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Christopher Peacocke | |
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| Born | Christopher Arthur Bruce Peacocke 22 May 1950 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College School Exeter College, Oxford Harvard University All Souls College, Oxford |
| Awards | the Henry Wilde Prize in Philosophy (1971), Kennedy Memorial Trust |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley King's College, London University of Oxford New York University Columbia University University College London New College of the Humanities |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Dummett |
| Doctoral students | Martin Davies |
Main interests | Epistemology, philosophy of mind |
Notable ideas | Theory of concept possession |
Christopher Arthur Bruce Peacocke (born 22 May 1950) is a British philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind and epistemology. His recent publications, in the field of epistemology, have defended a version of rationalism. His daughter, Antonia Peacocke, is also a philosopher, now at Stanford University, specialising in philosophy of mind[1].