Philosopher

Helen Beebee

Overview

Helen Beebee is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds and a Fellow of the British Academy. Previously, Beebee was the Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy at Manchester.

Beebee's work has been influential across a wide variety of fields, including causation, free will, and natural kinds. Eric Schliesser, writing on NewApps, described Beebee as 'one of the most prominent metaphysicists of our time'. Beebee has a significant interest in the problem of underrepresentation of women in the field of philosophy, and has spoken about the problems that face women philosophers in a modern academic context, such as in her paper "Women and Deviance in Philosophy".

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Helen Beebee

• David Lewis (philosopher)

Ideas Helen Beebee discusses

• Australasian Journal of Philosophy
• University of St Andrews
• Metaphysics
• University of Edinburgh
• British Academy
• Australian National University
• Causality
• Free will
• Humeanism

Place in the tradition

Part of Reductionism.

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