Martin Davies (born 1950) is a British philosopher who is

Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy The Wilde Professorship of Mental Philosophy is a chair in philosophy at the University of Oxford. Its holder is elected to a Fellowship of Corpus Christi College. The position was initially established in 1898 as a readership by an endowment fro ...

Emeritus at the

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and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he taught from 2006 until 2017. He works in

philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the ontology and nature of the mind and its relationship with the body. The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a number of other issues are add ...

philosophy of language In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning, intentionality, reference, ...

epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Epis ...

and

philosophy of psychology Philosophy of psychology is concerned with the philosophical foundations of the study of psychology. It deals with both epistemological and ontological issues and shares interests with other fields, including philosophy of mind and theoretical ps ...

and cognitive science.

Education and career

Davies was an undergraduate at

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university h ...

and then earned B.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees at

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to th ...

, working with Gareth Evans,

Christopher Peacocke Christopher Arthur Bruce Peacocke (born 22 May 1950) is a British philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind and epistemology. His recent publications, in the field of epistemology, have defended a version of rationalism. His daught ...

and

Dana Scott Dana Stewart Scott (born October 11, 1932) is an American logician who is the emeritus Hillman University Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy, and Mathematical Logic at Carnegie Mellon University; he is now retired and lives in Berkeley, Ca ...

. He taught at the

University of Essex The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, Essex is one of the original plate glass universities. Essex's shield consists of the ancient arms attributed to the Kingdom of Es ...

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, and was Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy at Oxford from 1993 to 2000. He then took up a Professorship at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies an ...

before returning to Oxford in 2006 as the Wilde Professor. He retired from that position in 2017. He is an elected Fellow of both the

Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australia ...

and the

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) is an independent, non-governmental organisation devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the social sciences. It has its origins in the Social Science Research Council of Austr ...

Selected publications

* (1980) "Two notions of necessity," ''Philosophical Studies'' 38: 1–30 (with Lloyd Humberstone). * (1981) "Meaning, structure, and understanding," ''Synthese'' 48: 135–161. * (1987) "Tacit knowledge and semantic theory: Can a five per cent difference matter?" ''Mind'' 96: 441–462. * (1991) "Individualism and perceptual content," ''Mind'' 100: 461–484. * (1995) "Consciousness and the varieties of aboutness," in C. Macdonald & G. Maconald (eds), ''Philosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation (Oxford: Blackwell), 356–392. * (1997) "Externalism and experience," in N. Block, O. Flanagan & G. Güzeldere (eds), ''The Nature of Consciousness'' (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), 309–327. * (2000) "Externalism and armchair knowledge," in P. Boghossian & C. Peacocke (eds), ''New Essays on the A Priori'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 384–414. * (2004) "Epistemic entitlement, warrant transmission, and easy knowledge," ''Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume'' 78: 213–245 * (2005) "Cognitive science," in F. Jackson & M. Smith (eds.), ''The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 358–394. * (2010) "Double dissociation: understanding its role in cognitive neuropsychology," ''Mind and Language'' 25: 500–540.

References

External links

Interview with Martin Davies
about "delusions" Living people Wilde Professors of Mental Philosophy Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Place of birth missing (living people) British philosophers Philosophers of mind Philosophers of language Epistemologists Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 1949 births {{UK-philosopher-stub