Prof Martin Davies

Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy Corpus Christi College martin.davies@philosophy.ox.ac.uk Corpus Christi College Oxford OX1 4JF Research Interests Philosophy of Mind, Language and Cognitive Science, Epistemology

Career

Since April 2006: Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

2000–2006: Professor of Philosophy, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra.

1996–2000: Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford.

1993–2000: Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy, University of Oxford.

1987–1992: Reader, Philosophy Department, Birkbeck College, University of London.

1981–1987: Lecturer, Philosophy Department, Birkbeck College, University of London.

1977–81: Fellow by Examination, Magdalen College, Oxford.

1976–77: Lecturer, Philosophy Department, University of Essex.

Education

1968–72: BA(Hons) with first class honours in philosophy and mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

1973–75: BPhil (distinction), New College, Oxford.

1975–76: DPhil, New College, Oxford (awarded 1977).

 

Papers in press

1. Aimola Davies, A.M., Davies, M., Ogden, J.A., Smithson, M. and White, R.C. Cognitive and motivational factors in anosognosia. In T. Bayne and J. Fernandez (eds), Delusions and Self-Deception: Affective Influences on Belief-Formation (Hove, E. Sussex: Psychology Press).
2. Delusion and motivationally biased belief: Self-deception in the two-factor framework. In T. Bayne and J. Fernandez (eds), Delusions and Self-Deception: Affective Influences on Belief-Formation (Hove, E. Sussex: Psychology Press).
3. Two purposes of arguing and two epistemic projects. In I. Ravenscroft (ed.), Minds, Worlds and Conditionals: Themes from the Philosophy of Frank Jackson (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
4. Consciousness and Explanation. In L. Weiskrantz and M. Davies (eds), Frontiers of Consciousness (Oxford: Oxford University Press).