Georgi Gardiner

Nationality: British

Course: MSc Philosophy by Research

Cluster: Epistemology

Start date: 2009

Supervisor: Duncan Pritchard

Previous degrees

• 2009: MA in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.

Refereed conference papers

• Sept 2008: 'Defending RVE', British Undergraduate Philosophy Society, Cambridge, UK.
• Nov 2008: 'Transitivity of Betterness', National Student Research Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
• July 2009: 'Defending RVE', *Joint Session *(Open Sessions), University of East Anglia, UK.
• July 2009: 'Safety’s Swamp: The Value of Modal Stability', British Undergraduate Philosophy Society, St Andrews, UK.
• October 2009: 'Refining RVE', Second SIFA Graduate Conference, Cogito Research Centre, Bologna, Italy

Invited papers

• October 2009: 'Defining Knowledge', Edinburgh University Philosophy Society (Speaker Series), UK

Other presentations

• Nov 2008: 'Defending RVE', Epistemology Research Group, Edinburgh, UK.
• Dec 2008: 'Comments on Anti-Luck Virtue Epistemology', Edinburgh University Graduate Epistemology Workshop, UK.
• Jan 2009: 'T-Monism, The Meno and The Swamp', Edinburgh University Graduate Epistemology Workshop, UK.
• Feb 2009: 'Epistemic Prescriptivism: The Social Side of Epistemic Irrealism', Edinburgh University Graduate Epistemology Workshop, UK.
• April 2009: 'The Nature of Epistemic Norms', Edinburgh University Graduate Epistemology Workshop, UK.
• Dec 2009: 'Good Informants and the Structure of Knowledge', Edinburgh University Graduate Epistemology Workshop, UK.
• Dec 2009: 'Thought Experiments, Practical Explications and the Methodology of Epistemology', PG Work in Progress Seminar, Dept. of Philosophy, Edinburgh University, UK.
• Dec 2009: 'Causation, Luck and the Terrain of Virtue Epistemology', Xmas Epistemology-Fest Workshop, Edinburgh University, UK.

Conference responses

• Sept 2008: Respondent to 'Names and Definite Descriptions', British Undergraduate Philosophy Society, Cambridge, UK.
• Jan 2009: Respondent to 'Cognitive Theory of Music and the Emotions', British Undergraduate Philosophy Society, Oxford, UK.
• July 2009: Respondent to 'Can Knowledge be Analyzed?', British Undergraduate Philosophy Society, St Andrews, UK.

Positions held

• 2005-07: University of Edinburgh philosophy student representative,
• 2007-08: University of Edinburgh Philosophy Society (President).