b. 1964
Sophie-Grace Chappell (formerly Timothy Chappell) is a British analytic philosopher known for work in ethics, ancient philosophy, and epistemology. Chappell has written extensively on Plato's epistemology, particularly the Theaetetus, engaging with classical problems of knowledge, perception, and false belief. Their work bridges ancient philosophy and contemporary analytic debates about the nature of knowledge and moral realism.
Authored Reading Plato's Theaetetus (2005), a major commentary on Platonic epistemology
Developed critiques of empiricist accounts of belief and knowledge drawing on ancient sources
Contributed to contemporary virtue ethics and moral realism debates
Work on the ethics of identity and recognition in moral philosophy