Philosophy
Staff
Academic Staff
Peter Sullivan - Head of Department
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Peter M. Sullivan, BA (Leeds), MA, BPhil, DPhil (Oxford), FRSE Professor |
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Room A77 University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA UK |
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Tel: + 44 (0) 1786 467558 | |
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Fax: + 44 (0) 1786 466233 | |
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Email: Peter Sullivan | |
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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 2010 I am teaching: SASP PY5205, Origins of Analytical Philosophy (For students on the course, some handouts are available here.) In Spring 2011 I am teaching: PHI9HJ Materialism and Idealism |
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