British philosopher
Alexander Bird |
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| Born | Alexander James Bird |
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| Education | King's College, Cambridge (PhD)
St Edmund's College, Cambridge (MPhil)
Maximilianeum and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
St John's College, Oxford (BA)
Westminster School |
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| Awards | Queen's Scholar, Westminster School
Thomas White Scholar, St John's College, Oxford
AHRC Fellowship
Philosophical Quarterly essay prize
Mind Association Senior Research Fellowship |
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| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
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| Region | Western philosophy |
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| School | Analytic philosophy |
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| Institutions | University of Bristol
King's College London |
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| Thesis | Arithmetic, Grammar, and Ontology (1991) |
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Main interests | Philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, metaphysics, epistemology |
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| Website | http://www.alexanderbird.org |
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Alexander James Bird (born 1964) is a British philosopher and Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.
Career
In 2020, Bird was elected to the Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy, succeeding Huw Price.[1] Previously he was Peter Sowerby Professor of Philosophy and Medicine at King's College London (2018–2020) and the professor of philosophy at the University of Bristol (2003–2017).[2] Bird was lecturer then reader and head of department at the University of Edinburgh (1993–2003). Bird has also taught at Dartmouth College and at Saint Louis University and was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He was chair of the philosophy sub-panel in Research Excellence Framework 2014.[3]
Bird represented CULRC in the 1990 Henley Boat Races against OULRC.
