Peter Godfrey-Smith

Peter Godfrey-Smith
Peter Godfrey-Smith reads from Other Minds at Adelaide Writers Week 2018
Peter Godfrey-Smith reads from Other Minds at Adelaide Writers Week 2018
Born1965 (age 58–59)
NationalityAustralian
Education
AwardsLakatos Award
Institutions
ThesisTeleonomy and the Philosophy of Mind (1991)
Doctoral advisorPhilip Kitcher
LanguageEnglish
Main interests
Websitepetergodfreysmith.com

Peter Godfrey-Smith (born 1965) is an Australian philosopher of science and writer, who is currently Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney.[1] He works primarily in philosophy of biology and philosophy of mind, and also has interests in general philosophy of science, pragmatism (especially the work of John Dewey), and some parts of metaphysics and epistemology. Godfrey-Smith was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022.[2]

  1. ^ "University of Sydney – Academic Staff". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ "The American Philosophical Society Welcomes New Members for 2022".