Research areas
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Epistemology
Theory of knowledge, scepticism, and epistemic values
Ethics
With a particular interest in meta-ethics, normative ethics, and political philosophy
History of philosophy
The history of philosophy, from the ancient through modern to recent developments
Logic and language
Including the nature of meaning and propositions, formal semantics, metasemantics, pragmatics, syntax, semantic paradoxes, theories of truth, and the foundations of mathematics
Mind and cognition
The intersection of philosophy of mind and cognitive science, specialising in embodiment, consciousness, perception, action, and situated reason
Philosophy of science
Working at the juncture between philosophy and research in the sciences, from physics to neuroscience and artificial intelligence
Philosophy of race and gender
An expanding area of research approached from a variety of traditions and perspectives by researchers at Edinburgh