Eminent Professor of Philosophy joins University

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Professor David Owens, Department of Philosophy

The University of Reading is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor David Owens to the Department of Philosophy.

Professor Owens joins us from the University of Sheffield. He has also held visiting appointments at All Soul's College, Oxford, Yale University, London University, Sydney University and the University of Lublin.

Ethics is Professor Owen's main current research. His forthcoming book Shaping the Normative Landscape focuses on blame, wronging and obligation and their involvement in forgiveness, friendship, promising and consent.

His previous books are Causes and Coincidences (CUP 1992) and Reason Without Freedom (Routledge 2000).