Research

Research Streams

KNOWLEDGE AND JUSTIFICATION

Focuses on issues on the nature of knowledge and justification and the relation between the two.

Coordinator: CHRISTOPH KELP

Members: J. ADAM CARTER, JACK LYONS, BRYAN PICKEL, MONA SIMION

 

SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY

Focuses on the social dimensions of knowledge, such as testimony, groups, and disagreement.

Coordinators: J. ADAM CARTER & MONA SIMION

Members: MICHAEL BRADY, EMMA C. GORDON, KATHARINE JENKINS,  CHRISTOPH KELP, JACK LYONS

 

KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE

Investigates issues at the intersection of epistemology and the philosophy of language.

Coordinators: BRYAN PICKEL & MONA SIMION

Members: J. ADAM CARTER, ROBERT COWAN, EMMA GORDON, CHRISTOPH KELP, GLEN PETTIGROVE

 

EPISTEMOLOGY OF PERCEPTION

Investigates the nature and epistemic normativity of perception.

​Coordinator: JACK LYONS

Members: MICHAEL BRADY, DEREK BROWN, JENNIFER CORNS, ROBERT COWAN, NEIL MCDONNELL, FIONA MACPHERSON

 

EPISTEMOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Investigates the epistemic significance and functions of emotions. 

Coordinator: MICHAEL BRADY

Members: J. ADAM CARTER, JENNIFER CORNS, ROBERT COWAN, EMMA C. GORDON, GLEN PETTIGROVE
 
 

EPISTEMIC NORMS AND VIRTUES

Investigates the broad array of epistemic norms and goals, epistemic virtues and vices.

Coordinators: J. ADAM CARTER & EMMA GORDON

Members: MICHAEL BRADY, BEN COLBURN, ROBERT COWAN, CHRISTOPH KELP, GLEN PETTIGROVE, MONA SIMION

Research Projects

KNOWLEDGELAB:KNOWLEDGE-FIRST SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY

Develops knowledge-first approaches to testimony, disagreement, groups, media.

2021-2026
PI: Mona Simion
Funding: ERC Starting Grant No 948356 

More information on KNOWLEDGELAB can be found here.

 

EVIDENCE: KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Develops a novel account of the way knowledge, understanding and evidence relate to each other. 

2021-2025
PIs: Christoph Kelp & Anne Meylan (Zurich)
Postdoc: Miloud Belkoniene
Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation Grant

More information on EVIDENCE: KNOWLEDGE AND JUSTIFICATION can be found here.

 

​A VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY OF TRUST

Develops and defends virtue reliabilist accounts of trust and trustworthiness.

2020-2023
PI: J. Adam Carter
Co-Is: Christoph Kelp and Mona Simion
Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust 
 
More information on A VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY OF TRUST can be found here.
 

DIMENSIONS OF WELLBEING

Develops a novel, integrated, proper functionalist account of the nature of wellbeing.

2021-2025
PIs: Mona Simion and Christoph Kelp
Scientific Adviser: Emma Gordon
Postdoc: Christopher Willard-Kyle
Funding: Therme Group and the University of Glasgow
 
More information on DIMENSIONS OF WELLBEING can be found here.
 

Completed Projects

 

EPISTEMIC NORMS AND EPISTEMIC FUNCTIONS

Developed a knowledge-first functionalist account of epistemic normativity of belief, assertion, and reasoning.
 
2018-2019
PI: Mona Simion
Funding: Mind Research Fellowship
 
More information on EPISTEMIC NORMS AND EPISTEMIC FUNCTIONS can be found here.

NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY

Investigated central issues in social epistemology, including foundational issues in social epistemology, social epistemology and epistemic norms, and social epistemology and groups.

2017-2019
PIs: Adam Carter and Christoph Kelp
Funding: the British Academy