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
Born (1951-06-23) 23 June 1951 (age 73)
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Doctoral advisorWolfe 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

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  • 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
  • Décrire. La Psychologie de Brentano (with Olivier Massin), Paris : Vrin, 2021. ISBN 9782711630059

Edited volumes

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  • 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
  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Professors". usi.ch - Master in Philosophy. 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien - Ledamöter - Utländska ledamöter". www.vitterhetsakad.se. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. ^ Anne Reboul (Ed.), Mind, Values, and Metaphysics. Philosophical Essays in Honor of Kevin Mulligan, 2 volumes, Springer
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2014.