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'''Robin Le Poidevin''' (born 1962) is a [[Professor]] of [[Metaphysics]] at the [[University of Leeds]] whose interests include the nature and experience of [[time]],<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/time-experience/</ref> [[agnosticism]],<ref>http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/academic/series/general/vsi/9780199575268.do?sortby=bookTitleAscend</ref> and [[philosophy of religion]].<ref>http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/Staff/az/Robin_LePoidevin.htm</ref> He joined the Department of [[Philosophy]] at Leeds in 1989 having completed postgraduate studies at both Oxford and Cambridge, obtaining his [[Master of Arts|MA]] from the former and his [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] from the latter. <ref>http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/Postgraduate/PG-Studies.pdf</ref> He is also the current vice president of [[The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebspr.org/committee.html |title=Members Committee |publisher=bspr.org}}</ref> |
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'''Robin Le Poidevin''' (born 1962) is Emeritus [[Professor]] of [[Metaphysics]] at the [[University of Leeds]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robin Le Poidevin (University of Leeds) - PhilPeople |url=https://philpeople.org/profiles/robin-le-poidevin |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=philpeople.org |language=en}}</ref> whose special interests include [[agnosticism]], [[philosophy of religion]], [[metaphysics]], and [[philosophy of space and time]]. |
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==Biography== |
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Le Poidevin was educated at [[Repton School]] and [[Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College Oxford]], where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (1984, converted to [[Master of Arts|M.A.]], 1988) in [[Psychology]] and [[Philosophy]]. He took a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in Philosophy at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] (1989). He was Gifford Research Fellow in [[Logic]] and Metaphysics at the [[University of St Andrews]], 1988-89. He was appointed to a lectureship in Philosophy at the [[University of Leeds]] in 1989, where he taught until 2022. He was the 2007 Stanton Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Cambridge<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cambridge University Reporter Special |url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2007-08/weekly/6085/5.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=www.admin.cam.ac.uk}}</ref> and the 2012 Alan Richardson Fellow in Theology at the University of Durham.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Durham |title=Alan Richardson Fellowship - Durham University |url=https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/theology-religion/about-us/alan-richardson-fellowship/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=www.durham.ac.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref> From 2010 to 2015 he was Editor of ''Religious Studies'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Editorial board |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/religious-studies/information/about-this-journal/editorial-board |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Cambridge Core |language=en}}</ref> and is a past President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Committee - The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion |url=http://www.thebspr.org/committee/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=www.thebspr.org |language=en}}</ref> |
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Le Poidevin has defended both [[agnosticism]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Le Poidevin |first=Robin |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/588 |title=Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction |date=2010-10-28 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-957526-8 |language=en}}</ref> and religious fictionalism<ref>{{Cite book |last=Le Poidevin |first=Robin |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/religious-fictionalism/7EE38C3F263074337C713EA6ABED2B2E |title=Religious Fictionalism |date=2019 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-45747-7 |series=Elements in the Philosophy of Religion |location=Cambridge}}</ref> in his writings on religion, and the [[B-theory of time|B-theory]] of [[time]] (which denies the reality of temporal passage) in his writings on metaphysics.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Poidevin |first1=Robin Le |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-images-of-time-9780199575510?cc=gb&lang=en& |title=The Images of Time: An Essay on Temporal Representation |last2=Poidevin |first2=Robin Le |date=2009-10-22 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-957551-0 |location=Oxford, New York}}</ref> |
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== Publications == |
== Publications == |
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===Books=== |
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* ''Change, Cause and Contradiction: a Defence of the Tenseless Theory of Time'', London: Macmillan, 1991. |
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* ''Change, Cause and Contradiction: A Defence of the Tenseless Theory of Time'', London: Macmillan, 1991. {{ISBN|978-0333542866}} |
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* [https://archive.org/details/ArguingForAtheismRobinLePoidevin ''Arguing for Atheism: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion''], London: Routledge, 1996. {{ISBN|978-0415093385}} |
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* ''Travels in Four Dimensions: The Enigmas of Space and Time'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0198752554}} |
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* ''The Images of Time: An Essay on Temporal Representation'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0199575510}} |
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* ''Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0199575268}} |
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* ''Religious Fictionalism'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1108558198}} |
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* ''And Was Made Man: Mind, Metaphysics and Incarnation,'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. {{Isbn|978-0199676576}} |
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=== Edited Volumes === |
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* ''[[iarchive:philosophyoftime0000unse_o7d2|The Philosophy of Time]]'' (co-edited with Murray MacBeath), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. {{Isbn|9780198239994}} |
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* ''Being: Developments in Contemporary Metaphysics'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. {{Isbn|9780521735445}} |
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* ''The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics'' (co-edited with Peter Simons, Ross Cameron and Andrew McGonigal, London: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 9780415396318 |
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=== Essays (selected) === |
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* ''The Experience and Perception of Time'' ([[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]])<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/time-experience/|title = The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|chapter = The Experience and Perception of Time|year = 2019|publisher = Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}}</ref> |
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* ‘Why I am Agnostic’, in Mark Lamport, ed, ''The Rowman and Littlefield Handbook of Philosophy and Religion'', Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2022.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538141281/The-Rowman-and-Littlefield-Handbook-of-Philosophy-and-Religion |title=The Rowman and Littlefield Handbook of Philosophy and Religion |language=en-us}}</ref> |
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* For a fuller list, see: |
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** [https://philpeople.org/profiles/robin-le-poidevin Robin Le Poidevin (University of Leeds) - PhilPeople] |
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** [https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=uFVZ-b4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Robin Le Poidevin - Google Scholar] |
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==References== |
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*[https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/86/robin-le-poidevin Robin Le Poidevin homepage on the Leeds University website] |
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Latest revision as of 06:52, 12 April 2024
Robin Le Poidevin (born 1962) is Emeritus Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Leeds,[1] whose special interests include agnosticism, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophy of space and time.
Biography[edit]
Le Poidevin was educated at Repton School and Oriel College Oxford, where he graduated with a B.A. (1984, converted to M.A., 1988) in Psychology and Philosophy. He took a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1989). He was Gifford Research Fellow in Logic and Metaphysics at the University of St Andrews, 1988-89. He was appointed to a lectureship in Philosophy at the University of Leeds in 1989, where he taught until 2022. He was the 2007 Stanton Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Cambridge[2] and the 2012 Alan Richardson Fellow in Theology at the University of Durham.[3] From 2010 to 2015 he was Editor of Religious Studies,[4] and is a past President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion.[5]
Le Poidevin has defended both agnosticism[6] and religious fictionalism[7] in his writings on religion, and the B-theory of time (which denies the reality of temporal passage) in his writings on metaphysics.[8]
Publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- Change, Cause and Contradiction: A Defence of the Tenseless Theory of Time, London: Macmillan, 1991. ISBN 978-0333542866
- Arguing for Atheism: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, London: Routledge, 1996. ISBN 978-0415093385
- Travels in Four Dimensions: The Enigmas of Space and Time, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0198752554
- The Images of Time: An Essay on Temporal Representation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0199575510
- Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0199575268
- Religious Fictionalism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1108558198
- And Was Made Man: Mind, Metaphysics and Incarnation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. ISBN 978-0199676576
Edited Volumes[edit]
- The Philosophy of Time (co-edited with Murray MacBeath), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN 9780198239994
- Questions of Time and Tense, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 9780199250462
- Being: Developments in Contemporary Metaphysics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780521735445
- The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics (co-edited with Peter Simons, Ross Cameron and Andrew McGonigal, London: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 9780415396318
Essays (selected)[edit]
- The Experience and Perception of Time (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)[9]
- ‘Why I am Agnostic’, in Mark Lamport, ed, The Rowman and Littlefield Handbook of Philosophy and Religion, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2022.[10]
- For a fuller list, see:
References[edit]
- ^ "Robin Le Poidevin (University of Leeds) - PhilPeople". philpeople.org. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "Cambridge University Reporter Special". www.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ University, Durham. "Alan Richardson Fellowship - Durham University". www.durham.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "Editorial board". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "Committee - The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion". www.thebspr.org. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ Le Poidevin, Robin (28 October 2010). Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-957526-8.
- ^ Le Poidevin, Robin (2019). Religious Fictionalism. Elements in the Philosophy of Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-45747-7.
- ^ Poidevin, Robin Le; Poidevin, Robin Le (22 October 2009). The Images of Time: An Essay on Temporal Representation. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-957551-0.
- ^ "The Experience and Perception of Time". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. 2019.
- ^ The Rowman and Littlefield Handbook of Philosophy and Religion.