The Wilde Professorship of Mental Philosophy is a chair in philosophy at the University of Oxford. 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.[1] 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."[2]
Wilde Professors
edit- 2000–2006: John Campbell, later Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley[3]
- 2006–2016: Martin Davies[4]
- 2018-date: Michael Gerard Fitzgerald Martin[5]
Notes
edit- ^ "120 Years of Psychology at Oxford — Department of Experimental Psychology". www.psy.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy" (PDF). admin.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Notes on Contributors in Naomi Eilan, Joint Attention: Communication and Other Minds (Oxford University Press, 2005) p. ix
- ^ Professor Martin Davies : Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy news release dated 18.09.06 online at ox.ac.uk (Retrieved 26 February 2008)
- ^ "Appointments Humanities" (PDF). gazette.web.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.