Jeremy Shearmur

Jeremy Shearmur
Born	(1948-06-13) 13 June 1948
Alma mater	London School of Economics and Political Science
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Critical rationalism Classical liberalism
Institutions	London School of Economics University of Edinburgh University of Manchester Centre for Policy Studies George Mason University
Main interests	Epistemology Rationality Philosophy of science Social and political philosophy Philosophy of mind

Jeremy Shearmur (born 13 June 1948) is a British former reader in philosophy in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University, who retired at the end of 2013. He is currently an emeritus fellow, lives in Dumfries, Scotland, and is undertaking research and a limited amount of lecturing and Ph.D. supervision. He was educated at the London School of Economics.

He has taught at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Manchester, and at George Mason University, where he was a research associate professor at the Institute for Humane Studies. He was also director of studies of the Centre for Policy Studies, in London.

After briefly pursuing studies in librarianship, he worked for eight years as assistant to Karl Popper.

External links

• ANU Profile
• Shearmur, Jeremy: at Online Library of Liberty Archived 29 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine