Related: Biography of John Passmore and a bibliography of his writings (PDF)

The Australian: "JOHN Passmore, a philosopher who saw himself as "semi-detached" from Australia and who pioneered the modern engagement of philosophy with the problems of everyday life, has died in Canberra just short of his 90th birthday.

"His book 100 Years of Philosophy revolutionised the history of ideas and his work on environmental philosophy basically established the discipline now known as applied philosophy," Australian National University philosophy professor Frank Jackson said last night. " more