Robert Maximilian de Gaynesford Philosopher

Maximilian de Gaynesford (born 1968) is an English philosopher. He was educated at Ampleforth College and Balliol College, Oxford (1986–9; First in Modern History), after which he spent several years studying Theology, before turning to Philosophy in 1993. Before receiving his doctorate, he was elected Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford (1997). He was subsequently Humboldt Research Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin (2003) and a tenured professor at The College of William and Mary in Virginia (2002–2006) before becoming Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. He is the author of over forty articles and three books: I: The Meaning of the First Person Term (2006), Hilary Putnam (2006), and John McDowell (2004). In 2011, he edited a collection of articles on the Philosophy of Action, Agents And Their Actions (Blackwell), which includes recent work by John McDowell and Joseph Raz. He also spoke at the Harvard Conference in celebration of Hilary Putnam, recorded here [1]. He has a daughter, Elisabeth (born 2009).