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Kevin Mulligan
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| Born | 23 June 1951 Shifnal, Shropshire, England
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| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Doctoral advisor | Wolfe Mays |
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Main interests
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Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ontology, emotions, logic |
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Notable ideas
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Truthmaker theory |
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Influences
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Kevin Mulligan is a British philosopher. He was born on June 23, 1951. He studies big questions about how the world works. This area of study is called ontology. He also thinks about how our minds work. This is known as the philosophy of mind. He is also an expert in a type of thinking called Austrian philosophy.
Kevin Mulligan is an Honorary Professor at the University of Geneva. He is also a Full Professor at the University of Italian Switzerland. He directs research at the Institute of Philosophy of Lugano. He is a member of important groups like the Academia Europaea. He is also part of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters.
He has worked with other philosophers. These include Peter Simons and Barry Smith. Together, they explored ideas about reality. This field is called metaphysics. They also studied the history of Austrian philosophy. Since 2016, he has been an academic director and professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Switzerland.
See also
- European Society for Analytic Philosophy
