Professor Peter Simons FBA

Philosophy Central Europe Austria Germany Metaphysics History of Philosophy Logic Philosophy of Language USA, Canada and/or Mexico East Africa Eastern Europe including Russia Poland Northern Europe Scandinavia including Finland Southern Europe Italy Western Europe Ireland France Netherlands Belgium Portugal Switzerland East Asia China, Hong Kong, Japan

Elected 2004

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2004
Sections: Philosophy
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/petermsimons/

Studied mathematics and philosophy at the University of Manchester. Taught Philosophy at the University of Bolton (1977-80), University of Salzburg (1980-1995), University of Leeds (1995-2009) and Trinity College Dublin (2009-2016). Specialist in metaphysics and the history of Austrian and Polish philosophy. Working on a collection of essays on Austrian philosophy and a monograph on the metaphysics of quantities.

Current post

Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin

Past appointments

Trinity College, Dublin Professor of Philosophy

2009 -

University of Leeds Professor of Philosophy

1995 - 2009

University of Leeds Professor of Philosophy, University of Leeds

1995 -

University of Leeds Professor of Philosophy, University of Leeds

1995 -

University of Salzburg Lecturer, Universitaetsdozent in Philosophy

1980 - 1995

Bolton Institute of Technology Lecturer in Philosophy

1977 - 1980

Other Institutions

1977 - 1980

Publications

Truth-Makers Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 1984

Parts: a Study in Ontology 1987

Philosophy and Logic in Central Europe from Bolzano to Tarski 1992

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Professor Katrin Flikschuh FBA

Kant's practical philosophy; contemporary political philosophy; modern African philosophy

Professor Christine Korsgaard FBA

Moral philosophy and its history; Kantian ethics; practical reason; the philosophy of action; personal identity; the ethics of our treatment of animals

Professor Ian Rumfitt FBA

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Professor Peter Simons FBA

Current post

Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin

Past appointments

Trinity College, Dublin Professor of Philosophy

2009 -

University of Leeds Professor of Philosophy

1995 - 2009

University of Leeds Professor of Philosophy, University of Leeds

1995 -

University of Leeds Professor of Philosophy, University of Leeds

1995 -

University of Salzburg Lecturer, Universitaetsdozent in Philosophy

1980 - 1995