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Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy
The Wilde Professorship of Mental Philosophy is a chair in philosophy at the University of Oxford. Its holder is elected to a Fellowship of Corpus Christi College.
The position was initially established in 1898 as a readership by an endowment from the engineer Henry Wilde.[1] The first Wilde Readers were the notable psychologists George Stout, William McDougall and William Brown.The post was converted to a professorship in 2000, on the recommendation of the Literae Humaniores Board and with the concurrence of the General Board.
According to the University's statutes: "The Wilde Professor shall lecture and give instruction in Mental Philosophy, and shall from time to time lecture on the more theoretical aspects of Psychology."[2]
- ^ "120 Years of Psychology at Oxford — Department of Experimental Psychology". www.psy.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy" (PDF). admin.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
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