Dorothy Edgington#
| Membership Number: | 6459 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/dorothy-edgington-FBA/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007 - 2017 Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Birkbeck, University of London
- 2011, 01-04 Senior Visiting Professor, University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
- 2003 - 2006 Waynflete Professor of Metaphysics, University of Oxford
- 2001 - 2003 Professor of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London
- 1996 - 2001 Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
- 1992, 01-06 Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- 1990 - 1996 Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London
- 1974 - 1975 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- 1968 - 1990 Lecturer in Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London
Fields of Scholarship
- Vagueness and indeterminacy
- Philosophy of language
- Reasoning under suppositions
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Probabilistic reasoning
- Philosophy of logic
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Honorary Fellow, Birkbeck, University of London
- 2007 President of the Aristotelian Society
- 2005 Fellow of the British Academy
- 2004 Honorary Fellow, St Hilda's College, Oxford
- 2004 President of the Mind Association
- 1992 British Academy Research Readership in the Humanities
