Robert Andrew Wilson FRSC (born 1964) is an Australian philosopher who has worked in Canada, the United States, and Australia.
Wilson's chief research and teaching expertise is in the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and the philosophy of biology; he has also published on a broader range of topics outside of these areas, including disability, Locke on primary qualities, personal identity, constitution views in metaphysics, and kinship.
Wilson was the founding Director of Philosophy for Children Alberta (2008–2015) and the principal investigator for the Living Archives on Eugenics in Western Canada project (2010–2015, see www.eugenicsarchive.ca ) a 5-year project funded by the Community-Research Alliance Program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
He was also a professor in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Alberta from 2013 to 2015, chiefly due to his involvement in philosophy for children.
[2] His mentoring of students, postdoctoral fellows, and other early career scholars ranges across all areas in which he has worked.