Matthew Kinakin

Teaching Fellow

  • Philosophy
  • School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Contact details

Address

Street

Room 7.05

City
40 George Square, Edinburgh
Post code
EH8 9JX

Availability

  • Office hour: Tuesdays 11:00am - 12:30pm in 40 George Square, Room 7.05

Biography

Background

I joined the University of Edinburgh in 2024 as a Teaching Fellow. Prior to that, I was a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow where I also completed my PhD. 

Qualifications

Ph. D. Philosophy, The University of Glasgow

M. A., B. A. (Honours) Philosophy, The University of British Columbia  

Undergraduate teaching

Social Philosophy, 2024/2025, Year 3 Semester 1

Moral Philosophy, 2024/2025, Year 3, Semester 2

Postgraduate teaching

Normative Ethics, 2024/2025, Semester 2

Research summary

My research is in the philosophy of mind, value theory, and metaethics. At the moment, I am focusing primarily on the nature of affective experience (e.g. pain/pleasure) and its relation to things like value/disvalue, normativity, motivation, and knowledge. 

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