University of Stirling The Sunday Times - Scottish University of the Year - 2009/2010

Department of Philosophy

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Peter Sullivan - Head of Department

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Peter M. Sullivan, BA (Leeds), MA, BPhil, DPhil (Oxford), FRSE

Professor

address

Room A77

University of Stirling

Stirling

FK9 4LA
Scotland

UK

telephone Tel: + 44 (0) 1786 467558
fax Fax: + 44 (0) 1786 466233
email Email: Peter Sullivan
web Web: www.stir.ac.uk
About
I joined the department at Stirling in 1993 and was appointed Professor in 2003.
Research

My research interests are in the history of analytic philosophy and the philosophy of logic and mathematics.  The principal focus of much of my research has been Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus; surrounding this work, I have published papers on Frege, Russell, and Ramsey.   

From 2003-2006 I was involved in an AHRC-funded research project on the interpretation of the Tractatus which aimed to explore how Wittgenstein's critical conception of the task and method of philosophy emerges out of his detailed engagement with the logical theories of his predecessors in the analytic tradition. Since then I have been working particularly on Ramsey, both in his own right and as a resource for understanding Wittgenstein.

Teaching

In Autumn 2009 I am teaching:

PHI9HC Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

In Spring 2010 I am teaching:

PHI9S4 Locke and Berkeley

PHI9HE Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy

Selected Publications

Click here for a list of publications

Professional Activities

Member of

  • The Editorial Board of The Philosophical Quarterly
  • Member AHRC Peer Review College