Bronte Beach, Sydney
Date of Birth 30 September 1947
Education
1960-63 Durban High School
1964-67 University of Natal, South Africa
1968-70 King's College, Cambridge
1970-73 Peterhouse, Cambridge
Degrees
1967 BSc (Hons) in Mathematics
1970 BA (Hons) in Moral Sciences
1974 PhD in Philosophy
Current Positions
1990- Professor, Department of Philosophy, King's College London (Head of
Department 1996-9, 2007-11) (first semester from 2014-15)
2015- Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York (second semester)
Previous Positions
1981-90 Assistant Lecturer, then Lecturer, Department of History and Philosophy of
Science, Cambridge University
1979-80 Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Birkbeck College
1977-79 Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney
1973-77 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Reading
1968 Assistant Statistician, Department of Economic Affairs, Whitehall, London
1967 Junior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Natal
Honours and Awards
2013-14 President, Aristotelian Society
2011 Gottlob Frege Lecturer, Tartu, Estonia
2010 Rudolf Carnap Lecturer, Bochum, Germany
2009-10 President, Mind Association
2006 Mind Association Research Fellow
2001-05 Convenor, Research Panel for Philosophy, Law and Religious Studies, Arts
and Humanities Research Council
1999-2000 Leverhulme Research Fellow
1994-98 Editor, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
1993-95 President, British Society for the Philosophy of Science
Education
1960-63 Durban High School
1964-67 University of Natal, South Africa
1968-70 King's College, Cambridge
1970-73 Peterhouse, Cambridge
Degrees
1967 BSc (Hons) in Mathematics
1970 BA (Hons) in Moral Sciences
1974 PhD in Philosophy
Current Positions
1990- Professor, Department of Philosophy, King's College London (Head of
Department 1996-9, 2007-11) (first semester from 2014-15)
2015- Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York (second semester)
Previous Positions
1981-90 Assistant Lecturer, then Lecturer, Department of History and Philosophy of
Science, Cambridge University
1979-80 Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Birkbeck College
1977-79 Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney
1973-77 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Reading
1968 Assistant Statistician, Department of Economic Affairs, Whitehall, London
1967 Junior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Natal
Honours and Awards
2013-14 President, Aristotelian Society
2011 Gottlob Frege Lecturer, Tartu, Estonia
2010 Rudolf Carnap Lecturer, Bochum, Germany
2009-10 President, Mind Association
2006 Mind Association Research Fellow
2001-05 Convenor, Research Panel for Philosophy, Law and Religious Studies, Arts
and Humanities Research Council
1999-2000 Leverhulme Research Fellow
1994-98 Editor, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
1993-95 President, British Society for the Philosophy of Science
