Wolfgang Schwarz

Lecturer

Philosophy
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Street: Room 8.06
City: 40 George Square, Edinburgh
Post code: EH8 9JX

Office hours (term time): Friday 11:00-12:00 and by appointment

Biography

Background

Wolfgang Schwarz joined the University of Edinburgh in January 2015, after many years as a post-doc at the Australian National University.

Teaching & PhD supervision

Undergraduate teaching

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Current PhD students supervised

Ewa Jończyk

Research

Research summary

I work on a variety of topics mostly in decision theory, formal epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and metaphysics.

You can find recent papers, drafts, and blog posts on my personal homepage: http://www.wolfgangschwarz.net.

Publications

The problem of metaphysical omniscience 2022
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published)
David Lewis's Metaphics 24 Jun 2021
Research output: › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary (Published)
Objects of choice (33 pages) Jan 2021 In: Mind, vol. 130, pp. 165-197
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzaa032
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Discourse, diversity, and free choice 2021 In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 99, pp. 48-67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2020.1736108
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Ability and possibility (21 pages) Feb 2020 In: Philosophers' Imprint, vol. 20, pp. 1-21
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
From sensor variables to phenomenal facts 2019 In: Journal of consciousness studies, vol. 26, pp. 217-227
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
No interpretation of probability Dec 2018 In: Erkenntnis, vol. 83, pp. 1195–1212
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-017-9936-9
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Imaginary foundations 31 Oct 2018 In: Ergo, vol. 5, pp. 764-789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.12405314.0005.029
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Semantic possibility 2 Aug 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/20.500.11820/454eb5b6-e7b3-4a07-8843-9aceb09bd532
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published)
Subjunctive conditional probability 28 Feb 2018 In: Journal of Philosophical Logic, vol. 47, pp. 47-66
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-016-9416-8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Diachronic norms for self-locating credences 31 Dec 2017 In: Ergo, vol. 4, pp. 709-738
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.12405314.0004.025
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Granularity problems Jan 2017 In: The Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 67, pp. 22-37
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqw028
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Best System Approaches to Chance 8 Sep 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199607617.013.19
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published)
Lost memories and useless coins: revisiting the absentminded driver (26 pages) Oct 2015 In: Synthese, vol. 192, pp. 3011-3036
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0699-z
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Review of Tychomancy Apr 2015 In: Philosophy of Science, vol. 82
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/680490
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published)
Belief update across fission (24 pages) 2015 In: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axu001
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Counterpart theory and the paradox of occasional identity 31 Dec 2014 In: Mind, vol. 123, pp. 1057-1094
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzu143
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Against magnetism 2 Jan 2014 In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 92, pp. 17-36
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2013.765900
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Variations on a Montagovian theme 1 Nov 2013 In: Synthese, vol. 190, pp. 3377-3395
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0173-0
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Contingent Identity 1 May 2013 In: Philosophy Compass, vol. 8, pp. 486-495
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12028
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)

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This article was published on 28 Sep, 2023