Research
Areas of research
We have research strengths in many areas. Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of our staff by specialisation. You may also want to visit our People page, where we list all staff and graduate students.
- Philosophy of Action
- Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art
- ProfÌýSebastian Gardner
- ProfÌýJohn Hyman
- Dr Tom Stern
- ProfÌýNick Zangwill (Honorary Research Fellow)
- Epistemology
- ProfÌýJohn Hyman
- Dr Fiona Leigh (Plato's epistemology)
- Prof Lucy O'Brien
- Dr Robert Simpson (social epistemology)
- Dr Han vanÌýWietmarschen
- ProfÌýJosé Zalabardo
- Ethics
From the Philosophy Department:
- Dr Ulrike HeuerÌý
- Dr Joe Horton
- ProfÌýJohn Hyman
- ProfÌýVéronique Munoz-Dardé
- Dr Robert Simpson (applied ethics)
- ProfÌýJames Wilson
- ProfÌýNick Zangwill (metaethics; Honorary Research Fellow)
Affiliated academics from the Department of Science & Technology Studies:
- History of Philosophy (Ancient)
From the Philosophy Department:
Academics from the :
- Dr Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi
- (Honorary Senior Lecturer)
- History of Philosophy (Other)
- Dr Colin ChamberlainÌý(17th- and 18th-century European Philosophy)
- ProfÌýSebastian Gardner (Kant, German Idealism, 19th century German philosophy)
- ProfÌýJohn Hyman (Wittgenstein)
- ProfÌýVéronique Munoz-Dardé (Rawls, Rousseau)
- Dr Tom Stern (19th century German philosophy)
- ProfÌýJosé Zalabardo (Wittgenstein)
- Dr Rory Phillips (German idealism)
- Philosophy of Language & Linguistics
From the Philosophy Department:
- Dr Simona Aimar
- Prof Tim Button
- Dr Andreas Ditter
- Prof Peter Fritz
- ProfÌýDaniel Rothschild
- ProfÌýJosé Zalabardo
Affiliated academics from the Division of Psychology & Language Sciences:
- Legal Philosophy
From the Philosophy Department:
- TBA
Affiliated academics from the Faculty of Laws:
- Logic & Mathematics
From the Philosophy Department:
- Prof Tim Button
- Dr Andreas Ditter
- Prof Peter Fritz
Affiliated academics from the Department of Computer Science:
- Metaphysics
- Dr Simona Aimar
- Prof Tim Button
- Prof Peter Fritz
- Dr Fiona Leigh (Plato's metaphysics)
- Dr Rory Madden
- ProfÌýJosé Zalabardo
- ProfÌýNick Zangwill (Honorary Research Fellow)
- Philosophy of Mind
- ProfÌýMark Eli Kalderon (perception and colour)
- Dr Fiona Leigh (Plato's philosophy of mind)
- Dr Rory Madden
- Prof Lucy O'Brien
- Political Philosophy
From the Philosophy Department:
- Dr Joe Horton
- ProfÌýVéronique Munoz-Dardé
- Dr Robert Simpson
- Dr Han vanÌýWietmarschen (also social philosophy)
- ProfÌýJames Wilson (philosophy of public policy)
Affiliated academics from the Department of Political Science:
- Philosophy of Science
From the Philosophy Department:
- TBA
There are also several philosophers of science in the Department for Science & Technology Studies.
Research projects
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ hosts and has hosted several major funded research projects:
- Current projects
- Prof John Hyman: (ERC Horizon 2020)
- Prof Lucy O'Brien: The Pains and Pleasures of Interpersonal Self-Consciousness (British Academy / Leverhulme)
- Recently completed projects
- Dr Merrick Anderson:ÌýJust Prospering? An Ancient Debate about the Value of Justice (British Academy)
- Dr Jillian Craigie: Agency, Mental Capacity, and Criminal Responsibility in Mental Disorder (Nuffield Foundation, Wellcome Trust Fellowship)
- Dr Andrew Cooper: (Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship)
- Dr MarÃa Frápolli: Enriched Minimal Expressivism and Higher-Order Concepts (Marie Curie Fellowship)
- Prof Sebastian Gardner: Freedom, Nature, and the Pursuit of the Whole (Leverhulme)
- Dr Marie Guillot: Understanding the Concept of Self as a Phenomenal Concept (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship)
- Prof Daniel Rothschild: Context-Sensitivity in Natural Language (AHRC)
- Prof Daniel Rothschild: Dynamics of Conversation (AHRC)
- Dr Benedict Rumbold: Patient and Public Involvement in Priority Setting (Wellcome Trust Fellowship)
- Prof Amia Srinivasan: All the Depths of Believing (Leverhulme Fellowship)
- Dr Han van Wietmarschen: A Theory of Social Hierarchy (Leverhulme)
- Prof James Wilson: Human Right to Health and Priority Setting in Health Care (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ CHIRP)
- Prof Jonathan Wolff: A Philosophical Review of Poverty (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
- Prof José Zalarbardo: Mind, Language And Action: Investigating The Connections Between The Physical And The Human Realities’ (British Academy)
Service
Many members of the Philosophy Department are involved with journals and professional societies.
- Editors of MIND
was founded in °×С½ãÂÛ̳ in 1876 by George Croom Robertson. It was the first English-language philosophy journal. MIND is consistently ranked as one of the best philosophy journals in the world, and it remains associated with °×С½ãÂÛ̳ today: many of its editors are members of °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s Philosophy Department:
- Prof Lucy O'Brien: Editor (Joint with Adrian Moore)
- Prof Tim Button: Associate Editor
- Dr Andreas Ditter: Associate Editor
- Dr Joe Horton: Associate Editor
- Dr Fiona Leigh: Associate Editor
- Dr Rory Madden: Associate Editor
- Prof James Wilson:ÌýAssociate Editor
- Editors of other journal
- Dr Simona Aimar: , Editorial Board
- Prof Tim Button: , Editorial Board
- Prof Sebastian Gardner: , Editorial Board
- Prof Sebastian Gardner: , Advisory Board
- Prof John Hyman: , Editorial Board
- Prof Véronique Munoz-Dardé:
- Prof Daniel Rothschild: , Consulting Editor
- Prof Daniel Rothschild: , Associate Editor
- Prof José Zalabardo: , Associate Editor
- Prof José Zalabardo:
- Learned societies
- Dr Rory Madden: , Honorary Director
- Prof Lucy O’Brien: ,ÌýChair of the Council
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