J. M. E. McTaggart
J. M. E. McTaggart | |
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Portrait by Walter Stoneman, 1917 | |
| Born | John McTaggart Ellis 3 September 1866 London, England |
| Died | 18 January 1925 (aged 58) London, England |
| Other names | John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart |
| Spouse |
Margaret Elizabeth Bird
(m. 1899) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
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| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th-/20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | British idealism |
| Notable students | C. D. Broad |
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John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart FBA (3 September 1866 – 18 January 1925) was an English idealist metaphysician. For most of his life McTaggart was a fellow and lecturer in philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an exponent of the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and among the most notable of the British idealists. McTaggart is known for "The Unreality of Time" (1908), in which he argues that time is unreal. The work has been widely discussed through the 20th century and into the 21st.