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Anthony Clifford "A. C." Grayling (/ˈɡreɪlɪŋ/; born 3 April 1949) is a British philosopher. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, an independent undergraduate college in London. Until June 2011, he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, where he taught from 1991. He is also a supernumerary fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford.
Grayling is the author of about 30 books on philosophy, including The Refutation of Scepticism (1985), The Future of Moral Values (1997), The Meaning of Things (2001), The Good Book (2011), and The God Argument (2013). He is a Trustee of the London Library, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
He is a director and contributor at Prospect Magazine, as well as a Vice President of the British Humanist Association. His main academic interests lie in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophical logic. He has described himself as "a man of the left" and is associated in Britain with the new atheism movement, and is sometimes described as the 'Fifth Horseman of New Atheism'. He appears in the British media discussing philosophy.
AC, A.C. or Ac may refer to:
Best of A.C. Grayling Arguments And Comebacks Part 1
AC Grayling: Bad Education, Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2015
THE GOD DEBATE: AC Grayling vs Rabbi Daniel Rowe | J-TV
AC Grayling - Humanism
AC Grayling @ Hay Festival Segovia 2015
A C Grayling on the Englightenment and ISIS - Full Going Underground Interview
'Can a humanist make sense of war?' | A C Grayling speaks to Defence Humanists
A C Grayling - Atheism, Theism and Proof
Atheist Debate: A.C Grayling and David silverman debate Austin Pastors.
Atheist A C Grayling - on Atheism Humanism and Religion