Richard Mark Sainsbury FBA (/ˈseɪnzbəri/; born 1943) is a British philosopher who is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin. He is known for his work in philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and on the philosophies of Bertrand Russell and Gottlob Frege.
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Born | Richard Mark Sainsbury 1943 (age 80–81) |
Education | Oxford University (D.Phil.) |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic |
Institutions | King's College London University of Texas, Austin |
Main interests | Philosophy of language, philosophical logic, philosophy of mind, metaphysics |
Notable ideas | Originalist theory of concepts |
Sainsbury earned his D.Phil. at Oxford University and taught for many years at King's College London where he was Susan Stebbing Professor of Philosophy.[1] He became professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin in 2002.[2] He was editor of the leading philosophy journal Mind from 1990 to 2000. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1998.[3]