Gonzalo Rodríguez Pereyra
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Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (born August 7, 1969) is a British Philosopher born in Argentina
. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Oxford
, where he has the title of Professor of Metaphysics, and a Tutorial Fellow at Oriel College
.
Rodriguez-Pereyra has previously been a Research Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge
, Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh
, Lecturer at the University of Oxford
and Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College, and Professor at the University of Nottingham
and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
.
His interests are primarily in Metaphysics
and the philosophy of Leibniz. His work on resemblance nominalism provides a response to that of David Malet Armstrong
and grounds resemblance relations in the sort of modal realism expressed in On the Plurality of Worlds by David Lewis
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, where he has the title of Professor of Metaphysics, and a Tutorial Fellow at Oriel College
Oriel College
Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford...
.
Rodriguez-Pereyra has previously been a Research Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
, Lecturer at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College, and Professor at the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Universidad Torcuato di Tella
The Torcuato Di Tella University is a non-profit private university founded in 1991. Located in the Belgrano neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, it has an undergraduate enrollment of 1,200 students and a graduate enrollment of 1,300. The university is focused primarily on social sciences...
.
His interests are primarily in Metaphysics
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...
and the philosophy of Leibniz. His work on resemblance nominalism provides a response to that of David Malet Armstrong
David Malet Armstrong
David Malet Armstrong , often D. M. Armstrong, is an Australian philosopher. He is well-known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factualist ontology, a functionalist theory of the mind, an externalist epistemology, and a necessitarian conception of the...
and grounds resemblance relations in the sort of modal realism expressed in On the Plurality of Worlds by David Lewis
David Kellogg Lewis
David Kellogg Lewis was an American philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton from 1970 until his death. He is also closely associated with Australia, whose philosophical community he visited almost annually for more than thirty years...
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Books
- Resemblance Nominalism: A Solution to the Problem of Universals. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. [ISBN 0199243778]
- Real Metaphysics: Essays in honour of D. H. Mellor (co-edited with Hallvard Lillehammer). London: Routledge, 2003. [ISBN 0415249813]
Articles
- 'Leibniz's argument for the Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles in Primary Truths', in M. Carrara, A.-M. Nunziante, and G. Tomasi (eds.) Individuals, Minds and Bodies: Themes from Leibniz, Stuttgart : Steiner, 2004, pp. 49–59.
- 'Truthmaking and the Slingshot', in U. Meixner (Ed.), Metaphysics in the Post-Metaphysical Age, Wien: Verlag Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 2001.
- 'What is the Problem of Universals?', Mind, vol. 109 (April 2000), pp. 255–273.