Barnaby Burleigh

Barnaby Burleigh
Collegiate Assistant Professor, Society of Fellows
Gates-Blake Hall, Room 403
Office Hours: Autumn Quarter: Mondays, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, PhD, (2025)
Teaching at UChicago since 2025
Research Interests: Wittgenstein, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, the Philosophy of Language, and various topics in the History of Philosophy

I am interested in Wittgenstein and Ethics, particularly in the ways in which Wittgenstein’s approach to realism has been inherited in contemporary moral philosophy. I am currently working on a monograph concerning the question what it might mean to do ethics in a realistic spirit, based on the works of Cora Diamond and Charles Taylor, and on a paper about Elizabeth Anscombe’s views on sense and nonsense. My other interests include the Philosophy of Religion, the Philosophy of Language, and various topics in the History of Philosophy.

 

Recent Publications

“Cora Diamond on the Concept of Ethics.” Philosophical Investigations 47 (1), 2024: 101–118. https://doi.org/10.1111/phin.12408.