Peter Godfrey-Smith | |
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Born | 1965 (age 58–59) |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | |
Awards | Lakatos Award |
Institutions | |
Thesis | Teleonomy and the Philosophy of Mind (1991) |
Doctoral advisor | Philip Kitcher |
Language | English |
Main interests | |
Website | petergodfreysmith |
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]