E. E. Constance Jones

This Element discusses E. E. Constance Jones who made foundational contributions to early analytic philosophy.

This Element discusses E. E. Constance Jones who was Mistress of Girton College from 1903–1916. She published widely in philosophical logic and in ethics and moral psychology and was an active member of the British philosophical community. In ethics, her writings on hedonism and practical reason were original and innovative.E. E. Constance Jones (1848–1922) published widely in philosophical logic and in ethics and moral psychology and was an active member of the British philosophical community from 1890 until her death. Her contributions to philosophical logic were wide-ranging and sophisticated, anticipating celebrated insights of later twentiethcentury philosophy of language and logic. In ethics, her writings on hedonism and practical reason, though influenced by her mentor, Henry Sidgwick, were innovative and merit further examination.