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 Matthew Kramer FBA
Political, moral, and legal philosophy: deontological ethics; justice; moral realism as a moral doctrine; legal positivism and legal objectivity; rights and freedom
Professor Richard Bradley FBA
Individual and social decision making under uncertainty, philosophy of economics and social science, formal epistemology
Professor Lucy O'Brien FBA
Philosophy of Mind, Action Theory, Moral Psychology and Social Philosophy. A particular concern with varieties of self-consciousness.
