Professor Peter Simons FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2004
- Subjects
- Philosophy
- Sections
- Philosophy
Summary
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
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Richard Holton FBA
Philosophy of mind and action; moral psychology; ethics; philosophy of law; philosophy of language
Professor John Marenbon FBA
The history of philosophy, especially c.500 – c.1700, with a focus on Boethius, Anselm and Abelard, but including philosophers up to Leibniz
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
