R. B. Braithwaite

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Richard Bevan Braithwaite (15 January 1900 - 21 April 1990)

Braithwaite, who was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, was educated at the University of Cambridge, where he studied physics and mathematics. From 1934 to 1953 he was elected g Lecturer in Moral Science, and also at Cambridge from 1953 to 1967 he was the Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy.

In 1957 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

His three main books:

• Scientific Explanation (1953)
• Theory of Games as a Tool for the Moral Philosopher (1955)
• An Empiricist's View of the Nature of Religious Belief (1955)

Braithwaite died at the age of 90 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.