Research

AoS: Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy
AoC: Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Media and Communication Theory


PUBLISHED/FORTHCOMING:

BOOKS
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  • Under Contract. Reasons, Justification and Defeat (with Jessica Brown, eds.). Oxford University Press.
  • Manuscript. Epistemic Norms and Epistemic Functions. Current version here (comments much appreciated).
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ARTICLES
​​Epistemology
  • Forthcoming. Testimonial Contractarianism, Nous. pdf
  • 2019. Knowledge-FIrst Functionalism. Philosophical Issues, A Supplement to Nous. Online First here. pdf
  • 2019. Epistemic Norms, Closure and No-Belief Hinge Epistemology (with J. Schnurr an E. Gordon). Synthese. Online First here. pdf
  • 2019. Epistemic Norm Correspondence and the Belief-Assertion Parallel. Analysis, Volume 79, Issue 2. Online here.
  • 2019. Saying and Believing: The Norm Commonality Assumption. Philosophical Studies AVolume 176, Issue 8, pp 1951–1966. Online here
  • 2018. How to Be an Anti-Reductionist (with C. Kelp). Synthese. Online First here.
  • 2018. No Epistemic Norm for Action. American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 55/3: 231-238. pdf
  • 2018. A Puzzle for Epistemic WAMs. Synthese. Online First. pdf
  • 2017. Commodious Knowledge (with C. Kelp). Synthese, vol 194/5: 1487-1502. pdf 
  • 2017. Hoops and Barns: a New Dilemma for Sosa (with C. Boult, F. Broncano-Berrocal, P. Dimmock, H. Ghijsen and C. Kelp). Synthese. Online First. pdf
  • 2017. Epistemic Norms and 'He Said/She Said' Reporting. Episteme, Volume 14, Issue 4, pp. 413-422. pdf
  • 2016. Knowledge, Rational Credibility and Assertion: The Scoreboard. Epistemic Reasons, Epistemic Norms and Epistemic Goals, ed. M. Grajner and P. Schmechtig. DeGruyter Berlin/Boston,  pdf.
  • 2016. The Tertiary Value Problem and the Superiority of Knowledge (with C. Kelp). American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 53/4: 397-411. pdf
  • 2016. Norms of Belief (with C. Kelp and Harmen Ghijsen). Philosophical Issues, A Supplement to Nous. vol. 26/1: 375-392. pdf 
  • 2016. Perception, History and Benefit. Episteme, 13 (1), 61-76. pdf
  • 2016. Assertion: Knowledge is Enough. Synthese, 193(10), 3041-3056.  pdf  
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 Philosophy of Language
  • 2019. The Constitutive Norm View of Assertion (with C. Kelp). In Goldberg, S. (ed), Oxford Handbook of Assertion. Oxford University Press.​ Online here.
  • 2019. Conceptual Innovation, Function First (with C. Kelp). Nous. Online First here.
  • 2019. Conceptual Engineering for Epistemic Norms. Inquiry. Online First. pdf
  • 2018. Assertion: The Context Shiftiness Dilemma. Mind & Language, 34:503–517.Online here. pdf
  • 2018. The C-Account of Assertion: A Negative Result (with C. Kelp). Synthese. Online First here.
  • 2018. The 'Should' In Conceptual Engineering. Inquiry, vol 61/8. pdf
  • ​2016. Assertion: Just One Way to Take it Back. Logos & Episteme, vol. 7/3: 385-391. pdf​​
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Ethics/Political Philosophy
  • Forthcoming. Moral Virtues with Epistemic Content (with C. Boult, C. Kelp and J. Schnurr). In Greco, J. and Kelp, C. (eds.), Virtue Theoretic Epistemology: New Methods and Approaches. Cambridge University Press.
  • 2018. The Explanation Proffering Norm of Moral Assertion. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 21(3), pp. 477-488 here. pdf
  • 2017. Criticism and Blame in Action and Assertion (with C. Kelp). Journal of Philosophy, 114(2): 76-93. pdf​​
  • 2016. Non-Probabilistic Decision Strategies Behind the Rawlsian Veil. Journal of Value Inquiry, 50(3), 557-572. pdf 
  • 2014. Aggregating Reasons and Persons: On Sorting Out the Logic of the Good, Royce's Style. Contemporary Pragmatism, 11 (2): 107-121. pdf​​​​
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Feminist Philosophy
  • Forthcoming. Hermeneutical Injustice as Basing Failure. In Well Founded Belief: New Essays on the Epistemic Basing Relation, Bondy, P. and Carter, A. (eds.). Routledge. pdf
  • Forthcoming. Gender and Group Disagreement (with E. Gordon and C. Kelp). In Group Disagreement, Carter, A. and Broncano-Berrocal, F. (eds.), Routledge.
  • 2018. Epistemic Trouble for Engineering ‘Woman.’ Logos and Episteme, Vol IX/1: 91-98. link pdf

IN PROGRESS:

​Invited
  • Propositional Warrant. Philosophical Issues, A Supplement to Nous.
  • (Commissioned) Entry on ‘Trust’ (with J Adam Carter).  Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.
  • Group Warrant (with J. Adam Carter and Christoph Kelp) (for a volume on Doxastic and Propositional Warrant for Routledge)
  • Mild Sceptical Invariantism (for a volume on Sceptical Invariantism for Routledge)
  • Assertion and Social Epistemology (with Chris Kelp, for the Oxford Handbook of Social Epistemology)
  • Social Epistemology and Education (for the Springer Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory)
  • Warrant Transmission and Psychological Defeat (for a volume on Epistemic Closure and Transmission)
  • Practical and Theoretical Reasoning (for a special issue of Synthese on 'Knowledge and Decision.'

Under Review
  • Assertion: A Function First Account (Book Manuscript, with C. Kelp, under review with Oxford University Press )
  • Epistemic Norms and Epistemic Functions (Book Manuscript, under review with Oxford University Press)
  • Reasons, Basing and Warrant
  • Blame as Performance
  • The Epistemic Improvement Account of Disagreement (with Fernando Broncano-Berrocal)

In preparation
  • Assertion: Foundational Issues. Volume co-edited with Herman Cappelen.
  • Shifty Speech (Book Manuscript)
  • Knowledge First Social Epistemology (Book Manuscript)
  • Disagreement, Knowledge First​
  • Epistemic Blame​
  • The ‘No Moral Enhancement’ View (with J. Adam Carter)​
  • Epistemic Encroachment (with Bob Beddor)

​Networks

Steering Committee Member, Social Epistemology Network
Member, European Normativity Network
​Member, Philosophy of Education Network
Member, Philosophy of Blame Network
Associate Researcher, ConceptLab, University of Oslo


​Scientific Committees

Social Epistemology Network
Encontro Nacional de Filosofia Analítica (ENFA) 7 Portugal (2017-2018)
MLAG Portugal

Selected Awards and Grants

2018: Mind Research Fellowship. Awarded by: Mind Association (~GBP 52,000)
2018: Engagement Funding: Cardiff Festival of Philosophy 2018. Awarded by: Royal Institute of Philosophy (GBP 2500).
2017: Conference Funding: Social Epistemology Network Meeting 2018. Awarded by: Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo (~GPB 13,000).
2016: Research Fellowship: ‘Conceptual Engineering for Epistemic Norms’ Project. Awarded by: ConceptLab and Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature Oslo, Research Council of Norway (~GBP 135,000).
2015: JuMo Early Career Mobility Funding. Awarded by: KU Leuven (~GBP 13.000).

Professional Service

Member, Editorial Board, Philosophical Quarterly
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Event Organising:
May 2019: 'Glasgow Graduate Conference in Epistemology and Mind (GEM),' University of Glasgow (with Jennifer Corns)
March 2019: 'Evidence and Knowledge' conference, University of Glasgow.
April 2019: Masterclass in Social Epistemology, University of Glasgow (with Adam Carter and Christoph Kelp).
September 2018: ‘6th Meeting of the European Normativity Network’. University of Glasgow (with Robert Cowan and Christoph Kelp)
May 2018: 'Social Epistemology and Epistemic Normativity: Themes from Sandy Goldberg.' Cardiff University (with Orestis Palermos).
May 2018: 'Machines: The Cardiff Philosophy of Technology Festival.' Sherman Theatre (with Orestis Palermos).
May 2018: ‘1st Social Epistemology Network Conference’, University of Oslo (with Sandy Goldberg and Andrew Peet)
May 2018: ‘Knowledge First: Themes from Tim Williamson’ Workshop, Cardiff University (with Orestis Palermos)
2017-2018: ‘Cardiff University Philosophy Seminars’, Cardiff University (with Orestis Palermos)
September 2017: ‘Assertion: Foundational Issues’, University of Oslo (with Herman Cappelen)
May-June 2017: ‘ConceptLab Visiting Speaker Seminar Series’, University of Oslo (with Andrew Peet)
April 2017: ‘2nd Leuven-Southampton Epistemic Normativity Workshop’, KU Leuven.
December 2016: ‘Knowledge First’ Conference, KU Leuven (with C. Kelp).
November 2015: ‘Epistemic Norms’ Conference, KU Leuven (with C. Kelp).

Referee Work: Oxford University Press, Wiley Blackwell, Mind, Philosophical Quarterly, American Philosophical Quarterly, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Philosophy. Synthese, Erkenntnis, Inquiry, Ergo, Dialectica, Episteme, Journal of Value Inquiry, Logique et Analyse, CEU Press, British Society for Ethical Theory, Encontro Nacional de Filosofia Analítica (ENFA) 7 Portugal 2018, MLAG Portugal, SENE 2019.