Alan Millar

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and Literature, letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". ...

(born 14 December 1947) is the former Head of

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

at the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals; ) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by a royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built within the walled Airth ...

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

. He earned his PhD at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

and joined the department at Stirling University in 1971. His primary research interests are

philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of the mind and its relation to the Body (biology), body and the Reality, external world. The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a ...

and the

theory of knowledge Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowledg ...

. He is a member of the editorial board of ''

The Philosophical Quarterly ''The Philosophical Quarterly'' is a quarterly academic journal of philosophy established in 1950 and published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Scots Philosophical Club and the University of St Andrews. Since 2014 its publisher is Oxford Acade ...

''.

Works

* ''Reasons and experience'' (1991) * ''Reason and Nature: Essays in the Theory of Rationality'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002). Edited with José Luis Bermúdez. * ''Understanding People: Normativity and Rationalizing Explanation'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004hb, 2008pb). * ''Epistemic Value (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)'' Edited with Adrian Haddock and Duncan Pritchard. * ''Social Epistemology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)''Edited with Adrian Haddock and Duncan Pritchard. * ''The Nature and Value of Knowledge'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Co-authored with Adrian Haddock and Duncan Pritchard.

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