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Department of Philosophy

Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Expertise

Expertise represented in the King's Department of Philosophy covers the entire history of philosophy, from the pre-Socratics through to the present day - both the 'Analytic' and 'Continental' traditions, as well as Indian Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy:

Philosophy of mind, psychology and language, including expertise in empirically-informed issues. We also have strong links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and with the Department of Neuroscience at King's.
Metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of science. Our expertise ranges from philosophy of physics to epistemic normativity, including a project in Philosophy and Medicine.
Moral and political philosophy, with expertise in a variety of issues such as free will, practical normativity, justice and immigration.

List of Department of Philosophy staff by research interest

Ancient Greek Philosophy

Professor Peter Adamson

Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Dr Joachim Aufderheide

Senior Lecturer
Dr Katharine O’Reilly

Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy
Dr Shaul Tor

Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy
Professor Raphael Woolf

Professor of Philosophy, Vice-Dean for External Relations

Medieval (including Arabic) Philosophy

Professor Peter Adamson

Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Professor Christopher Hughes

Professor of Philosophy
Professor Thomas Pink

Professor of Philosophy

Early Modern Philosophy (including Kant)

Professor Maria Rosa Antognazza

Professor of Philosophy
Dr John Callanan

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Rachel Cristy

Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr David Galloway

Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Sacha Golob

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Director of the Centre for Philosophy and the Visual Arts
Dr Jessica Leech

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor David Owens

Professor of Philosophy
Professor Thomas Pink

Professor of Philosophy
Dr Jasper Reid

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor Andrea Sangiovanni

Professor of Philosophy

Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Philosophy (including history of both Analytic and Continental Philosophy)

Professor Michael Beaney

Professor of Philosophy
Dr Rachel Cristy

Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Sacha Golob

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Director of the Centre for Philosophy and the Visual Arts
Professor Mark Textor

Professor of Philosophy

Chinese and Indian Philosophy

Professor Michael Beaney

Professor of Philosophy
Dr Will Rasmussen

Matilal Lecturer in Indian philosophy

Philosophy of Mind and Psychology (including Theory of Action)

Professor Maria Alvarez

Professor of Philosophy; Head of Department
Professor Bill Brewer

Susan Stebbing Professor of Philosophy
Dr Ellen Fridland

Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor Clayton Littlejohn

Professor of Philosophy
Professor David Papineau

Professor of Philosophy of Science
Professor Thomas Pink

Professor of Philosophy
Professor Matthew Soteriou

Chair in Philosophy of Mind
Dr James Stazicker

Lecturer in Philosophy

Philosophy of Language, Logic and Linguistics

Professor Michael Beaney

Professor of Philosophy
Dr Eliot Michaelson

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Carlo Nicolai

Lecturer in Philosophy (Logic)
Professor Mark Textor

Professor of Philosophy

Metaphysics, Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

Professor Alexander Bird

Peter Sowerby Professor of Philosophy and Medicine
Professor Bill Brewer

Susan Stebbing Professor of Philosophy
Dr Julien Dutant

Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Alexander Franklin

Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor Christopher Hughes

Professor of Philosophy
Dr Eleanor Knox

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Jessica Leech

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor Clayton Littlejohn

Professor of Philosophy
Dr Matteo Mameli

Reader in Philosophy
Professor David Owens

Professor of Philosophy
Professor David Papineau

Professor of Philosophy of Science
Professor Matthew Soteriou

Chair in Philosophy of Mind
Dr James Stazicker

Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor Mark Textor

Professor of Philosophy

Ethics and political philosophy

Professor Maria Alvarez

Professor of Philosophy; Head of Department
Dr Sarah Fine

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor Clayton Littlejohn

Professor of Philosophy
Dr Matteo Mameli

Reader in Philosophy
Dr Eliot Michaelson

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor David Owens

Professor of Philosophy
Professor Thomas Pink

Professor of Philosophy
Professor Andrea Sangiovanni

Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy and Medicine

Professor Alexander Bird

Peter Sowerby Professor of Philosophy and Medicine
Dr David Galloway

Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor David Papineau

Professor of Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Religion

Professor Maria Rosa Antognazza

Professor of Philosophy

Aesthetics

Dr Rachel Cristy

Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Sacha Golob

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Director of the Centre for Philosophy and the Visual Arts

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