Robert Maximilian de Gaynesford

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Maximilian de Gaynesford (b. 1968 England) is currently Reader in Philosophy at the University of Reading. He was previously Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford (1997-2002), Humboldt Research Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin (2003), and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the College of William and Mary (2002-2006).

He is the author of three books: I: The Meaning of the First Person Term (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006), Hilary Putnam (McGill-Queens University Press / Acumen, 2006) and John McDowell (Blackwell / Polity Press, 2004). He has also written a number of articles, mainly on the philosophy of logic, language and mind.

His research interests are in the Philosophy of Language, Logic and Mind; Wittgenstein; and 20th century history of philosophy. He also works on Samuel Beckett's writings and on the Philosophy of Film. He is currently writing a book on the theme of ending philosophy as it relates to early and late Wittgenstein.