Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy
- Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy
The Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy is an academic of the University of Oxford.
The position was initially established as a readership and was converted to a professorship in 2000, on the recommendation of the Literae Humaniores Board and with the concurrence of the General Board.
According to the University's statutes: "The Wilde Professor shall lecture and give instruction in Mental Philosophy, and shall from time to time lecture on the more theoretical aspects of Psychology."
Wilde Professors
*2000-2006: John Joseph Campbell, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, later Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley ["Notes on Contributors" in Naomi Eilan, "Joint Attention: Communication and Other Minds" (Oxford University Press, 2005) p. ix]
*2006- : Martin Davies, Fellow of Corpus Christi College [ [http://www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/about/fellows/davies_martin.php Professor Martin Davies : Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy] news release dated 18.09.06 online at ox.ac.uk (accessed 26 February 2008)]
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