Norman Coles was educated at St. Benedicts School, Ealing, and at Balliol College, Oxford. He has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He has taught at Trinity College, Dublin, The Open University, North London Polytechnic (now University), SUNY, and at Cornell University, where he was a Visiting Fellow (Sage School of Philosophy. In addition to his work in philosophy he has interest in US political history and in Dublin social history.
1998 0-7734-8276-8 This study presents a clarification and discussion of problematic concepts and arguments related to a pamphlet by John Ashton, who was executed for treason in 1690. The study aims at philosophical clarification of arguments about important political issues and historical events.