Keimpe Arnoldus Algra (born 5 April 1959) is a Dutch professor of Ancient and Medieval philosophy at Utrecht University. [1]
Algra was born on 5 April 1959 in Utrecht. [1] He studied classical languages and literature at Utrecht University. In 1985 he became a university lecturer. Three years later he obtained his PhD with a dissertation on Concepts of space in classical and hellenistic greek philosophy. [1] Between 2000 and 2003 he was Academy professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) at Utrecht University. [2] In 2001 he started as professor of Ancient and Medieval philosophy at the same university. [1] In 2003 he gave the Alfred Edward Taylor lecture at the University of Edinburgh. [3]
In 2004 Algra became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. [4] He headed a KNAW committee which looked into the state of trust in Dutch science after a case in which Diederik Stapel had fabricated data, a report called Vertrouwen in wetenschap was published in May 2013. [5]