Michael Foster (philosopher)

Michael Beresford Foster (1903–1959)^[1] was a tutor in philosophy of Oxford University's Christ Church. For a period up until his death he was the chairman of the British Student Christian Movement.^[2] He was one of A. J. Ayer's tutors at Oxford, but their relationship is remembered more as a source of strained feelings than of scholarly fellowship.^[3] His disparate works on political science and various doctrines of Christianity (especially the doctrine of creation) have influenced philosophers such as George Grant, who had, when writing his doctoral thesis, in fact visited with Foster in England.^[4]

^ D Bloor (1994), "The moving forces of history", The British Journal for the History of Science, 27 (3), Cambridge University Press: 351–355, doi:10.1017/S0007087400032222, JSTOR 4027603, S2CID 144830862
^ biographical paragraph in The Christian Scholar, Volume XLI, Number 3, September 1958, page 361
^ Ben Rogers. A.J. Ayer: A Life. Grove Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8021-3869-1, ISBN 978-0-8021-3869-9. 416 pages. pp.52, 54–55, 76, 114–115
^ Collected Works of George Grant. George Parkin Grant, Arthur Davis, Henry Roper, Peter Christopher Emberley. University of Toronto Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8020-3904-9. p.753n.19

[mfoh-1] D Bloor (1994), "The moving forces of history", The British Journal for the History of Science, 27 (3), Cambridge University Press: 351–355, doi:10.1017/S0007087400032222, JSTOR 4027603, S2CID 144830862

[2] raphical paragraph in The Christian Scholar, Volume XLI, Number 3, September 1958, page 361

[3] Ben Rogers. A.J. Ayer: A Life. Grove Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8021-3869-1, ISBN 978-0-8021-3869-9. 416 pages. pp.52, 54–55, 76, 114–115

[4] Collected Works of George Grant. George Parkin Grant, Arthur Davis, Henry Roper, Peter Christopher Emberley. University of Toronto Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8020-3904-9. p.753n.19

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