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David Papineau (born 1947) is an academic philosopher. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London, having previously taught for several years at Cambridge University and been a fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge. He was born in Italy and grew up in South Africa and currently lives in London with his wife, Rose Wild, and their two children Katy and Louis.
A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. or BSc; less commonly, S.B. or Sc.B. from the Latin Scientiæ Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years (see below).
Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.), from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or programme in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both.
The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University, or simply Cambridge), located in the City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world and the fourth oldest in Europe. The name is sometimes abbreviated as Cantab. in post-nominals, a shortened form of Cantabrigiensis (an adjective derived from Cantabrigia, the Latinised form of Cambridge).David Papineau (born 1947) is an academic philosopher. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London, having previously taught for several years at Cambridge University and been a fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge. He was born in Italy and grew up in South Africa and currently lives in London with his wife, Rose Wild, and their two children Katy and Louis.
King's College London is a constituent college of the University of London in the United Kingdom. The college was founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and its royal charter is predated in England only by those of Oxford University and Cambridge University.[6] Along with University College London, King's College London became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London in 1836.[7][8] King's has a strong academic reputation, and in 2009 was ranked 6th in the UK, 7th in Europe and 23rd in the world in the Times Higher Education rankings.[9] Its degree courses in History, Politics, Philosophy, Classics, Music, Dentistry and Law are especially strong, often ranking in the top 5 of national academic league tables.[10] The college is a founding member of the Russell Group;[11] constitutes the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe; and houses six Medical Research Council Centres,[12] more than anywhere else in the world, and over a quarter of the UK's total.[13] The college is currently arranged into nine schools of study, spread across four Thames-side campuses in Central London, and one in Denmark Hill, South London.[14]