Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy

The Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy is an academic of the University of Oxford.

The position was initially established as a readership and 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."

Wilde Professors

• 2000–2006: John Campbell, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, later Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley^[1]
• 2006– : Martin Davies, Fellow of Corpus Christi College^[2]

Notes

1. Notes on Contributors in Naomi Eilan, Joint Attention: Communication and Other Minds (Oxford University Press, 2005) p. ix
2. Professor Martin Davies : Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy news release dated 18.09.06 online at ox.ac.uk (accessed 26 February 2008)