Research output per year
Research output per year
Dr
Room 02.010 - 23 University Square
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I would be delighted to discuss the possibility of supervising PhD students who have interests in any of the following areas: - General Philosophy of Science Anything to do with evidence (prediction, confirmation, explanation), pragmatic features of theory choice (‘loveliness’ etc.), (ir)rationality of science, holism. Scientific realisms: abundance-theories vs. minimalism, fictionalism and Inference to the Best Explanation. Science as social knowledge. ‘Scientism’ and anti-science attitudes. Natural kinds and social kinds. - Philosophy of Mind and Psychology Mental fictionalism / eliminativism Inference and reasoning - Quine, Naturalism and Naturalised Epistemology Quine’s naturalism, Quine’s holism, Quine’s criterion of ontological commitment Indispensability arguments - Methodology (Anti-)psychologism in philosophy, in epistemology, in logic. Philosophical methods: a priori knowledge, intuitions.
Research activity per year
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Joe Morrison (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Joe Morrison (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › PGT external examination
Joe Morrison (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Joe Morrison (Organiser) & Joe Morrison (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Joe Morrison (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference