School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

PhD Placement

Placement record

2011-2012

Name: Manuel Bermudez
Thesis Title: 'Philosophical Scepticism and its Tradition in Michel de Montaigne's Essais'
Supervisors: Prof Duncan Pritchard, Dr Alasdair Richmond
Examiners: External: Dr Neil Gascoigne (University of London), Internal: Prof Dory Scaltsas
First Post: Professor of Philosophy, University of Cordoba, Spain
Name: Clare Mac Cumhaill
Thesis Title: 'Seeing Through'
Supervisors: Dr Matt Nudds, Dr Alasdair Richmond
Examiners: External: Dr Matthew Soteriou (Warwick), Internal: Dr Dave Ward
First Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva
Name: Mog Stapleton
Thesis Title: 'Proper Embodiment: The Role of the Body in Affect and Cognition'
Supervisors: Prof Andy Clark, Dr Julian Kiverstein
Examiners: External: Prof Tony Chemero (Franklin & Marshall), Internal: Dr Mark Sprevak
First Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy of Science & Technology, Department of Philosophy, University of Stuttgart

2010-2011

Name: Evan Butts
Thesis Title: 'Externalist Epistemology and the Constitution of Cognitive Abilities'
Supervisors: Prof Duncan Pritchard, Dr Jesper Kallestrup, Prof Andy Clark
Examiners: External: Prof Sanford Goldberg (Northwestern), Internal: Dr Tillman Vierkant
First Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva
Name: Jonas Christensen
Thesis Title: 'The Problem of Mental Causation'
Supervisors: Dr Jesper Kallestrup, Prof Andy Clark
Examiners: External: Prof Jessica Wilson (Toronto), Internal: Dr Campbell Brown
First Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Aarhus
Name: Liz Irvine
Thesis Title: 'Consciousness Science: A Science of What?'
Supervisors: Prof Andy Clark, Dr Rob McIntosh
Examiners: External: Prof Ned Block (NYU), Internal: Dr Mark Sprevak
First Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cognitive Science, Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tubingen
Name: Joseph Kuntz
Thesis Title: 'Methods and Approaches to Theories of Philosophical Intuitions'
Supervisors: Dr Jesper Kallestrup, Prof Duncan Pritchard
Examiners: External: Prof Markus Lammarenta (Helsinki), Internal: Dr Allan Hazlett
First Post: Visiting Researcher, Department of Philosophy, University of Christchurch
Name: Andreas Paraskevaides
Thesis Title: 'Social Constraints on Human Agency'
Supervisors: Dr Tillmann Vierkant, Prof Andy Clark
Examiners: External: Dr Victoria McGeer (Princeton), Internal: Dr Matthew Chrisman
First Post: On academic job market

2009-2010

Name: Ray Critch
Thesis Title: 'The Standpoint of the Collective'
Supervisors: Prof Mike Ridge, Dr Matthew Chrisman
Examiners: External: Prof Jo Wolff (UCL), Internal: Dr Campbell Brown
First Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
Name: Christos Kyriacou
Thesis Title: 'The Epistemic Justification Puzzle'
Supervisors: Prof Mike Ridge, Dr Matthew Chrisman
Examiners: External: Prof Klemens Kappel (Copenhagen), Internal: Dr Jesper Kallestrup
First Post: On Academic Job Market

2008-2009

Name: Adam Carter
Thesis Title: 'The Value of Knowledge and the Problem of Epistemic Luck'
Supervisors: Prof Duncan Pritchard, Dr Campbell Brown, Dr Matthew Chrisman
Examiners: External: Prof Ernest Sosa (Rutgers), Internal: Dr Jesper Kallestrup
First Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Epistemology, Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva
Current Post: Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast
Name: Dave Ward
Thesis Title: 'An Enactive Account of Visual Experience'
Supervisors: Prof Andy Clark, Dr Pepa Toribio
Examiners: External: Prof Mohan Matthen (Toronto), Internal: Dr Tillman Vierkant
First Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire
Current Post: Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

2007-2008

Name: Ezio Di Nucci
Thesis Title: 'Mind out of Action''
Supervisors: Dr Matthew Nudds, Dr Bill Pollard
Examiners: External: Dr Rowland Stout (UC, Dublin), Internal: Dr Tillman Vierkant
First Post: Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University College Dublin
Current Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, Institute for Philosophy, University of Duisburg-Essen
Name: Conor McHugh
Thesis Title: 'Self-Knowledge in Consciousness'
Supervisors: Dr Matthew Nudds, Dr Jesper Kallestrup
Examiners: External: Prof Quassim Cassam (Cambridge), Internal: Prof Duncan Pritchard
First Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind, Institut Jean-Nicod
Current Post: Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Southampton
Name: Tom Roberts
Thesis Title: 'Action and Experience'
Supervisors: Dr Pepa Toribio, Prof Andy Clark
Examiners: External: Prof Alva Noƫ (UC, Berkeley), Internal: Dr Jesper Kallestrup
First Post: Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, Department of Philosophy, Edinburgh
Current Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, Department of Sociology and Philosophy, University of Exeter
Name: Edoardo Zamuner
Thesis Title: 'Knowledge and Self-Knowledge of Emotions'
Supervisors: Dr Matthew Nudds, Dr Till Vierkant
Examiners: External: Prof Karen Jones (Melbourne), Internal: Prof Andy Clark
First Post: Welcome Trust Research Associate (5 year post-doc), Institute of Neuroesthetics, UCL
Current Post: Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, La Trobe University

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