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Bio
Prior to joining the Chase Center, William Simpson was an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Durham (UK), where he held an Early Career Leverhulme Fellowship. He has been a Visiting Fellow of the St Cross Center for the History and Philosophy of Physics at Oxford, and a visiting scholar in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford. He remains both a Research Fellow of Oxford and a Research Associate of Cambridge.
Simpson has an MPhys (Masters) degree in physics and mathematics from St Andrews, an MPhil (Masters) degree in the history and philosophy of science from Cambridge, a PhD in physics from St Andrews, and a PhD in philosophy from Cambridge.
A leading voice in the New Aristotelianism, his research has been awarded the Cardinal Mercier Prize in philosophy (UCLouvain & KU Leuven) and the Expanded Reason Award for interdisciplinary work in the sciences and the humanities (Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation & UFV). His earlier work on quantum fluctuation forces received the Springer thesis prize, nominated by the Weizmann Institute of Science. His research asks: how do human beings—as rational, social, and political animals—fit into the physical world?
Areas of Expertise
- Philosophy of Mind and Philosophical Anthropology
- Philosophy of Physics and Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics