The Wilde Professorship of Mental Philosophy is a chair in philosophy at the University of Oxford. Its holder is elected to a Fellowship of Corpus Christi College.
The position was initially established in 1898 as a readership by an endowment from the engineer Henry Wilde. The first Wilde Readers were the notable psychologists George Stout, William McDougall and William Brown.The post was converted to a professorship in 2000, on the recommendation of the Literae Humaniores Board and with the concurrence of the General Board.
According to the University's statutes: "The Wilde Professor shall lecture and give instruction in Mental Philosophy, and shall from time to time lecture on the more theoretical aspects of Psychology."
Wilde Professors 2000–2006: John Campbell, later Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, BerkeleyNotes on Contributors in Naomi Eilan, Joint Attention: Communication and Other Minds (Oxford University Press, 2005) p. ix 2006–2016: Martin DaviesProfessor Martin Davies : Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy news release dated 18.09.06 online at ox.ac.uk (Retrieved 26 February 2008) 2018–present: Michael Gerard Fitzgerald Martin
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