 1960. In 1960, the Thomas family returned to Hamilton, Ontario where John Thomas accepted an assistant professorship at the Department of Philosophy at McMaster University. Thomas lectured at McMaster until his retirement in 1993.

1950

Their second child Ian Campbell Thomas was born in 1950. Thomas was the pastor at Ebenezer while he completed his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees at McMaster University.

1949

In 1949, their first child, David William Thomas was born. John Thomas completed entered high school in St. Catharines, completed his grade 13 curriculum and then enrolled at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in a Bachelor of Arts program. The Thomas family moved to Toronto in 1950 where John Thomas took the pastorship of Ebenezer Baptist Church on Burnhamthorpe Road, in Etobicoke, Ontario.

1928

Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in 1926, John Thomas moved to Birmingham, England with his parents, David Llewlyn Thomas and Ann Olwyn Thomas, where he worked for two years at the B.S.A. Thomas moved to Scotland to enter the Bible Training Institute in Glasgow, and there met Moreen Duff Muir (4 May 1928 - 18 May 2022), daughter of noted herbalist William C. Muir and Jeanne Duff. Thomas married Muir in 1947 and they left the United Kingdom for Canada, where they settled in St. Catharines, Ontario.

1926

John Edward Thomas (9 April 1926 – 14 October 1996) was a British-born Canadian philosopher and pioneer of medical ethics in Canada.