University of St Andrews

How might rational debate about fundamental principles of reasoning be possible?

Academic History:

2015 - PhD Philosophy, University of St Andrews

2013 - 2015 MPhilStud Philosophical Studies, King's College London

2008 - 2011 BA Philosophy, King's College London

Supervisors:

Professor Jessica Brown

Research Interests:

• Rationality
• Epistemology
• Logic
• Meta-Normativity

Previous Research Projects:

2013 - 2015: "Rational Incoherence: how to make mistakes about what rationality requires" (Supervisor: Clayton Littlejohn, King's College London)

Scholarships:

2013-2015 AHRC Research Masters Preparation Award

2014 Scholarship to attend Groningen Winter School on Rationality 

2015-2018 AHRC PhD Studentship (Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities)

Awards:

2011 School of Arts & Humanities Jelf Medal (King’s College London)

2011 School of Arts & Humanities Scholarship, £1800 (King’s College London)

2010 School of Arts & Humanities Scholarship, £1800 (King’s College London)

2010 Adrian Grey-Turner Memorial Prize (Philosophy Department, King’s College London)

2009 Sambrooke Exhibition in the Arts (King’s College London)

2009 Philosophy Department Commendation in Epistemology & Metaphysics

Publications:

“Thoth & Thamus” in Worley (ed.) The Philosophy Shop: ideas, activities & questions to get people, young & old, thinking philosophically. Crown House Publishing, 2012.

Contact Details:

Address: Arché, Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics, & Epistemology, University of St Andrews, 17 - 19 College Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL

Work Tel No: 01334 461777

Email: caf20@st-andrews.ac.uk

Website/Blogs: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/members/member?id=field

First published: 24 September 2015