Jeremy Butterfield

Jeremy Butterfield
Jeremy Butterfield in 1982
Born (1954-12-23) 23 December 1954 (age 69)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsAll Souls College, Oxford
Trinity College, Cambridge
ThesisLogic and Time (1984)
Doctoral advisorsD. H. Mellor
David Malament
Doctoral studentsTim Crane
Main interests
Philosophy of physics, philosophy of science
Notable ideas
Detensed theory of time
Websitehttp://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/butterfield/

Jeremy Nicholas Butterfield FBA (born 23 December 1954) is a philosopher at the University of Cambridge, noted particularly for his work on philosophical aspects of quantum theory, relativity theory and classical mechanics.