Professor John McDowell FBA

Philosophy
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1983
Subjects
Philosophy
Sections
Philosophy

Current post

Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh

Past appointments

University of Pittsburgh University Professor of Philosphy

1988 -

University of Pittsburgh Professor of Philosophy

1986 - 1988

University College University of Oxford Fellow and Praelector in Philosophy

1966 - 1986

Publications

The engaged intellect 2009

Having the world in view 2009

Mind and world 1994

Mind, value and reality 1998

Meaning, knowledge, and reality 1998

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Bas Van Fraassen FBA

Logic and philosophy of science, with concentration on foundations of physics, within an empiricist approach

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Professor Sir Richard Sorabji FBA

Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Philosophy of Physics, Metaphysics, History of Greek and Roman Philosophy (all branches) to 600CE, History of Islamic, Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Church Fathers to 600CE

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Professor Adrian Moore FBA

History of philosophy (especially Kant and Wittgenstein); metaphysics; philosophy of mathematics; philosophy of language; ethics; and philosophy of religion.

Adrian Moore FBA

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