Here you can find out the university courses I have taught and designed, as well as some tips on philosophical writing. I also really enjoy teaching philosophy to younger students as well as adults. To find out more about it, see Impact & Outreach.
As Course organiser and lecturer:
- An introduction to Digital Knowledge (MOOC in collaboration with with Coursera)
- Philosophy of Law
University of Glasgow, Fall 2023 - Themes in Epistemology, Course Organiser
Year 3 Undergraduate, University of Edinburgh, Fall 2021 - Ethics, Epistemology, and Normativity Co-course organiser and co-course intructor (with Jaakko Hirvelä).
Masters Seminar, University of Helsinki, Spring 2020. - Philosophy of Evidence in Epistemology and The Law (Invited lecturer and course organiser)
Two-day workshop, Maastricht University, School of Law, June 2019.
For this two-day workshop I have designed two lectures and one seminar, both aimed at Law students with no philosophy background. You can find details of the event here. Slides and handouts available upon request. - Evidence and Conspiracy Theories (Invited Lecturer)
Oxbridge Academic Program in Philosophy, University of Oxford, April 2017. Slides available upon request.
- Philosophy of Science 1 (Undergraduate, University of Edinburgh, Fall 2016, Fall 2017)*
- The Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment (Undergraduate, University of Edinburgh, Spring 2016)
- Logic 1 (Undergraduate, University of Edinburgh, Fall 2015, Spring 2018)
- Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, Epistemology, and Gender Theories (Sutton Trust Summer School 2016, University of Edinburgh)
On writing philosophy
Writing philosophy is a difficult business. Even more so, if you are writing in a language that is not your native one. I have attached here some guidelines on how to write a philosophy essay. I cover the writing process from choosing the topic, to writing the paper, to celebrating once the paper is done! Two points worth making. First, this document focuses on writing analytic philosophy essays. I don't think this is the only way of writing philosophy, but it's the one I work with and the one I am teaching. Second, I wrote this up with Undergraduate philosophy students in mind, but, hopefully, it'll be of interest to anyone dealing with academic writing. As you will notice, a lot of attention is devoted to how to write clearly. I like to sum up the discussion on this topic with the following three maxims:
1. Everything you do can be a political choice. Writing is no exception:
a. Write as clearly and accessibly as possible
b. Never assume the reader knows or should know what you are talking about.
2. Writing is a selfless exercise: it’s not really about you, it’s about the reader!
3. Write as if you were talking to someone who cannot reply you back
Please feel free to get in touch with comments, advice, and questions. I hope you enjoy it! If you can't see the file below, click here.
1. Everything you do can be a political choice. Writing is no exception:
a. Write as clearly and accessibly as possible
b. Never assume the reader knows or should know what you are talking about.
2. Writing is a selfless exercise: it’s not really about you, it’s about the reader!
3. Write as if you were talking to someone who cannot reply you back
Please feel free to get in touch with comments, advice, and questions. I hope you enjoy it! If you can't see the file below, click here.
Writing philosophy in English as a non-native
I am currently collecting some thoughts on how to write analytic philosophy in English when you are not a native speaker of English. I will share the challenges I found when I started my PhD in Edinburgh, the difficulties I still find, and how I have tried/ have been trying to overcome them. More on this soon!