Philosopher

Peter Simons (academic)

Overview

Peter Murray Simons, (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; he is now professor emeritus. He is known for his work with Kevin Mulligan and Barry Smith on metaphysics and the history of Austrian philosophy. Since 2018 he is visiting professor at the University of Italian Switzerland.

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Philosophers who discussed Peter Simons (academic)

• George Boolos
• Stanisław Leśniewski
• Kevin Mulligan

Ideas Peter Simons (academic) discusses

• Philosophy
• Western philosophy
• Analytic philosophy
• German philosophy
• Metaphysics
• British people
• Ontology
• British Academy
• Contemporary philosophy
• Epistemology
• Kevin Mulligan

Place in the tradition

Part of Analytic philosophy.

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