Professor Michael Ayers FBA

History of Philosophy Philosophy of Language Metaphysics Epistemology
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2001
Subjects
Philosophy
Sections
Philosophy

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford

Past appointments

Corpus Christi College University of Oxford Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford

2003 -

University of Oxford Professor of Philosophy

1996 -

Corpus Christi College University of Oxford Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford

1996 -

Wadham College University of Oxford Fellow

1965 -

Wadham College University of Oxford Fellow

1965 -

St John's College University of Oxford Junior Research Fellow

1962 - 1965

Publications

Locke: epistemology and ontology (2 vols), 1991

Substance: prolegomena to a realist theory of identity J Philosophy 1991

The Cambridge history of 17th century philosophy (2 vols), 1998

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Rae Langton FBA

Ethical aspects of speech act theory and social epistemology; metaphysics of properties; history of philosophy, especially Kant; free speech, hate speech and media ethics; feminist perspectives on pornography and objectification

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Professor Nicholas Jardine FBA

History of Science Early Modern History Philosophy of Science

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