Addis grew up in Bolton, England, and was educated at Bolton School, Mansfield College , Oxford, the University of Leeds, the University of York and Birmingham City University. He has been a visiting scholar at Georgia State University, USA (2005) and at Aarhus University, Denmark. Addis has since 2006 been general editor of the Philosophy Insights series for Humanities-Ebooks LLP. [1] He was treasurer of the British Philosophical Association. Addis was a consultant [2] for the film Le Week-End.

Addis specialises in the philosophy of Wittgenstein and related areas as well as having research interests in the philosophies of language, mind, and religion. His book Wittgenstein: Making Sense of Other Minds (1999) was described by Rom Harre as “a careful and subtle study” whose “scholarly merits are great”. Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Religion (2001, co-edited with Robert Arrington) is “an interesting and valuable collection of essays”, while Wittgenstein: A Guide for the Perplexed (2006) is “a clear, balanced and very recommendable book which gives a good idea of the complexity of Wittgenstein’s philosophy”.

Mark Addis FRSA (b. 1969) is a British philosopher who is known for his work on Ludwig Wittgenstein