# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-law
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:26:00.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-law"
name: "Stephen Law"
slug: "stephen-law"
description: "Stephen Law is an English philosopher. He is currently Director of the Certificate of Higher Education and Director of Philosophy at The Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford. Law was previously Reader in Philosophy and Head of Department of Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, until its closure in June 2018. He also edits the philosophical journal Think, which is sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and published by the Cambridge University Press. \nHe is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and Commerce and in 2008 became the provost of the Centre for Inquiry UK. In 2023 he became a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry."
tagline: "British philosopher"
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birthDate: "1960-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump