Lectures, articles and offprints

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  • Reference
    • GB 133 ACE/3
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1923]-1970
  • Physical Description
    • 76 items some damaged

Scope and Content

Undated journal articles

  • /1 'The idea of cause' Journal of Philosophical Studies IV, no 16 (n.d.)
  • /2 'Kant’s transcendental deduction of the categories' Mind XXXII, N.S. no 125 (n.d., [1923])
  • /3 'The relation between knowing and its object' Mind XXXIV, N.S. no 134 (n.d. [1925], poor condition)
  • /4 'Direct knowledge and perception' Mind XXXIX, N.S.154 (n.d. [1930])
  • /5 'Meaninglessness' Mind XLVI, N.S. no 183 (n.d. [1937])
  • /6 'A suggested non-naturalistic analysis of good' Mind XLVIII, B.S. no 189 (n.d. [1939])
  • /7 'Professor Aaron on intuition' Mind LII N.S. 205 (n.d. [1943])
  • /8 'Subjectivism and naturalism in ethics' MindLIII N.S. no 210 (n.d. [1944])
  • /9 'Recent tendencies in moral philosophy in Great Britain' Zeitschrift fur Philosophische Forschung IX, 2 (n.d.)

Journal articles, by date

  • /10 'Solipsism' The Monist XLI, 3, 1931
  • /11 'Intuitionism and utilitarianism' Revue Internationale de Philosophie 4, 1939
  • /12 'Utilitarianism' Ethics LVIII, 2, 1948
  • /13 'The rights of the individual' Revue Internationale de Philosophie No 6, 1948
  • /14 'The primary reason for punishment' Theoria XIV, 2, 1948
  • /15 'Philosophical analysis in ethics' Philosophical Studies2.5, 1950
  • /16 'Indeterminism' Review of Metaphysics 2, 1951
  • /17 'A middle way in ethics' Analysis 13.2, 1952
  • /18 'What would happen if everybody acted like me?' Philosophy XXVIII no 104, 1953
  • /19 'Kant’s attack on metaphysics' Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 1954
  • /20 'Responsibility towards oneself and others' Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 1957
  • /21 'Religious assertions in the light of contemporary philosophy' Philosophy [v 32, 1957]
  • /22 'The work of G.E. Moore' Indian Journal of Philosophy 1.2, 1959
  • /23 'Norman Kemp Smith, 1872-1959' Proceedings of the British Academy, XLV [n.d. 1960]
  • /24 'The correspondence theory of truth' The Personalist XLIII, 4, 1962
  • /25 'Kant’s view of immortality' Scottish Journal of Theology 17.4, 1964
  • /26 'Awareness of God' Philosophy XL, 151, 1965
  • /27 'Two ‘proofs’ of God’s existence' Religious Studies I, pp29-45 [1965]

Papers read at Conferences, etc.

  • /28 'Reason and intuition' British Academy Annual Philosophical lecture, 1941
  • /29 'The rights of the individual against the state' Read at the Aristotelian Society 22nd January, 1942
  • /30 'Philosophical Ethics and the Ethics of Practical life' Read at Xth International Congress of Philosophy, 1948
  • /31 'Professor Ryle’s attack on dualism' Read at the Aristotelian Society 8th December, 1952
  • /32 'Empiricism in ethics' Read at XIth International Congress of Philosophy, 1953
  • /33 'Pseudo-solutions' Read at Aristotelian Society 12th November 1956
  • /34 'May can-statements be analysed deterministically?' Read at the Aristotelian Society 24th February, 1964

Offprints from books

  • /35 'Francis Herbert Bradley' from Les Grands Courants de la Pensee Mondiale Contemporaine [n.d.]
  • /36 'The Individual and the State' from Dr S Radhakrishnan Souvenir Volume, 1964
  • /37 'Indeterminismus' from Sinn und Sein: ein philosophisches symposium, 1970
  • /38 'Ethics in English-speaking countries' from Contemporary Philosophy: a survey, 1971

Book Reviews

  • /39 Walter Moberly, The Ethics of Punishment [from unknown publication] [?1968]
  • /40 Brand Blanshard, Second Thoughts in Moral Philosophy from Ratio v IV, 1, 1962
  • /41 R.H. Hare, Freedom and Reason [from unknown publication] [?1963]
  • /42 D.H. Monro, Empiricism and Ethicsfrom Mind LXXVII N.S. no 307, 1968
  • /43 Reason Truth and God by Renford Bambrough from Mind LXXIX N.S. no 313, 1970

Published, but unattributed articles:

  • /44 'Ethical judgements: attempted synthesis of three rival views'
  • /45 'The Justification of emotions'
  • /46 'Political differences'
  • /47 'The problem of universals

Typescript/manuscript articles:

  • /48 'League or federal union? A middle way', n.d.
  • /49 "Ethics of punishment"
  • /50 'The nature and function of philosophy' n.d. (a popular lecture)
  • /51 "What philosophy is?" 1961, (an evening class lecture)
  • /52 'The outlook of philosophy in the West', a broadcast delivered in India
  • /53 "Seminar in current philosophical issues" University of Souther California, Fall term 1961/2, an official abstract of lectures annotated by Ewing;
  • /54 'The justification of induction', n.d.;
  • /55 'The rights of the individual';
  • /56 'My philosophical attitude';
  • /57 'Another look at paradoxes of implication and entailment' [2 versions];
  • /58 'Phenomenalism: a strangely overlooked difficult;'
  • /59 'Christian ethics and utilitarianism'
  • /60 'Empiricist doubts about causality'
  • /61 'Individual conscience and the claims of the state' and 'Summary of ...individual conscience and claims of the state'
  • /62 'Analogy and knowledge of God'
  • /63 'Moore and metaphysics'
  • /64 'An outline of Christian Philosophy'
  • /65 'The concept of democracy'
  • /66 'Recent trends in British philosophy' (2 copies)
  • /67 'Optimistic inferences from theism'
  • /68 'The relationship between value in general and specific values'
  • /69 'The necessity of metaphysics'
  • /70 'Common sense propositions'
  • /71 'Recent tendencies in moral philosophy in Great Britain'
  • /72 Obituary notice, A J T D Wisdom [n.d. but as Ewing predeceased Wisdom, it can be dated pre-1973].

Articles by others which comment on Ewing's work.

  • /73 Mary Scrutton, "Goodness and philosophers", a Third Programme radio talk (1949) mentions Ewing's work (poor condition)
  • /74 Manuscript by unidentified author commenting on Ewing's work, includes marginal comments by Ewing.
  • /75 Richard Brandt 'Questions for Dr Ewing' n.d.

/76 Draft chapters (typescript) for Value and reality; including "chapter 1 - Philosophy and religion", Chapter II - the possibility of metaphysics"; chapter III - The good and the ought"; "Chapter v - Intuition"; "Chapter V - Ethical knowledge or the transition of 'is' to ought", "Chapter vi - Mind and body"; "Chapter VII - Ethical judgements"; "Chapter xi - the problem of evil".