Austin Ernest Duncan-Jones (5 August 1908 – 2 April 1967) was a British philosopher, with a primary focus on meta-ethics.
[1][2] In 1934, Duncan-Jones was appointed assistant lecturer in philosophy at the University of Birmingham, becoming professor in 1951.
One of Duncan-Jones's concerns was to endorse the method of analysis he considered characteristic of Cambridge philosophy at the time; with A. J. Ayer, he made his most important contribution in this vein with a paper for a symposium "Does Philosophy Analyse Common Sense?"
[3][2] In 1933, Duncan-Jones married the literary scholar and playwright Elsie Elizabeth Phare.
His widow gave his papers and correspondence- including letters from G. E. M. Anscombe, Gilbert Ryle, and Moritz Schlick- to the University of Birmingham Library.