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Gregory Currie

Gregory Paul Currie () <small> FAHA</small> is a British philosopher and academic, known for his work on philosophical aesthetics and the philosophy of mind. Currie is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of York and Executive Editor of Mind & Language.

Life and work

Currie was educated at the John Ruskin Grammar School in Surrey, at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he took the BSc (Econ), and at the University of California, Berkeley, as a Fulbright Scholar. In 1978 Currie completed his PhD in Philosophy at the LSE, where he worked with Imre Lakatos and produced a thesis examining the objectivism of Frege and Popper. Following Lakatos's death in 1974 Currie and his LSE colleague, John Worrall, co-edited two volumes of Lakatos's philosophical papers, ' and ', both published in 1978.

Currie started his career as a scholar of Frege, publishing Frege: An Introduction to his Philosophy in 1982, but his interests shifted gradually to aesthetics and the philosophy of mind. He published An Ontology of Art in 1989 and The Nature of Fiction in 1990. Since the late 1980s Currie has published six research monographs; a collection of articles, Arts and Mind (OUP 2004); and nearly 100 research articles on topics in the philosophy of art and the philosophy of mind and cognition. Currie is widely considered to be one of the most influential living Anglophone philosophers of art post-1945.

Currie is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York, serving as Head of the Department of Philosophy from 2013 to 2016. Before moving to York in 2013 he was a professor at the University of Nottingham (2000–13). At Nottingham Currie served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts (2004–07) and then as Director of Research for the School of Humanities (2010–13). Before his return to the UK Currie was Professor and Head of the School of Arts at Flinders University, Adelaide. His first posts were in Australia, at the University of Sydney, and in New Zealand, at the University of Otago.

Currie is Executive Editor of Mind & Language, and a member of the editorial boards for both the Australasian Journal of Philosophy and the British Journal of Aesthetics. He is a Past President of the Australasian Association of Philosophy, a past Fellow of St John's College, Oxford, and he has held visiting positions at Clare Hall, Cambridge, the LSE, the Institute for Advanced Study, Australian National University, the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of St Andrews, and the EHESS. Currie was a member of the Philosophy sub-panel for REF 2014.

In July 2019 Currie was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. He was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) in 1996.

Publications

Books

  • Signs of Agency (OUP, under contract)
  • ' (OUP, 2020)
  • ' (OUP, 2010)
  • ' (OUP, 2004)
  • (with Ian Ravenscroft) ' (OUP, 2002)
  • ' (CUP, 1995)
  • ' (CUP, 1990)
  • ' (Palgrave Macmillan, 1989)
  • Frege: An Introduction to His Philosophy (Harvester Press, 1982)

Edited books

  • (with Kieran, Meskin, & Moore) Philosophical Aesthetics and the Sciences of Art (CUP, 2014)
  • (with Kieran, Meskin, & Robson) ' (OUP, 2014)
  • (with Alan Musgrave) ' (Springer, 1985)
  • (with John Worrall) ' (CUP, 1978)
  • (with John Worrall) ' (CUP, 1978)

Articles & Book Chapters

  • Religious Studies (online first, 11 February 2026)
  • . European Journal of Philosophy 33 (2025), pp. 424–437.
  • The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 83 (2025), pp. 310–317.
  • . In: Philosophy, Science and Cinema, ed. W. J. Gonzalez, Palgrave Macmillan (2025), pp. 41–71.
  • (with Wimmer, Friend, Wittwer, & Ferguson) . Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 153 (2024), pp. 1464–1488.
  • (with Wimmer, Friend, & Ferguson) . Creativity Research Journal 36 (2024), pp. 24–41
  • (with Ferguson, Frascaroli, Friend, Green, & Wimmer) . In: The Routledge Handbook of Fiction and Belief, eds. James, Kubo, & Lavocat, Routledge (2023), pp. 126–138
  • . In: The Cambridge Handbook of Irony and Thought, eds. Gibbs, Jr. & Colston, CUP (2023), pp. 17–37
  • (with Jon Robson) . Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 81 (2023), pp. 387–391
  • (with Petterson, Friend, & Ferguson) . Poetics 94 (2022)
  • . British Journal of Aesthetics 62 (2022), pp. 215–222
  • (with Jon Robson) Aesthetics and Cognitive Science. In: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2022), ed. E.N. Zalta
  • (with Wimmer, Friend, & Ferguson) . Imagination, Cognition and Personality 41 (2021), pp. 54–86
  • Style and the Agency in Art. In: ', ed. S. Sedivy, Routledge (2021), pp. 265–283
  • (with Wimmer, Friend, & Ferguson) . Frontiers in Communication 5 (2021): 611935
  • (with Jacopo Frascaroli) . Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 79 (2021), pp. 428–439
  • (with Xuanqi Zhu) . Synthese (2021), pp. 6553–6572
  • . In: The Pleasure of Pictures: Pictorial Experience and Aesthetic Appreciation, eds. Pelletier & Voltolini, Routledge (2019), pp. 249–269
  • . In: Perceptual Imagination and Perceptual Memory, eds. Macpherson & Dorsch, OUP (2018), pp.&nbsp;186–208
  • (with Tzachi Zamir) . Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 76 (2018), pp.&nbsp;297–308
  • (with Jerrold Levinson) . Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 75 (2017), pp.&nbsp;9–13
  • (with Anna Ichino) . In: Art and Belief, eds. Sullivan-Bissett, Bradley, & Noordhof, OUP (2017), pp.&nbsp;63–82
  • . The Monist 99 (2016), pp.&nbsp;296–310
  • . In: The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Methodology, eds. Cappelen, Gendler, & Hawthorne, OUP (2016), pp.&nbsp;641–656
  • . British Journal of Aesthetics 56 (2016), pp.&nbsp;233–246
  • . Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 72 (2014), pp.&nbsp;351–363
  • . In: Philosophical Methodology: The Armchair or the Laboratory?, ed. M. Haug, Routledge (2014), pp. 435–449
  • . In: Emotion and Value, eds. Roeser & Todd, OUP (2014), pp. 146–166
  • . In: The Philosophy of Creativity: New Essays, eds. Paul & Kaufman, OUP (2014), pp.&nbsp;39–61
  • (with Anna Ichino) . In: The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics (3rd edition), eds. Gaut & Lopes, Routledge (2013), pp. 320–329
  • . In: Rationis Defensor: Essays in Honour of Colin Cheyne, ed. J. Maclaurin, Springer (2012), pp.&nbsp;23–31
  • (with Anna Ichino) . Analysis 72 (2012), pp.&nbsp;788–798
  • . In: Subjectivity: Filmic Representation and the Spectator's Experience, ed. D. Chateau, Amsterdam University Press (2011), pp. 41–51.
  • . In: The Aesthetic Mind: Philosophy and Psychology, eds. Schellekens & Goldie, OUP (2011), pp.&nbsp;9–31
  • . British Journal of Aesthetics 51 (2011), pp.&nbsp;149–167
  • . In: Empathy: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives, eds. Coplan & Goldie, OUP (2011), pp.&nbsp;82–95
  • . In: Aesthetic Science: Connecting Minds, Brains, and Experience, eds. Shimamura & Palmer, OUP (2011), pp.&nbsp;107–128
  • . Analysis 70 (2010), pp. 632–638
  • . In: A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature, eds. Hagberg & Jost, Wiley-Blackwell (2010), pp.&nbsp;331–349
  • . Midwest Studies in Philosophy 34 (2010), pp.&nbsp;323–339
  • . Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 68 (2010), pp.&nbsp;235–241
  • (with Mitchell & Ziegler) . British Journal of Developmental Psychology 27 (2009), pp.&nbsp;561–567
  • (with Mitchell & Ziegler) . British Journal of Developmental Psychology 27 (2009), pp.&nbsp;513–543
  • . Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 67 (2009), pp.&nbsp;61–71
  • . Philosophical Explorations 11 (2008), pp.&nbsp;211–218
  • . In: Photography and Philosophy: Essays on the Pencil of Nature, ed. S. Walden, Wiley-Blackwell (2008), pp.&nbsp;265–283
  • Philosophiques 35 (2008), pp. 13–23
  • Visual Conceptual Art. In: Philosophy and Conceptual Art, eds. Goldie & Schellekens, OUP (2007), pp.&nbsp;33–50
  • . Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements 60 (2007), pp.&nbsp;17–42
  • . Philosophical Studies 135 (2007), pp.&nbsp;49–63
  • . In: Imaginative Minds, ed. I. Roth, OUP (2007), pp.&nbsp;169–186
  • . Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 64 (2006), pp.&nbsp;309–316
  • . In: The Architecture of the Imagination: New Essays on Pretence, Possibility, and Fiction, ed. S. Nichols, OUP (2006), pp.&nbsp;111–133
  • . In: Rational Animals?, eds. Hurley & Nudds, OUP (2006), pp.&nbsp;275–292
  • (with Nicholas Jones) . Philosophical Books 47 (2006), pp.&nbsp;306–313
  • (with Scott Campbell) . Philosophy of the Social Sciences 36 (2006), pp.&nbsp;149–172
  • Anne Brontë and the Uses of the Imagination. In: Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, ed. M. Kieran, Blackwell (2006), pp.&nbsp;209–221. Reprinted in: Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (second edition), eds. Lamarque & Olsen, Wiley-Blackwell (2019), pp.&nbsp;393–401
  • . In: The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics, ed. J. Levinson, OUP (2005), pp.&nbsp;291–306
  • (with Mitchell & Ziegler) How Does Narrative Cue Children's Perspective Taking?. Developmental Psychology 41 (2005), pp.&nbsp;115–123
  • . The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 62 (2004), pp.&nbsp;119–128. Reprinted in Arts and Minds (2004: ch. 12).
  • (with Jon Jureidini) . Mind & Language 19 (2004), pp.&nbsp;409–427
  • The Capacities that Enable us to Produce and Consume Art. In: Imagination, Philosophy and the Arts, eds. Kieran & Lopes, Routledge (2003), pp.&nbsp;294–305
  • . In: A Companion to Film Theory, eds. Miller & Stam, Wiley-Blackwell (2003), pp.&nbsp;105–122. Revised and reprinted as in Arts and Minds (2004: ch. 8).
  • . Dialectica 57 (2003), pp.&nbsp;137–148. Reprinted in Arts and Minds (2004: ch. 2).
  • (with Jon Jureidini) . The Monist 86 (2003), pp. 556–578
  • . Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 102 (2002), pp.&nbsp;201–216
  • Desire in Imagination. In: Conceivability and Possibility, eds. Gendler & Hawthorne, OUP (2002), pp.&nbsp;201–221
  • (with Jon Jureidini) Delusion, Rationality, Empathy. Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 8 (2001), pp.&nbsp;159–162
  • . The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 58 (2000), pp.&nbsp;306–308
  • . Mind & Language 15 (2000), pp.&nbsp;168–183
  • (with Kim Sterelny) . Philosophical Quarterly 50 (2000), pp.&nbsp;145–160
  • . British Journal of Aesthetics 40 (2000), pp.&nbsp;186–190
  • . The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 57 (1999), pp.&nbsp;285–297
  • Narrative Desire. In: Passionate Views: Film, Cognition, and Emotion, ed. Plantinga & Smith, Johns Hopkins University Press (1999), pp.&nbsp;183–199
  • . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (1999), p.&nbsp;763
  • (with Catherine Abell) . Philosophical Psychology 12 (1999), pp.&nbsp;429–445
  • . In: The Arguments of Time, ed. J. Butterfield, OUP (1999), pp.&nbsp;43–63. Reprinted in Arts and Minds (2004: ch. 5).
  • . Mind & Language 13 (1998), pp.&nbsp;35–55. Revised and reprinted as in Arts and Minds (2004: ch. 10).
  • Tense and Egocentricity in Fiction. In: Questions of Time and Tense, ed. R. Le Poidevin, OUP (1998), pp.&nbsp;265–283
  • . In: Aesthetics and Ethics: Essays at the Intersection, ed. J. Levinson, CUP (1998), pp.&nbsp;161–181
  • The Paradox of Caring: Fiction and the Philosophy of Mind. In: Emotion and the Arts, eds. Hjort & Laver, Oxford University Press (1997), pp.&nbsp;63–77
  • . In: Film Theory and Philosophy, eds. Allen & Smith, OUP (1997), pp.&nbsp;42–59
  • . The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 55 (1997), pp.&nbsp;425–427
  • (with Ian Ravenscroft) . Philosophy of Science 64 (1997), pp.&nbsp;161–180
  • . In: Theories of Theories of Mind, eds. Carruthers & Smith, CUP (1996), pp.&nbsp;242–256
  • Film, Reality, and Illusion. In: Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies, eds. Bordwell & Carroll, University of Wisconsin Press (1996), pp.&nbsp;325–344
  • . Mind & Language 10 (1995), pp.&nbsp;25–44
  • . The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 53 (1995), pp.&nbsp;19–29
  • . Australasian Journal of Philosophy 73 (1995), pp.&nbsp;250–259
  • Imagination and Simulation: Aesthetics Meets Cognitive Science. In: Mental Simulation, eds. Davies & Stone, Blackwell (1995), pp.&nbsp;151–169
  • . British Journal of Aesthetics 33 (1993), pp.&nbsp;207–219
  • . Inquiry 36 (1993), pp.&nbsp;465–483
  • . Mind 102 (1993), pp.&nbsp;413–428
  • . Philosophical Quarterly 43 (1993) pp.&nbsp;79–82
  • . Analysis 53 (1993), pp.&nbsp;116–118
  • . Philosophy 67 (1992), pp.&nbsp;343–355
  • . Mind 100 (1991), pp.&nbsp;325–340. Reprinted in Arts and Minds (2004: ch. 1).
  • . Philosophical Quarterly 41 (1991), pp.&nbsp;129–143
  • . Philosophy and Literature 15 (1991), pp.&nbsp;212–228
  • . The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 49 (1991), pp.&nbsp;23–29
  • . In: On Literary Theory and Philosophy, eds. Freadman & Reinhardt, Palgrave Macmillan (1991), pp.&nbsp;96–112
  • . Philosophical Studies 58 (1990), pp.&nbsp;243–257
  • . In: Freedom and Rationality, eds. D'Agostino & Jarvie, Springer (1989), pp.&nbsp;47–65
  • . In: Relativism and Realism in Science, ed. R. Nola, Springer (1988), pp.&nbsp;205–227
  • . Australasian Journal of Philosophy 66 (1988), pp.&nbsp;471–488
  • . Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 28 (1987), pp.&nbsp;55–68
  • . Mind 96 (1987), pp.&nbsp;543–544
  • . Philosophy and Literature 10 (1986), pp.&nbsp;304–308
  • . Philosophical Studies 50 (1986), pp.&nbsp;195–212
  • . In: Frege Synthesized, eds. Haaparanta & Hintikka, Springer (1986), pp.&nbsp;345–373
  • . The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 43 (1985), pp.&nbsp;385–392
  • The Authentic and the Aesthetic. American Philosophical Quarterly 22 (1985), pp.&nbsp;153–160
  • . Australasian Journal of Philosophy 63 (1985), pp.&nbsp;283–298
  • . British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 35 (1984), pp.&nbsp;345–358
  • . Philosophical Quarterly 34 (1984), pp.&nbsp;329–342
  • . Mind 93 (1984), pp.&nbsp;256–258
  • (with Peter Eggenberger) . Noûs 17 (1983), pp.&nbsp;267–279
  • . Inquiry 26 (1983), pp.&nbsp;345–359
  • . Australasian Journal of Philosophy 60 (1982), pp.&nbsp;5–19
  • . Philosophy of Science 49 (1982), pp.&nbsp;263–267
  • . Inquiry 24 (1981), pp.&nbsp;448–454
  • . Philosophy of Science 47 (1980), pp.&nbsp;456–473
  • . Mind 89 (1980), pp.&nbsp;234–248
  • (with Graham Oddie) . Theoria 46 (1980), pp.&nbsp;148–164
  • . Synthese 42 (1979), pp.&nbsp;335–351
  • . Synthese 37 (1978), pp.&nbsp;413–431
  • . Inquiry 21 (1978), pp.&nbsp;218–222
  • . British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27 (1976), pp.&nbsp;79–92

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