C. D. Broad

C. D. Broad
FBA
C. D. Broad FBA
	Broad in 1959
Born	Charlie Dunbar Broad; 30 December 1887; Harlesden, Middlesex, England
Died	11 March 1971 (aged 83); Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Institutions	Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisors	J. M. E. McTaggart
Doctoral students	Knut Erik Tranøy
Main interests	Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of mind, logic
Notable ideas	Growing block universe; Rate of passage argument; The "critical philosophy" and "speculative philosophy" distinction; The "occurrent causation" and "non-occurrent causation" distinction

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Charlie Dunbar Broad FBA (30 December 1887 – 11 March 1971), usually cited as C. D. Broad, was an English epistemologist, historian of philosophy, philosopher of science, moral philosopher, and writer on the philosophical aspects of psychical research. He was known for his thorough and dispassionate examinations of arguments in such works as Scientific Thought (1923), The Mind and Its Place in Nature (1925), and Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy (2 vols., 1933–1938).

Broad's essay on "Determinism, Indeterminism, and Libertarianism" in Ethics and the History of Philosophy (1952) introduced the philosophical terms occurrent causation and non-occurrent causation, which became the basis for the contemporary distinction between "agent-causal" and "event-causal" in debates on libertarian free will.

^ Knut E. Tranøy, "Wittgenstein in Cambridge 1949–1951: Some Personal Recollections", in: F. A. Flowers III, Ian Ground (eds.), Portraits of Wittgenstein: Abridged Edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, p. 452.
^ C. D. Broad (1978), "Ostensible temporality." In Richard M. Gale (ed.), The Philosophy of Time: A Collection of Essays, Humanities Press.
^ Ned Markosian, "How fast does time pass?", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53(4):829–844 (1993).
^ C. D. Broad. "Critical and Speculative Philosophy". In Contemporary British Philosophy: Personal Statements (First Series), ed. J. H. Muirhead (London: G. Allen and Unwin, 1924): 77–100.

[1] Knut E. Tranøy, "Wittgenstein in Cambridge 1949–1951: Some Personal Recollections", in: F. A. Flowers III, Ian Ground (eds.), Portraits of Wittgenstein: Abridged Edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, p. 452.

[2] C. D. Broad (1978), "Ostensible temporality." In Richard M. Gale (ed.), The Philosophy of Time: A Collection of Essays, Humanities Press.

[3] Ned Markosian, "How fast does time pass?", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53(4):829–844 (1993).

[4] C. D. Broad. "Critical and Speculative Philosophy". In Contemporary British Philosophy: Personal Statements (First Series), ed. J. H. Muirhead (London: G. Allen and Unwin, 1924): 77–100.

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C. D. Broad FBA
Broad in 1959
Born	Charlie Dunbar Broad (1887-12-30)30 December 1887 Harlesden, Middlesex, England
Died	11 March 1971(1971-03-11) (aged 83) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Institutions	Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisors	J. M. E. McTaggart
Doctoral students	Knut Erik Tranøy^[1]
Main interests	Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of mind, logic
Notable ideas	Growing block universe Rate of passage argument^[2]^[3] The "critical philosophy" and "speculative philosophy" distinction^[4] The "occurrent causation" and "non-occurrent causation" distinction