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Thomas Dewar Weldon

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said that it amounted to a tutorial: "The idea is to teach the young to think and argue, and the real past masters at it (Harry Weldon was always held up as an example to me) were those who first argued undergraduates out of their received opinions, then turned around after a time and argued them
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and bar. He finally went up to Oxford in 1919, graduating with a first class degree in 1921. Weldon was elected a fellow and philosophy tutor at his college two years later, getting to know
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out of their new-found radicalism, leaving them mystified as to what they believed and suspended in a free-floating state of cleverness."
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from 1942 to 1945. His final duties there involved justifying Harris's controversial bombing strategy to politicians and the public.
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His death in 1958 was attributed by college rumour to suicide but was in fact due to a cerebral haemorrhage.
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in France and Belgium, rising to acting captain, being wounded and winning the
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Additional biographical information found in T.D. Weldon,
191:. He then served as Rhodes travelling fellow in 1930. 111: 101: 91: 81: 69: 57: 42: 23: 318:Look Back in Laughter: Oxford's Postwar Golden Age 175:, which he postponed to become an officer in the 153:Thomas Weldon was born at 3 Bryanston Mansions, 246:Introduction to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason 8: 296:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 31: 20: 371:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II 161:, London, in 1896. After an education at 293:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 270: 381:British Army personnel of World War I 7: 366:Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford 356:People educated at Tonbridge School 361:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford 217:Characterization of teaching style 14: 396:20th-century English philosophers 391:Recipients of the Military Cross 165:, he won a scholarship to read 16:British philosopher (1896–1958) 1: 227:of a newly published work by 310:UK public library membership 417: 279:The Vocabulary of Politics 258:The Vocabulary of Politics 123: 77: 30: 401:Royal Air Force officers 376:Royal Artillery officers 290:"Weldon, Thomas Dewar". 173:Magdalen College, Oxford 86:20th-century philosophy 386:People from Marylebone 331:Times Higher Education 302:10.1093/ref:odnb/53261 224:London Review of Books 248:(1945; 2nd ed., 1958) 177:Royal Field Artillery 221:In a review in the 25:Thomas Dewar Weldon 204:RAF Bomber Command 179:in 1915. He spent 168:Literae humaniores 96:Western philosophy 308:(Subscription or 252:States and Morals 127: 126: 408: 313: 305: 282: 275: 163:Tonbridge School 144: 102:Notable students 35: 21: 416: 415: 411: 410: 409: 407: 406: 405: 336: 335: 327: 307: 289: 286: 285: 281:(Penguin, 1960) 276: 272: 267: 242: 219: 200:"Bomber Harris" 151: 140: 114: 106:Wilfrid Sellars 65: 62: 53: 47: 46:5 December 1896 38: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 414: 412: 404: 403: 398: 393: 388: 383: 378: 373: 368: 363: 358: 353: 348: 338: 337: 334: 333: 326: 325:External links 323: 322: 321: 316:R.W. Johnson, 314: 284: 283: 269: 268: 266: 263: 262: 261: 255: 249: 241: 238: 229:Niall Ferguson 218: 215: 185:Military Cross 150: 147: 125: 124: 121: 120: 115: 113:Main interests 112: 109: 108: 103: 99: 98: 93: 89: 88: 83: 79: 78: 75: 74: 71: 67: 66: 63: 59: 55: 54: 48: 44: 40: 39: 37:Weldon in 1923 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 413: 402: 399: 397: 394: 392: 389: 387: 384: 382: 379: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 343: 341: 332: 329: 328: 324: 319: 315: 311: 303: 299: 295: 294: 288: 287: 280: 274: 271: 264: 259: 256: 253: 250: 247: 244: 243: 239: 237: 234: 233:R. W. Johnson 230: 226: 225: 216: 214: 211: 209: 205: 201: 197: 192: 190: 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 169: 164: 160: 156: 148: 146: 143: 139: 135: 131: 122: 119: 116: 110: 107: 104: 100: 97: 94: 90: 87: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 60: 56: 51: 45: 41: 34: 29: 22: 19: 317: 291: 278: 273: 257: 251: 245: 222: 220: 212: 208:High Wycombe 196:World War II 193: 166: 152: 137: 133: 130:Thomas Dewar 129: 128: 18: 351:1958 deaths 346:1896 births 189:C. S. Lewis 181:World War I 155:York Street 70:Nationality 61:13 May 1958 340:Categories 312:required.) 265:References 159:Marylebone 50:Marylebone 52:, London 194:During 73:British 306: 260:(1953) 254:(1946) 138:Weldon 118:Ethics 92:Region 64:Oxford 240:Works 134:Harry 149:Life 58:Died 43:Born 298:doi 206:at 202:in 171:at 82:Era 342:: 231:, 157:, 142:MC 136:" 304:. 300:: 132:"

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Marylebone
20th-century philosophy
Western philosophy
Wilfrid Sellars
Ethics
MC
York Street
Marylebone
Tonbridge School
Literae humaniores
Magdalen College, Oxford
Royal Field Artillery
World War I
Military Cross
C. S. Lewis
World War II
"Bomber Harris"
RAF Bomber Command
High Wycombe
London Review of Books
Niall Ferguson
R. W. Johnson
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/53261
UK public library membership
Times Higher Education
Categories
1896 births

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