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Biography
Harold Noonan was educated at the University of Cambridge, and taught at the University of Birmingham between 1979 and 2004, before which he was a Research Fellow at Trinity Hall College, Cambridge. His principal teaching and research interests include the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language (especially reference); identity and personal identity; philosophical logic; and the philosophies of Frege, Russell and Hume. During the first semester of 2007-08 he held a Mind Association Fellowship.
Expertise Summary
Harold's principal teaching and research interests include the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language (especially reference), identity and personal identity, philosophical logic, and the philosophies of Frege, Russell and Hume. His recent publications include Hume on Knowledge (Routledge), Frege (Polity Press), a second edition of Personal Identity, published by Routledge in 2003 and 'The Concept Horse', in Universals, Concepts and Qualities, edited by Peter Strawson and A. Chakrabati (2006).
Teaching Summary
Currently teaching a second year metaphysics module: Being, Becoming and Reality and an MA module on the Metaphysics of Mind. Harold's principal teaching interests include the philosophy of mind and… read more
Research Summary
Harold's principal research interests include the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language (especially reference),metaphysics (especially identity and personal identity), philosophical… read more
Currently teaching a second year metaphysics module: Being, Becoming and Reality and an MA module on the Metaphysics of Mind. Harold's principal teaching interests include the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language, metaphysics, especially identity and personal identity, philosophical logic, and the philosophies of Frege, Russell and Hume.
Current Research
Harold's principal research interests include the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language (especially reference),metaphysics (especially identity and personal identity), philosophical logic, and the philosophies of Frege, Russell and Hume. His recent publications include Hume on Knowledge (Routledge), Frege (Polity Press), Kiipke: Naming and Necessity (Routledge), a third edition of Personal Identity, published by Routledge in 2019 and 'The Concept Horse', in Universals, Concepts and Qualities, edited by Peter Strawson and A. Chakrabati (2006).