James Hutton
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

- Philosophy
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: james.hutton@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 8.16
- City
- 40 George Square, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JX
Availability
Meetings by appointment.
Background
I came to the University of Edinburgh in 2021 as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, doing a project on Kant’s inescapable ethics of belief. At present, my research focuses on two areas:
(i) Normativity in Kant’s philosophy of mind. How is mental representation possible? I think Kant has interesting arguments for the claim that normativity is a key ingredient.
(ii) Emotions and moral epistemology. Can emotions provide us with ethical knowledge? I’m working on a set of articles defending a qualified “yes”, by spelling out how emotion-based beliefs can be reliable.
For up to date info on my publications etc., see my PhilPeople page: philpeople.org/profiles/james-hutton-1
CV

Qualifications
PhD Philosophy, University of Cambridge 2019
MPhil Philosophy, University of Cambridge, 2015
MA Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest, 2014
BA Philosophy & German, University of Oxford, 2013