New Books:
Acting for Reasons: in defence of common-sense psychology (2024). Oxford University Press.
A Very Short Introduction to Meaning (2025). Emma Borg & Sarah Fisher. Oxford University Press.
Emma Borg is a Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies, University of London. Before taking up this post (January 2024) she was a Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Reading (which she joined in 1998, having previously taken her M.Phil and Ph.D at University College London). Her CV is here.
Emma’s main research interests lie in philosophy of language (where she defends a position known as ‘minimal semantics’), philosophy of mind (where she is interested in rationality and action, together with our understanding of chronic pain), and business ethics (asking what private sector organisations owe to society). She has published widely in these areas.
At Reading, Emma served as Head of the Philosophy Department and Joint Director of the Reading Centre for Cognition Research. She has held a number of visiting positions at other universities and organisations, together with a range of grants (most recently, a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship, running from October 2020 until September 2024, for work on our understanding of human action).
Outside academia, she serves as an Independent Advisor on the Professional Standards Committee of His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC, the UK tax office).