Peter Simons (philosopher)
- Peter Simons (philosopher)
Peter Simons, FBA, (born 23 March 1950) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Leeds. He studied at the University of Manchester, and has held teaching posts at the University of Bolton and the University of Salzburg, where he is Honorary Professor of Philosophy. 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 of two books and over 200 articles. He is currently working on a project supported by the British Academy to chart the metaphysics of quantity.
Publications
* "Parts. A Study In Ontology", Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987.
* "Philosophy and Logic in Central Europe from Bolzano to Tarski. Selected Essays", Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1992.
Awards
* FBA: Fellow of the British Academy (Elected July 2004)
* Member of Academia Europaea (Elected 2006)
External links
* [http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/Staff/Ps/Index.htm Peter Simons homepage on the Leeds University website]
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~phljwm/CMM%20site/ Website of the University of Leeds Centre for Metaphysics and Mind]
* [http://www.dif.unige.it/esap/ Website of the European Society for Analytic Philosophy]
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