Kevin Mulligan (born 23 June 1951) is a British philosopher, working on ontology, the philosophy of mind, and Austrian philosophy. He is currently Honorary Professor at the University of Geneva, Full Professor at the University of Italian Switzerland,[1] Director of Research at the Institute of Philosophy of Lugano, and member of the Academia Europaea[2] and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters.[3] He is also known for his work with Peter Simons and Barry Smith on metaphysics and the history of Austrian philosophy.
Kevin Mulligan | |
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| Born | 23 June 1951 Shifnal, Shropshire, England |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Doctoral advisor | Wolfe Mays |
Main interests | Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ontology, emotions, logic |
Notable ideas | Truthmaker theory |
A major Festschrift on his work was published in 2014.[4]
Since 2016 he is academic director and professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Switzerland.
Bibliography
edit- Kevin Mulligan Bibliography
- Kevin Mulligan Recent Publications
- Kevin Mulligan, Peter Simons and Barry Smith, "What's Wrong with Contemporary Philosophy?", Topoi, 25 (1-2), 2006, 63–67.
- Anatomie della stoltezza. Jouvence, 2016. ISBN 978-88-7801-547-0
- Wittgenstein et la philosophie austro-allemande. Vrin, 2012. ISBN 978-2-7116-2460-7
- Italian translation: Wittgenstein e la filosofia austro-tedesca. Mimesis, 2014. ISBN 978-8-857-52307-1
- Spanish translation: Wittgenstein y la filosofia austro-alemana. Tecnos, 2014. ISBN 978-8-4309-6278-5
- Décrire. La Psychologie de Brentano (with Olivier Massin), Paris : Vrin, 2021. ISBN 9782711630059
Edited volumes
edit- Speech Act and Sachverhalt: Reinach and the Foundations of Realist Phenomenology, Dordrecht: Nijhoff, 1987. ISBN 978-90-247-3427-6
- Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics: The Philosophy and Theory of Language of Anton Marty, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1990. ISBN 978-0-7923-0578-1
- Language, Truth and Ontology, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1991 ISBN 978-0-7923-1509-4
- Wittgenstein analysé (ed. with J‑P. Leyvraz), Paris: Editions Jacqueline Chambon, 1993 ISBN 978-2-8771-1087-7
- Regards sur Bentham et l'utilitarisme (ed. with R. Roth), Geneva: Droz, 1993 ISBN 978-2-600-04360-1
- Themes from Wittgenstein (ed. with B. Garrett), Working Papers in Philosophy, 4, Australian National University, Canberra, 1993.
- La Philosophie autrichienne de Bolzano à Musil. Histoire et Actualité (ed. with J.-P. Cometti), Paris: Vrin, 2001. ISBN 978-2-7116-1497-4
- Les nationalismes (ed. with B. Baertschi), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. 2001 ISBN 978-2-1305-2396-3
- Romanian translation: Nationalismele, Bucharest: Nemira, 2010 ISBN 978-6065790353
- Relations and Predicates: Philosophical Analysis (ed. with H. Hochberg), Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag, 2004 ISBN 978-3110326536
- Robert Musil – Ironie, Satire, falsche Gefühle (ed. with A. Westerhoff), Paderborn: mentis Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3-89785-663-9
- Studies in the History and Philosophy of Polish Logic. Essays in Honour of Jan Woleński (ed. with K. Kijania-Placek & T. Placek), Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. ISBN 978-1-137-03090-0
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Professors". usi.ch - Master in Philosophy. 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Hoffmann, Ilire Hasani, Robert. "Academy of Europe: Mulligan Kevin". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien - Ledamöter - Utländska ledamöter". www.vitterhetsakad.se. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Anne Reboul (Ed.), Mind, Values, and Metaphysics. Philosophical Essays in Honor of Kevin Mulligan, 2 volumes, Springer
External links
edit- Homepage at the University of Geneva
- Wittgenstein et la philosophie austro-allemande
- Anne Reboul (Ed.), Mind, Values, and Metaphysics: Philosophical Essays in Honor of Kevin Mulligan, 2 Volumes, London/New York: Springer,
2014.