James Hutton

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

  • Philosophy
  • School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Contact details

Address

Street

Room 8.16

City
40 George Square, Edinburgh
Post code
EH8 9JX

Availability

  • Meetings by appointment.

Biography

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

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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

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