David Papineau

Professor of Philosophy, King's College London, & Graduate Center CUNY

David Papineau is professor of philosophy at King’s College London and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. He has been president of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association. He is the author of Philosophical Devices (2012) and Knowing the Score (2017).

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Written by David Papineau

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essayKnowledge

Knowledge is crude

Far from being a touchstone of the truth, knowledge is a stone-age concept that harms our dealings with the modern world

David Papineau

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ideaPhilosophy of science

Chess is not a sport but a game. So what’s the difference?

David Papineau

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essayGenetics

Runs in the family

Cricketing dynasties seem to imply that talent is genetic. Yet the evidence from other sports queers the pitch

David Papineau