Stephen Mulhall | |
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| Born | 1962 |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford, All Souls College, Oxford |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy, postanalytic philosophy |
| Institutions | New College, Oxford |
Main interests | Wittgenstein studies, ethics, philosophy of religion, post-Kantian philosophy, philosophy of literature, philosophy of film |
Notable ideas | Linguistic film theory Experience of meaning[1] |
Stephen Mulhall (/ˈmʌlhɔːl/; born 1962) is a British philosopher and Fellow of New College, Oxford. His main research areas are Ludwig Wittgenstein and post-Kantian philosophy.[2]
Stephen Mulhall received a BA in philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford in 1983.[3] He then pursued an MA in philosophy from The University of Toronto in 1984, during which time he spent several weeks studying under Sir Isaiah Berlin at Harvard.[3] Between 1984 and 1988, he attended Balliol College and All Souls College, Oxford for his DPhil in Philosophy.[3] From 1986 to 1991 he was a Prize Fellow at All Souls College and in 1991 he became a Reader of Philosophy at the University of Essex.[3] From 1998 to the present he has been a fellow at New College, Oxford.[3]
He has published extensively on Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and the American philosopher Stanley Cavell.
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