Dr Bill Tomkiss was a senior lecturer in Philosophy. For many years he taught undergraduate and post graduate students as well as supervising a number of research projects. His own research focused on language and meaning and during his career he wrote on language, meaning, human rationality and the importance of history and culture in the formulation and expression of meaning. He lectured in a variety of places including Durham and Newcastle as well as Leeds. He has also been guest speaker at a number of philosophy conferences.

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