# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-simons
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:18:32.605Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-simons"
name: "Peter Simons"
slug: "peter-simons"
description: "Peter Murray Simons, is a British retired philosopher and academic. From 2009 to 2016, he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin; he is now professor emeritus. He is known for his work with Kevin Mulligan and Barry Smith on metaphysics and the history of Austrian philosophy. Since 2018 he is visiting professor at the University of Italian Switzerland."
tagline: "British philosopher"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
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birthDate: "1950-03-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump