| Region: | Western philosophy |
| Peter Simons | |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1950 |
| School Tradition: | Analytic philosophy |
| Main Interests: | Ontology |
| Influences: | Bernard Bolzano, Franz Brentano |
| Notable Ideas: | Truthmaker theory |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Wolfe Mays |
Peter Murray Simons, (born 23 March 1950) is a British retired philosopher and academic. From 2009 to 2016, he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin;[1] he is now professor emeritus.[2] He is known for his work with Kevin Mulligan and Barry Smith on metaphysics and the history of Austrian philosophy.[3] Since 2018 he is visiting professor at the University of Italian Switzerland.[4]
Simons studied at the University of Manchester, and has held teaching posts at the University of Bolton, from which he holds an honorary doctorate, the University of Salzburg, where he is Honorary Professor of Philosophy, and the University of Leeds. He has been President of the European Society for Analytic Philosophy and is current director of the Franz Brentano Foundation.
His research interests include metaphysics and ontology, the history of logic, the history of Central European Philosophy, particularly in Austria and Poland in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the application of metaphysics to engineering and other non-philosophical disciplines. He is the author or co-author of five books and over 290 articles.