Jonathan Peter Dancy FBA (born 8 May 1946) is a British philosopher, who has written on ethics and epistemology.

[1] He was educated at Winchester College, where he was Head Boy and played cricket for the school, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he obtained a double first in classics (1965–7: Classical Honour Moderations: First Class Honours; 1967–9: Literae Humaniores: First Class Honours, BA).

[2] After graduating he served as a lecturer at Pembroke College, Oxford for a year.

[2] After his daughter-in-law, American actress Claire Danes, mentioned him during an appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Dancy appeared as a guest on the programme on 1 April 2010.

Dancy edited some of George Berkeley's writings[5] and dedicated a book to the Anglo-Irish thinker.