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Timothy Williamson is the Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford (since 2000) and holds a concurrent Visiting Professor role at Yale University (2016–2018, 2018). He has held prestigious positions at the University of Edinburgh, University College Oxford, and Trinity College Dublin. His research spans epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophical logic, with a focus on metaphilosophy and the nature of knowledge.
- Education: Undergraduate in Mathematics and Philosophy, Doctorate in Philosophy (both from the University of Oxford)
Williamson’s publications include foundational works like Knowledge and Its Limits (2000), Modal Logic as Metaphysics (2013), and Doing Philosophy (2018). His articles address topics such as logical neutrality, necessitism, and the epistemology of evidence. He has supervised over 48 doctoral theses globally.
Scientific Awards:
- Fellow of the British Academy (1997)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1997)
- Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (2004)
- Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007)
- Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Belgrade (2018) and Bucharest (2015)
His academic leadership includes presidency roles at the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, alongside advisory roles in epistemology and logic.
