- Peter Goldie
Peter Goldie is a British academic philosopher with interests in ethics and aesthetics. He is currently the Samuel Hall Chair in Philosophy and Head of the [http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/philosophy/ Philosophy Discipline Area] of the [http://www.socialsciences.man.ac.uk/school/ School of Social Sciences] at
University of Manchester .After a 25-year career in business in the City of London, Goldie turned to Philosophy, in 1990. He studied at
University College London andOxford for a DPhil, supervised byBernard Williams , on emotion, mood and character. Following this, he was a lecturer atMagdalen College, Oxford , for two years andKing's College London before becoming a professor at Manchester in 2005.Books
* The Emotions: A Philosophical Exploration, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000
* Understanding Emotions: Mind and Morals (as editor), Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2002
* On Personality, London, Routledge, 2004
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