Kevin Mulligan

Kevin Mulligan
Born (1951-06-23) 23 June 1951 (age 73)
Shifnal, Shropshire, England
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Doctoral advisorWolfe Mays
Main interests
Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ontology, emotions, logic
Notable ideas
Truthmaker theory
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Kevin Mulligan (born 23 June 1951) is a British philosopher, working on ontology, the philosophy of mind, and Austrian philosophy. He is currently Honorary Professor at the University of Geneva, Full Professor at the University of Italian Switzerland,[1] Director of Research at the Institute of Philosophy of Lugano, and member of the Academia Europaea[2] and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters.[3] He is also known for his work with Peter Simons and Barry Smith on metaphysics and the history of Austrian philosophy.

A major Festschrift on his work was published in 2014.[4]

Since 2016 he is academic director and professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Switzerland.

  1. ^ "Professors". usi.ch - Master in Philosophy. 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ Hoffmann, Ilire Hasani, Robert. "Academy of Europe: Mulligan Kevin". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 30 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien - Ledamöter - Utländska ledamöter". www.vitterhetsakad.se. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. ^ Anne Reboul (Ed.), Mind, Values, and Metaphysics. Philosophical Essays in Honor of Kevin Mulligan, 2 volumes, Springer