The Wilde Professorship of Mental Philosophy is a chair in philosophy at the

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. Its holder is elected to a Fellowship of Corpus Christi College. The position was initially established in 1898 as a readership by an endowment from the engineer Henry Wilde. It was converted to a professorship in 2000, on the recommendation of the Literae Humaniores Board and with the concurrence of the General Board. According to the University's statutes: "The Wilde Professor shall lecture and give instruction in Mental Philosophy, and shall from time to time lecture on the more theoretical aspects of Psychology."

Wilde Professors

*2000–2006: John Campbell, later Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the

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*2006–2016: Martin DaviesProfessor Martin Davies : Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy
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