Stephen David John (born 1979), is a British philosopher . He is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the University Hatton Professor in the Philosophy of Public Health. John is a member of the academic staff and lecturer in the Department of

History and Philosophy of Science The history and philosophy of science (HPS) is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. Although many scholars in the field are trained primarily as either historians or as philosophers, there ...

(HPS), his research focuses on the philosophy of science, political philosophy and the philosophy of public health. He obtained his BA, MPhil, and PhD from the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

. His doctoral advisor was baroness

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. and his thesis title "Vulnerability, Health and Risk: towards a normative framework for public health policy". Since 2012 he has been a

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of Pembroke College, and the University Hatton Professor in the Philosophy of Public Health. He is also a member of the

Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) is an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Cambridge that studies artificial intelligence. It is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The Centre brings together academ ...

and of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:John, Stephen Living people Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge 1979 births Alumni of the University of Cambridge Bioethicists British philosophers of science British historians of science Public health