Staff profile

William Simpson is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Durham University. He holds an Early Career Leverhulme Fellowship for a project called "Minding your matter". He is also a Research Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, and a Research Associate of the University of Cambridge [*].

He holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cambridge (2020), and a doctorate in physics from the University of St Andrews (2014). His research lies at the intersection of physics and philosophy, overspilling into the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of religion. For more information, including an up-to-date list of publications, visit Dr Simpson’s Academia page or his personal website.

[*] These are non-stipendiary appointments,.

 

• Philosophy of physics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion

• 2021: Cardinal Mercer Prize in Philosophy:
• 2020: Expanded Reason Award:
• 2014: Springer Thesis Prize in Physics: Nominated by the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Authored book

• Simpson, W. M. R. (2015). Surprises in Theoretical Casimir Physics: Quantum Forces in Inhomogeneous Media. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09315-4

Edited book

• Simpson, W. M. R., Koons, R. C., & Orr, J. (Eds.). (2021). Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003125860
• Simpson, W. M. R., Koons, R. C., & Teh, N. J. (Eds.). (2017). Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315211626
• Simpson, W. (2015). Forces of the Quantum Vacuum: an Introduction to Casimir Physics. World Scientific Publishing