Peter Simons (academic)
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Peter Simons | |
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 Simons in 2008 | |
| Born | 23 March 1950 |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Doctoral advisor | Wolfe Mays |
Main interests | Ontology |
Notable ideas | Truthmaker theory |
Peter Murray Simons, FBA (born 23 March 1950) is a British retired philosopher and academic. From 2009 to 2016, he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin;[1] he is now professor emeritus.[2] He is known for his work with Kevin Mulligan and Barry Smith on metaphysics and the history of Austrian philosophy.[3] Since 2018 he is visiting professor at the University of Italian Switzerland.[4]
Biography[edit]
Simons studied at the University of Manchester, and has held teaching posts at the University of Bolton, from which he holds an honorary doctorate, the University of Salzburg, where he is Honorary Professor of Philosophy, and the University of Leeds. He has been President of the European Society for Analytic Philosophy and is current director of the Franz Brentano Foundation.
His research interests include metaphysics and ontology, the history of logic, the history of Central European Philosophy, particularly in Austria and Poland in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the application of metaphysics to engineering and other non-philosophical disciplines. He is the author or co-author of five books and over 290 articles.
Awards[edit]
- FBA: Fellow of the British Academy (elected July 2004)[5]
- Member of Academia Europaea (elected 2006)[6]
- Member of the Royal Irish Academy (elected 2013)
- Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (elected 2018)
Publications[edit]
- Parts. A Study In Ontology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987.[7]
- Philosophy and Logic in Central Europe from Bolzano to Tarski. Selected Essays, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1992.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "E.J. Lowe Lecture 2022: Professor Peter Simons". Durham University. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
Peter Simons is former Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin
- ^ "Simons, Prof. Peter Murray, (born 23 March 1950), Professor of Moral Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, 2009–16, now Emeritus". Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ Mulligan, Simons, Smith, Kevin, Peter, Barry (1984). "Truth-Makers". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 44 (3): 287–321. doi:10.2307/2107686. JSTOR 2107686. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Professors". usi.ch - Master in Philosophy. 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Professor Peter Simons FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Peter Simons: CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). ae-info.org. Academia Europaea. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ Doepke, Frederick (June 1991). "Review: Parts, A Study in Ontology". Noûs. 25 (3): 393–396. doi:10.2307/2215517. JSTOR 2215517. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ Falkenberg, Gabriel (1975). "Review: Philosophy and Logic in Central Europe from Bolzano to Tarski". Erkenntnis. 41 (2): 275–279. doi:10.1007/BF01128833. JSTOR 20012583. S2CID 189876684. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
External links[edit]
- Website of the Department of Philosophy at Trinity College
- Personal webpage
- Website of the European Society for Analytic Philosophy
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- Fellows of the British Academy
- Alumni of the University of Manchester
- Academics of Trinity College Dublin
- Academics of the University of Bolton
- Members of Academia Europaea
- University of Salzburg alumni
- British metaphysicians
- Ontologists
- Analytic philosophers