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Photograph of Jason McKenzie AlexanderJason McKenzie Alexander (PhD, University of California - Irvine)

Reader

Interests

Evolutionary game theory, philosophy of social science, rational choice theory.

Selected Publications

  • "Local Interactions and Dynamics of Rational Deliberation", Philosophical Studies, Volume 147, Number 1 (2010), 103-121.
  • "Social Deliberation: Nash, Bayes, and the Partial Vindication of Gabriele Tarde", in Episteme, vol. 6, issue 2, 2009, pp. 164-184.
  • The Structural Evolution of Morality, Cambridge University Press (2007).
  • 'Game Theory'. In The Philosophy of Science: an Encyclopaedia. Routledge Press (2005).

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baigentNick Baigent (PhD)

Visiting Professor

Lectures on the course Rationality and Choice

Interests

Individual and collective choice theory; topological social choice; models of expressive choice and choice with identity; multiple identities and violent conflict.

Selected Publications 

  • "Topological theories of social choice", Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, eds. K. Arrow, A.K. Sen and K. Suzumura, Vol. 2, North Holland, 2010.
  • "Consequentialist choice and behaviour: a comparison", in: Boylan, Th./Gekker, R. (eds.), Economics, Rational Choice and Normative Philosophy, Routledge 2008.
  • "Harmless Homotopic Dictators" (2008), in Essays in Honour of Kotaro Suzumura, edited by P.K.Pattanaik, K.Tadenuma, N.Yoshihara and Y.Xu. Springer 2008, 25-33.
  • "Transitive Closure, Proximity and Intransitivities" (co-authored with Christian Klamler) Economic Theory, Vol. 23 (2004), 175-181.

bovensLuc Bovens (PhD, Minnesota)

Professor

Head of Department

Interests

Ethical Theory, Philosophy of Economics, Philosophy of Public Policy, Rational Choice, Philosophy of Probability.

Selected Publications

  • 'A Lockean Defense of Grandfathering Emission Rights' in: The Ethics of Global Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Ed. by Denis Arnold. pp. 124-144.
  • 'Monty Hall Drives a Wedge between Judy Benjamin and the Sleeping Beauty: a Reply to Bovens' Analysis (2010) 70 (3): 473-481.  (with José Luis Ferreira)  
  • 'Condoms, HIV-Discordant Couples and the Doctrine of Double Effect' Journal of Medical Ethics, 35: 743-6. (2009)
  • 'Apologies'  Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 108: 219-239 (2008)
  • Bayesian Epistemology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003 (with Stephan Hartmann)

bradleyRichard Bradley (PhD, Chicago)

Professor

Interests

Decision Theory; hypothetical reasoning; foundations of economic and social theory. 

Selected Publications

  • Revising Incomplete Attitudes, Synthese, 171 (2): 235-256, 2009
  • Becker's Thesis and Three Models of Preference Change, Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 8(2): 223-242, 2009
  • Belief as Desire Revisited (with Christian List), Analysis, 69: 29-35, 2009
  • Comparing Evaluations, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 108 (1): 85-100, 2008

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Photograph of Nancy CartwrightNancy Cartwright (PhD, UIC)

Professor

Interests

History and philosophy of science (especially physics and economics), causal inference, objectivity in science, and evidence, especially for evidence-based policy.

Selected Publications:

  • Cartwright, Nancy D. 'Models: Parables v Fables' in Beyond Mimesis and Convention: Representation in Art and Science, Roman Frigg, Matthew Hunter eds. In Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy D. ‘How To Do Things with Causes’, APA Presidential Address, APA Proceedings and Addresses, November 2009 83(2).
  • Cartwright, Nancy D. 'Predicting "It Will Work for Us": (Way) Beyond Statistics', Causality in the Sciences, Oxford University Press, 2010, Phyllis McKay Illari, Federica Russo & Jon Williamson (eds). In Press.
  • Cartwright, Nancy D. 'A Philosopher's View of the Long Road from RCTs to Effectiveness', The Lancet (Art of Medicine Section), Vol. 377, 2011, pp. 1400-1401.
  • Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics. Cambridge University Press, 2007

Photograph of Amandine CatalaAmandine Catala (PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder)

LSE Fellow

Interests

Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy and Public Policy, Normative and Applied Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, History of Political Thought.

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Photograph of Franz DietrichFranz Dietrich (DPhil, Oxford)

Ludwig M Lachmann Research Fellow

PhD-Thesis Supervision

Interests

Decision theory from various perspectives (normative, formal, foundational), both on the individual level (e.g. motivation, reasons, change, freedom, unawareness) and the social level (e.g. judgment aggregation). Also: welfare economics, game theory, probability theory and statistics, non-classical logic, mathematical models of terrorism prevention.

Selected Publications

  • "A reason-based theory of rational choice" (with C. List), Noûs, 2011
  • "The possibility of judgment aggregation on agendas with subjunctive implications", Journal of Economic Theory 145(2): 603-638, 2010
  • "Judgment aggregation by quota rules: generalizing majority voting" (with C. List), Journal of Theoretical Politics 19(4): 391-424, 2007
  • "A generalised model of judgment aggregation", Social Choice and Welfare 28: 529-65, 2007
  • "On coherent sets and the transmission of confirmation" (with L. Moretti), Philosophy of Science 72(3): 403-424, 2005
  • "The two-envelope paradox: an axiomatic approach" (with C. List), Mind 114: 239-248, 2005

Photograph of Foad Dizadji-BahmaniFoad Dizadji-Bahmani (PhD, London)

LSE Fellow

Interests

Philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of probability, history of 20th century analytic philosophy (especially Wittgenstein).

Selected Publications

  • 'The Aharanov Approach to Equilibrium', Philosophy of science (proceedings), 78 (5). pp. 976-988, 2011.
  • 'Who is Afraid of Nagelian Reduction?', Erkenntnis, 73 (3). pp. 393-412, 2010, (with R. Frigg and S. Hartmann)
  • 'Confirmation and Reduction: A Bayesian Account', Synthese, 179(2), 321-38, 2011, (with R. Frigg and S. Hartmann)

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Photograph of Roman FriggRoman Frigg (PhD, London)

Reader

Interests

Roman Frigg holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of London and an MSc's both in theoretical physics and philosophy from the University of Basel, Switzerland. His main research interests are in general philosophy of science and philosophy of physics. He has published papers on scientific modelling, quantum mechanics, the foundations of statistical mechanics, randomness, chaos, complexity theory, probability, computer simulations, and he is currently working on book on models and theories.

Selected Publications

  • 'Models and Fiction', Synthese, 172(2), 2010, 251-268.
  • 'Typicality and the Approach to Equilibrium in Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics', Philosophy of Science (Supplement) 76, 2009, 997 – 1008.
  • 'Beyond Mimesis and Nominalism: Representation in Art and Science', Berlin and New York: Springer 2010, Editor (with Matthew Hunter).
  • 'Who's Afraid of Nagelian Reduction', Erkenntnis, 73 (3). pp. 393-412, 2010, with Foad Dizadji-Bahmani and Stephan Hartmann
  • 'Fact and Fiction in the Neuropsychology of Art', forthcoming in Peter Goldie and Elisabeth Schellekens: Philosophy and Aesthetic Psychology, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Photograph of Wulf GaertnerWulf Gaertner (PhD, Bonn)

Visiting Professor

Lectures on the course Rationality and Choice

Interests

Collective choice theory, empirical studies in social choice and the theory of human rationality.

Selected Publications

  • "Reference-Dependent Rankings of Sets in Characteristics Space", together with Yongsheng Xu, Social Choice and Welfare, 37 (4). pp. 717-728, 2011.
  • "Individual Choices in a Non-Consequentialist Framework: A Procedural Approach", together with Yongsheng Xu. In: Arguments for a Better World - Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen, edited by K. Basu and R. Kanbur. Oxford University Press 2009.
  • A Primer in Social Choice Theory. Revised Edition. Oxford University Press 2009.
  • Domain Conditions in Social Choice Theory. Cambridge University Press 2001.

H

howsonColin Howson (PhD, London)

Emeritus Professor

Interests

Science, Euthanasia, Foundations, Philosophy, Logic, Bayesian methodology, Probability

Selected Publications

  • Howson, Colin (2007) Logic with numbers. Synthese, 156 (3). pp. 491-512. ISSN 0039-7857
  • Howson, Colin and Urbach, Peter (2006) Scientific reasoning : the Bayesian approach. Open Court, Chicago. ISBN 081269578X
  • Howson, Colin and Urbach, Peter (2005) Scientific reasoning: The Bayesian approach. Open Court, Chicago, USA. ISBN 081269578X
  • Howson, Colin (2003) Probability and logic. Journal of applied logic, 1 (3-4). pp. 151-165. ISSN 1570-8683

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listChristian List (DPhil, Oxford)

Professor

Interests

Social choice theory; Political theory, formal and normative; Philosophy of science and social science; Theories of democracy and deliberation

Selected Publications

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Photograph of David MakinsonDavid Makinson (DPhil, Oxford)

Visiting Professor

Lectures on the course Set Theory and Further Logic

Interests

Logic and its relations with other disciplines, particularly philosophy and computer science. Recent research: logic of belief change, nonmonotonic reasoning, input/output logics and the logic of normative systems, logical friendliness. Current research: qualitative versus quantitative analyses of uncertain reasoning, relevance criteria for belief change operations.

Selected Publications

  • "Conditional probability in the light of qualitative belief change", pp 105-140 of Probability, Uncertainty and Rationality, Hosni and Montagna eds, CRM Series Vol 10, Edizioni della Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, 2010.
  •  "Propositional relevance through letter-sharing" J. Applied Logic 2009 7: 377-387.
  •  "Levels of belief and nonmonotonic reasoning", pp 341-354 of Degrees of Belief, Huber and Schmidt-Petri eds, Springer 2009.
  • David Makinson, Sets, Logic and Maths for Computing. London: Springer, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84628-844-9).
  • George Kourousias and David Makinson, 'Parallel interpolation, splitting, and relevance in belief change' Journal of Symbolic Logic 72, 2007, pp 994-1002.
  • James Hawthorne and David Makinson, 'The quantitative/qualitative watershed for rules of uncertain inference' Studia Logica 86, 2007 249-299.
  • David Makinson, 'Friendliness and sympathy in logic' Logica Universalis. 2nd edition, ed. J.-Y. Beziau, Basel: Birkhauser Verlag, 2007, pp 195-224.

musholtKristina Musholt (PhD, Berlin)

LSE Fellow

Lectures on the courses Reason, Knowledge and Values; Philosophy of Biological and Cognitive Sciences

Interests

Philosophy of mind and cognitive science, philosophy of language, phenomenology.

Selected Publications

  • "Self-consciousness and nonconceptual content", Philosophical Studies, 2011.
  • "Self-consciousness and intersubjectivity", Grazer Philosophische Studien  84, pp. 75-101.
  • "Facets of Self-Consciousness." Special Issue, Grazer Philosophische Studien 84 (with Katja Crone & Anna Strasser)
  • “How can Searle avoid property dualism? Autoepistemic limitation and epistemic-ontological inference.” (with G. Northoff), Philosophical Psychology 19 (5), 2006.

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Photograph of Miklos RedeiMiklos Redei (PhD, Eötvös)

Reader

Interests

Foundational and philosophical problems of modern physics, quantum logic, general issues in philosophy of science

Selected Publications

  • 'Reichenbachian Common Cause Systems', International Journal of Theoretical Physics 43:1819-1826, 2004 (with G. Hofer-Szabo)
  • 'When can statistical theories be causally closed?', Foundations of Physics 34:1285-303, 2004 (with B. Gyenis)
  • 'Common-causes are not common common-causes', Philosophy of Science 69:623-36, 2002 (with G. Hofer-Szabo, L. Szabo)
  • 'Local Primitive Causality and the Common Cause Principle in quantum field theory', Foundations of Physics 32:335-55, 2002 (M. Redei, S.J. Summers)

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schulzArmin Schulz (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Lecturer

Director of the Doctoral Program

Director of Placement

Interests

Philosophy of Biology (especially evolutionary psychology, cognitive ethology, and the
methodology of biology), Philosophy of Social Science (especially Rational Choice Theory, Game Theory, and the methodology of economics).

Selected Publications

  • "The Adaptive Importance of Cognitive Efficiency: An Alternative Theory of Why We Have Beliefs and Desires", Biology and Philosophy, 2010, 26(1): 31-50.
  • "Gigerenzer's Evolutionary Arguments against Rational Choice Theory: An Assessment", Philosophy of Science, 2011, 78(5): 1272-1282.
  • "Simulation, Simplicity, and Selection: An Evolutionary Perspective on High-Level Mindreading", Philosophical Studies, 2009, 152(2): 271-285.
  • "Risky Business: Evolutionary Theory and Human Attitudes towards Risk – A Reply to Okasha", Journal of Philosophy, 2008, 105(3): 156-165.

steeleKatie Steele (PhD, Sydney)

Lecturer

Interests

Rational and social choice theory, philosophy of probability, environmental philosophy & decision-making.

Selected Publications

  • 'The Precautionary Principle: A new approach to public decision-making?' Law, Probability and Risk 5(1):19-31. 2006.
  • 'Distinguishing indeterminate belief from 'risk-averse' preferences', Synthese, 158(2):189-205, 2007.
  • 'Modelling the Moral Dimension of Decisions', Noûs, 2010, 44(3): 503-529 (with Mark Colyvan and Damien Cox).
  • Uses and Misuses of Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) in Environmental Decision-Making', Risk Analysis, 2009, 29(1): 26-33 (with Y. Carmel, J. Cross and C. Wilcox)

Photograph of Max SteuerMax Steuer

Visiting Fellow

Teaches on the MSc Economics and Philosophy

Interests

Methodology of the social sciences.

Selected Publications

  • "The partially private UK sysem of air traffic control", Journal of Air Transport Management, vol. 16, 2010, pp. 26 - 35.
  • The Scientific Study of Society, Kluwer, 2003.
  • "A Hundred Years of Town Planning and the Influence of Ebenezer Howard", British Journal of Sociology 51(2): 377-86, 2000.
  • "Timing-of-payment conventions for consumer purchases", chapter 9 of Regulation Strategies and Economic Policies, ed. by Daniel, Sami; Arestis, Philip, and Grahl, John, Edward Edgar, 1999, pp. 144-150.
  • "Mathematical Sociology", (with Janet Holland), Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1969.

V

voorhoeveAlex Voorhoeve (PhD, London)

Senior Lecturer

Interests

Political Philosophy, Rational and Social Choice Theory, Moral Philosophy.

Selected Publications

  • "Egalitarianism and the Separateness of Persons," (with Marc Fleurbaey), Utilitas (forthcoming).
  • Conversations on Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • "Why It Matters that Some Are Worse Off Than Others", (with Michael Otsuka), Philosophy & Public Affairs 37 (2009): 171-199.
  • "Scanlon on Substantive Responsibility," Journal of Political Philosophy 16 (2008): 184-200.

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werndlCharlotte Werndl (PhD, Cambridge)

Lecturer

Interests

General philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of biology, philosophy of mathematics, logic

Selected Publications

  • "What are the New Implications of Chaos for Unpredictability?". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 60, pp. 195-220, 2009.
  • "Are Deterministic Descriptions and Indeterministic Descriptions Observationally Equivalent?". Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 40, pp. 232-242, 2009.
  • "Justifying Definitions in Mathematics -- Going Beyond Lakatos". Philosophia Mathematica 17, pp. 313-340, 2009.
  • "Entropy and Probabilities". In: C. Beisbart and S. Hartmann (eds), Probabilities in Physics.  Oxford University Press, 2011 [with R. Frigg].

worrallJohn Worrall (PhD, London)

Professor

Interests

Philosophy of science, especially theory-change in science; 19th century optics; philosophy and methodology of medicine, especially issues concerned with the scope and limits of scientific method in medicine.

Selected Publications

  • 'Do we need some large, simple, randomized trials in medicine?' in M. Suarez, M. Dorato and M. Redei (eds) EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences. Dordrecht: Springer, 2010.
  • 'Error, Tests and Theory Confirmation' in D. Mayo and A. Spanos (eds) Error and Inference. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • "Miracles and Models: Why reports of the death of Structural Realism may be exaggerated", Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, Volume 82, Supplement 61, October 2007, pp 125-154.
  • "Why There's No Cause to Randomize", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 2007; 58(3):451-488.
  • "History and Theory-Confirmation" in J. Worrall and C. Cheyne (eds) Rationality and Reality: Conversations with Alan Musgrave. Pp.31-61 Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2006.
  • "Prediction and the 'periodic law': a rejoinder to Barnes", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 2005; 36: 817-826.

 

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