Tom Stoneham
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Tom Stoneham is a British philosopher, currently Professor of Philosophy and the Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of York
, England
. He was educated at Oxford University (MA) and the University of London
(MPhil, PhD) and is a specialist in metaphysics
, epistemology, philosophical logic
and the philosophy of Berkeley
. He is an assistant editor of the distinguished philosophical journal Mind, and the author of Berkeley's World: An Examination of the Three Dialogues (Oxford University Press, 2002).
University of York
The University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He was educated at Oxford University (MA) and the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
(MPhil, PhD) and is a specialist in metaphysics
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...
, epistemology, philosophical logic
Philosophical logic
Philosophical logic is a term introduced by Bertrand Russell to represent his idea that the workings of natural language and thought can only be adequately represented by an artificial language; essentially it was his formalization program for the natural language...
and the philosophy of Berkeley
George Berkeley
George Berkeley , also known as Bishop Berkeley , was an Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism"...
. He is an assistant editor of the distinguished philosophical journal Mind, and the author of Berkeley's World: An Examination of the Three Dialogues (Oxford University Press, 2002).