Durham University

Faculty Member, Department of Philosophy

Professor of Philosophy

About

I did my BA in Philosophy and Psychology at Durham between 1991 and 1994. I then studied for my MPhil and PhD degrees at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. My PhD was awarded in October 1999, for a dissertation entitled Self and Purpose. I went on to lecture in Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland and returned to Durham in October 2002. I live in Durham City with my wife Beth and our sons Thomas (born 21st December 2007) and Samuel (born 20th December 2009). We have two cats, three royal pythons and six boa constrictors. Most of my recent research addresses issues in phenomenology, philosophy of psychology and philosophy of psychiatry. Topics I'm currently working on include emotions and feelings, the phenomenology of depression, interpersonal experience, the nature of belief, and the sense of touch.

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