Huw Price

Huw Price
Born (1953-05-17) 17 May 1953 (age 71)
Oxford, England
NationalityAustralian
Alma materAustralian National University
University of Oxford
Darwin College, Cambridge
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Neo-pragmatism
InstitutionsTrinity College, Cambridge
ThesisThe Problem of the Single Case (1981)
Doctoral advisorHugh Mellor
Main interests
Philosophy of science
Notable ideas
Global expressivism (anti-representationalism),[1] subject naturalism (philosophy needs to begin with what science tells us about ourselves)[2]
Websiteprce.hu
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Huw Price FAHA (/hjuː praɪs/; born 17 May 1953) is an Australian philosopher,[3] formerly the Bertrand Russell Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy, Cambridge,[4] and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[5]

He was previously Challis Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Time at the University of Sydney,[6] and before that Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh.[7] He is also one of three founders and the Academic Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, and the Academic Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence.

  1. ^ Huw Price, Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism (Cambridge University Press, 2013), p. 87.
  2. ^ Huw Price, Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism (Cambridge University Press, 2013), p. 5.
  3. ^ "A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand". Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Faculty of Philosophy – Teaching and Research Staff". November 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Trinity College – The Fellowship". Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Centre for Time: People". Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  7. ^ "History - The University of Edinburgh". 8 November 2023.