Research interests
Find out about our areas of research and staff interests
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| Mahrad Almotahari | History of Medieval Islamic Thought |
| Fedor Benevich | Metaphysics, epistemology, mind in Islamic thought |
| Damian Caluori | Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Neoplatonism |
| Inna Kupreeva | Aristotle, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy & Science |
Find out more about the History of philosophy research area.
| Matthew Chrisman | Social Epistemology, Epistemic Normativity, Social & Feminist Epistemology |
| Beri Marušić | Practical Reason, Epistemic Normativity |
| Wolfgang Schwarz | Formal Epistemology, Decision Theory |
| Martin Smith | Justification, Evidence in Law, Decision Theory |
| Nick Treanor | Epistemic Normativity |
Find out more about the Epistemology research area.
| Michael Cholbi | Normative Ethics and Applied Ethics |
| Matthew Chrisman | Meta-Ethics |
| Alix Cohen | Kantian Ethics |
| Guy Fletcher | Normative Ethics, Well-Being, Meta-Ethics |
| Michael Gill | Humean Moral Philosophy, Moral Pluralism |
| David Levy | Phenomenological Ethics, Moral Anti-Theory |
| Beri Marušić | Philosophy of Action |
| Michael Ridge | Meta-Ethics, Moral Judgment, Moral Naturalism |
| Debbie Roberts | Meta-Ethics, Moral Psychology |
| Patrick Todd | Moral responsibility, the ethics of blame |
| Shannon Vallor | Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Data Ethics, Philosophy of Science |
Find out more about the Ethics research area.
| Alix Cohen | Kant, Kantian Ethics, 18th century philosophy |
| Michael Gill | Hume |
| Jen Marušić | Locke, Hume, British Empiricism |
| Michela Massimi | Kant, Kant’s philosophy of nature |
| Pauline Phemister | Rationalism, esp. Leibniz and Spinoza |
Find out more about the History of philosophy research area.
| David Levy | Simone Weil |
| Beri Marušić | Jean Paul Sartre |
| Filipa Melo Lopes | Simone de Beauvoir |
| Dave Ward | Maurice Merleau-Ponty |
| Mahrad Almotahari | Philosophy of Language |
| Brian Rabern | Philosophy of Language, Semantics, Logic |
| Wolfgang Schwarz | Philosophy of Language, Logic, Probability Theory |
| Patrick Todd | The problem of future contingents |
| David Levy | Wittgenstein |
Find out more about the Logic and language research area.
| Mahrad Almotahari | Ontology and Identity |
| Brian Rabern | Modality |
| Alasdair Richmond | Philosophy of Time and Time Travel |
| Wolfgang Schwarz | Modality, Metametaphysics, Metaphysics of Mind |
| Patrick Todd | Free will, The Open Future, Theism/Atheism, Philosophy of Religion |
| Nick Treanor | Metaphysics of content |
| Jo Wolff | Metaphysics of Science, Metametaphysics, Naturalism |
| Mazviita Chirimuuta | Computational Neuroscience, Perception |
| Alistair Isaac | Perception, History & Philosophy of Psychology, AI |
| Suilin Lavelle | Cognitive Science, Social Cognition |
| Beri Marušić | Philosophy of Action |
| Mark Sprevak | Computation, Consciousness, Metaphysics of Mind |
| Nick Treanor | Metaphysics of Mind |
| Till Vierkant | Social Cognition, The Will, Mental Actions |
| Dave Ward | Embodied Cognition |
Find out more about the Mind and cognition research area.
| Marion Boulicault | Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Technology, Bioethics |
| Mazviita Chirimuuta | History of Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Neuroscience |
| Alistair Isaac | Measurement, Models, Methodology |
| Suilin Lavelle | Philosophy of Psychology |
| Eli Lichtenstein | Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art |
| Michela Massimi | General Philosophy of Science, Epistemology of Science |
| Alasdair Richmond | Philosophy of Time, Metaphysics of Science |
| Wolfgang Schwarz | Humeanism, Objective Probability |
| Mark Sprevak | Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of AI |
| Shannon Vallor | Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Data Ethics, Philosophy of Science |
| Jo Wolff | Measurement, Metaphysics of Science, General Philosophy of Science |
Find out more about the Philosophy of science research area.
| Marion Boulicault | Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Technology, Bioethics |
| Matthew Chrisman | Democratic Legitimacy, Civil Disobedience |
| Tommy Curry | Critical Race Theory, Black Male Studies |
| Guy Fletcher | Well-being and distributive justice |
| Eli Lichtenstein | Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art |
| Barry Maguire | Politics, Economics, and Metaethics of Socialism |
| Aidan McGlynn | Feminism, Objectification, Epistemic Injustice |
| Filipa Melo Lopes | Feminism, Philosophy of Race and Gender |
| Pauline Phemister | Environmental Philosophy, Deep Ecology |
| Mike Ridge | Philosophy of Games, Philosophy of Play |
Find out more about the Ethics research area.
| Fedor Benevich | Metaphysics, epistemology, mind in Islamic thought |
| Tommy J Curry | Civil Society Formation and Racial Dynamics, Philosophical and Political Theories of Racism |
| Takeshi Morisato | Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, and Existentialism |