Dr. Michael Scott

Biography

Michael Scott is a Reader and Head of the Discipline at the University of Manchester, specializing in Philosophy with a strong focus on Philosophy of Religion and religious language. He earned his BA from Oxford University and his PhD from University College London. Prior to joining the University of Manchester in 2003, he was a research fellow at the University of Utrecht from 1998 to 2001. His research includes projects such as BIOMOT, which was an EC-funded initiative involving seven partner institutions in Europe, running from 2011 to 2015. Michael has authored significant works, including 'Reading Philosophy of Religion,' published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2010, and 'Religious Language' by Palgrave Macmillan in 2013. He argues for a novel theory of religious language based on the expressive components of meaning in religious utterances. Michael has also published numerous papers and is involved in supervising PhD students, particularly in areas related to religious language and ethics. He is engaged in collaborative research with Lawrence Kelley from Imperial College, exploring scientific methods in molecular biology. Recently, he has been active in discussions about environmental ethics and is involved in editorial work for various philosophical journals.

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