I am an Akademischer Rat (Assistant Professor) at Heidelberg University, currently serving as a Vertretungsprofessor (Visiting Professor) for the Chair of Ancient Philosophy at Tübingen University. Before coming to Heidelberg, I held postdoctoral positions at the Munich School of Ancient Philosophy (LMU Munich), at the Human Abilities Center (Humboldt-University Berlin) and at Princeton University, where I also completed my PhD in 2019. I grew up in the Bitterroot Valley in Western Montana and studied Philosophy and Classics at the University of Montana before coming to Princeton. 

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My research is centered on ancient Greek theoretical philosophy, with a particular emphasis on metaphysics and philosophical methodology in the works of Plato and Aristotle, as well as in certain Presocratic and Sophistic thinkers. An overarching focus of my research is on the ways in which Plato and Aristotle demarcate philosophy from rival intellectual pursuits, such as sophistry and rhetoric. My current research project is a monograph on Aristotle's theory of fallacy in the Sophistici Elenchi. I also have research and teaching interests in classical Indian philosophy (esp. Madhyamaka and Nyāya) and environmental philosophy.

When I'm not doing philosophy I enjoy cycling and birdwatching (eBird Profile).

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Email: ian.campbell@uni-heidelberg.de