Stephen Laurence

{{Short description|British philosopher}}

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Stephen Laurence is a scientist and philosopher, currently Professor at the University of Sheffield, whose primary areas of research interest are the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, and cognitive science.{{Cite web |title=Stephen Laurence |url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/people/philosophy-staff/stephen-laurence |access-date=4 November 2024 |website=University of Sheffield}}

He is Director of the Innateness and the Structure of the Mind Project, an interdisciplinary inquiry into nativist theorizing funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.

He is also co-director of the Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies.