Here's a list of my papers which you can also find at my Philpapers page.
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Evidential Knowledge First
forthcoming. Synthese Evidentialism 2025. The Blackwell Companion to Epistemology, ed. Kurt Sylvan, Blackwell. Read here. How to combine Evidentialism with knowledge first epistemology.
2025. for Evidentialism at its 40: new arguments, new angles, ed. McCain Kevin, Routledge. Read here |
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Can epistemic paternalistic practices make us better epistemic agents?
2024. Educational Theory. Published version here. |
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Evidential Internalism and Evidential Externalism
2024. The Routledge Handbook for The Philosophy of Evidence, eds. Maria Lasonen-Aarnio and Clayton Littlejohn, Routledge. Read here. |
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Refuting two dilemmas for infallibilism. (with Maria Lasonen-Aarnio)
2022. Philosophical Studies. Published version here. Jessica Brown has a response to this paper here |
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Evidence, Risk, and Proof Paradoxes: Pessimism about the Epistemic Project
2021, The International Journal of Evidence and Proof. Published version here. Duncan Pritchard has a response to this paper here |
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No Infelicity for the Infallibilist
2021. Theoria: the international Swedish Philosophy Journal Published version here. |
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Reflective Access, Closure, and Epistemological Disjunctivism
2019. Episteme. Published version here. |
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Reassessing the Case Against Evidential Externalism (with Aidan McGlynn)
2018. The Factive Turn in Epistemology, ed. V. Mitova, Cambridge University Press. Read here. |
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Other Writings
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In progress at different stages or under review (titles omitted). Email me for drafts.
Epistemology
I have papers on the following topics:
1) The practice of demanding evidence from speakers
2) A new puzzle for questioning-attitudes
3) Norms of evidence-gathering and epistemic ostriching (with Joshua Rowan Thorpe)
Philosophy of Law and Ethics
5) On sexual consent (with Joshua Rowan Thorpe)
6) On the special status of legal testimony Topics (a follow up to the paper published in The International Journal of Evidence and Proof)
7) On probabilities, normalcy, and environmental risk (based on a talk I gave at COP26, Glasgow)
I have papers on the following topics:
1) The practice of demanding evidence from speakers
2) A new puzzle for questioning-attitudes
3) Norms of evidence-gathering and epistemic ostriching (with Joshua Rowan Thorpe)
Philosophy of Law and Ethics
5) On sexual consent (with Joshua Rowan Thorpe)
6) On the special status of legal testimony Topics (a follow up to the paper published in The International Journal of Evidence and Proof)
7) On probabilities, normalcy, and environmental risk (based on a talk I gave at COP26, Glasgow)
Upcoming talks
- **Rational Closed Questions. Normativity workshop. Madrid, 22-23 May 2026
- **TBA. University of Glasgow, 4-5 June 2026
- **Wide epistemic states and the problem of inferential knowledge. Vogelian Themese: Bootstrapping, Closure, Lotteries, IBE, and Skepticism, at University of St Tomas Friedericton, Canada, 10Th -12th June, 2026
Selected Recent Presentations (*peer reviewed) (**invited speaker)
**Uncomfortable questions. Workshop in Logic and epistemology. Universitá del Piemonte Orientale
*Uncomfortable questions. Workshop on Many Faces of Inquiry, Univerisity of Helsinki
**Uncomfortable questions. Workshop on Jesus Navarro’s themes, NOVA University, Lisbon, July 2025
**Uncomfortable questions. Girona Evidence Week, panel on "Legal evidence from the perspective of social epistemology", University of Girona, See details of the Girona evidence week here , 2nd-6th June
**When should we dogmatise?, Epistemic Norms and Epistemic Capacities Conference, University of Lisbon, See details of conference here, May 2025
*What does sexual consent supervene on? SAFI 5th Annual Conference, Glasgow, Sept 2024
** How to combine evidentialism with knowledge-first epistemology, Evidentialism at its 40, University of St Tomas Friedericton, Canada, June 2024
**What does sexual consent Supervene on? Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy, Feb 2024
**When should I ostrich?, University of Zurich, 27 Sept 2023
Knowledge-first Evidentialism, St Andrews, Scottish Early Career Epistemology, August 23
**Do we need another notion of risk? (with Claire Field), Varieties of Risk Final Workshop, June 23
**Inferential knowledge-first?, Knowledge and Society, COGITO, University of Glasgow, 14 June 23
**(When) should I ostrich?, Digital Knowledge, University of Aberdeen, March 2023
**Sex, Consent, and Patriarchy (w Joshua Rowan Thorpe), Workshop in language and knowledge, University of Edinburgh, Jan 2023
**Sex, Consent, and Patriarchy (w Joshua Rowan Thorpe), Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Bristo, June 2022
* 'On trust, evidentialism, and standpoint theories'. European Epistemology Network, University of Glasgow, June 2022
**Testimony, Competence, and Communication in the Law, Stirling Visiting Speaker Seminar, University of Stirling, 2022
*Testimony, Competence, and Communication in the Law, SIFA2021, Noto (online)
**Testimony, Competence, and Communication in the Law, LanCog Social Epistemology Workshop, Lisbon University, May 2021
Why Testimony is enough, Ethics Work In Progress Seminar, University of Edinburgh, March 2021
Departmental Work in Progress Meeting, University of Edinburgh, Feb 2021
** No infelicity for the Infallibilist, Online WIP workshop on skepticism, Vrije Univerisity/UNAM University, Jan 2021
** A dilemma for inquiry-first epistemology? Philosophers Meet Critics: symposium on Chris Kelp "Inquiry, knowledge, and understanding", CONCEPT Cologne, Jan 2021
* 'Evidence, proof, and institutional injustice', Edinburgh Legal Theory Group, University of Edinburgh, UK, Oct 2020
**'How Testimony and Rational Trust are intertwined', Online Cogito Work in Progress Seminar, Glasgow University, 2020
**'Come essere un'evidenzialista'. Analisi Filosofica, University of Pavia, Italy, 2020
**'Evidence, proof and Institutional injustice', Responsibility, Knowledge, and Belief, ERC Project Roots of Responsibility, UCL, 2019
*'Testimonial Evidence and Proof Paradoxes'. Legal Philosophy Workshop, University of Surrey School of Law, UK, 2019
**'On Infallibilism and Underdetermination'. Cogito Seminar, University of Glasgow, UK, 2019
**'On The Infelicity Problem for Probability 1 Infallibilism'. Symposium on Jessica Brown's 'Fallibilism: Evidence and Knowledge', as part of Knowledge and Evidence Conference, University of Glasgow, UK 2019
**'Rethinking the Relationship between Evidence, Justification, and Knowledge'. Philosophy Seminar, University of Tampere, 2019
**'Rethinking the Relationship between Evidence, Justification, and Knowledge' Theoretical Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Helsinki, 2018
*'What Evidentialism?'. European Epistemology Network Conference, Vrije University of Amsterdam, 2018
**Evidence-first vs. Knowledge-first Evidentialism'. Knowledge-First: Themes from Tim Williamson, University of Cardiff, UK, 2018
*Internalism as Mentalism: How Well Motivated? How Much Internalism?. 12th CSSiP with Conee & Feldman, University of Cologne, 2017
*Infallibilism, E=K, and The Sceptical Threat. 9th ECAP meeting, LMU Munich, 2017
On the Sceptical Implications of Infallibilism. The Ockham Society, University of Oxford, 2017
*Troubles for Epistemological Disjunctivism. New Trends in Epistemology, University of Pavia, 2017
*Troubles for Epistemological Disjunctivism. Perception & Justified Belief, Ruhr-University Bochum, 2017
**Evidence and Conspiracy Theories. (Guest Lecturer) Oxbridge Academic Program, University of Oxford, 2017
*Why E=K is OK: A Response to Silins. XXV SIUCC: SEFA’s Workshop on Timothy Williamson, University of Valencia, 2016
*The Access Problem for E=K. Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy, SIFA2016 Conference, Pistoia, 2016
*Evidential Externalism and the Armchair Access Problem. 6th Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy, Salzburg, 2016
*Self-Knowledge Through Imagination. Evidence and Imagination Conference, University of Graz, 2016
*A Paradox for Epistemological Disjunctivism. 3rd Conference by Women in Philosophy, Vrije University of Amsterdam, 2016
A Response in Epistemology, WIP MA Series, University of Edinburgh, 2015
Knowledge and The Ethics of Assertion, 4th EthicsFest, University of Edinburgh, 2015
**Uncomfortable questions. Workshop in Logic and epistemology. Universitá del Piemonte Orientale
*Uncomfortable questions. Workshop on Many Faces of Inquiry, Univerisity of Helsinki
**Uncomfortable questions. Workshop on Jesus Navarro’s themes, NOVA University, Lisbon, July 2025
**Uncomfortable questions. Girona Evidence Week, panel on "Legal evidence from the perspective of social epistemology", University of Girona, See details of the Girona evidence week here , 2nd-6th June
**When should we dogmatise?, Epistemic Norms and Epistemic Capacities Conference, University of Lisbon, See details of conference here, May 2025
*What does sexual consent supervene on? SAFI 5th Annual Conference, Glasgow, Sept 2024
** How to combine evidentialism with knowledge-first epistemology, Evidentialism at its 40, University of St Tomas Friedericton, Canada, June 2024
**What does sexual consent Supervene on? Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy, Feb 2024
**When should I ostrich?, University of Zurich, 27 Sept 2023
Knowledge-first Evidentialism, St Andrews, Scottish Early Career Epistemology, August 23
**Do we need another notion of risk? (with Claire Field), Varieties of Risk Final Workshop, June 23
**Inferential knowledge-first?, Knowledge and Society, COGITO, University of Glasgow, 14 June 23
**(When) should I ostrich?, Digital Knowledge, University of Aberdeen, March 2023
**Sex, Consent, and Patriarchy (w Joshua Rowan Thorpe), Workshop in language and knowledge, University of Edinburgh, Jan 2023
**Sex, Consent, and Patriarchy (w Joshua Rowan Thorpe), Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Bristo, June 2022
* 'On trust, evidentialism, and standpoint theories'. European Epistemology Network, University of Glasgow, June 2022
**Testimony, Competence, and Communication in the Law, Stirling Visiting Speaker Seminar, University of Stirling, 2022
*Testimony, Competence, and Communication in the Law, SIFA2021, Noto (online)
**Testimony, Competence, and Communication in the Law, LanCog Social Epistemology Workshop, Lisbon University, May 2021
Why Testimony is enough, Ethics Work In Progress Seminar, University of Edinburgh, March 2021
Departmental Work in Progress Meeting, University of Edinburgh, Feb 2021
** No infelicity for the Infallibilist, Online WIP workshop on skepticism, Vrije Univerisity/UNAM University, Jan 2021
** A dilemma for inquiry-first epistemology? Philosophers Meet Critics: symposium on Chris Kelp "Inquiry, knowledge, and understanding", CONCEPT Cologne, Jan 2021
* 'Evidence, proof, and institutional injustice', Edinburgh Legal Theory Group, University of Edinburgh, UK, Oct 2020
**'How Testimony and Rational Trust are intertwined', Online Cogito Work in Progress Seminar, Glasgow University, 2020
**'Come essere un'evidenzialista'. Analisi Filosofica, University of Pavia, Italy, 2020
**'Evidence, proof and Institutional injustice', Responsibility, Knowledge, and Belief, ERC Project Roots of Responsibility, UCL, 2019
*'Testimonial Evidence and Proof Paradoxes'. Legal Philosophy Workshop, University of Surrey School of Law, UK, 2019
**'On Infallibilism and Underdetermination'. Cogito Seminar, University of Glasgow, UK, 2019
**'On The Infelicity Problem for Probability 1 Infallibilism'. Symposium on Jessica Brown's 'Fallibilism: Evidence and Knowledge', as part of Knowledge and Evidence Conference, University of Glasgow, UK 2019
**'Rethinking the Relationship between Evidence, Justification, and Knowledge'. Philosophy Seminar, University of Tampere, 2019
**'Rethinking the Relationship between Evidence, Justification, and Knowledge' Theoretical Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Helsinki, 2018
*'What Evidentialism?'. European Epistemology Network Conference, Vrije University of Amsterdam, 2018
**Evidence-first vs. Knowledge-first Evidentialism'. Knowledge-First: Themes from Tim Williamson, University of Cardiff, UK, 2018
*Internalism as Mentalism: How Well Motivated? How Much Internalism?. 12th CSSiP with Conee & Feldman, University of Cologne, 2017
*Infallibilism, E=K, and The Sceptical Threat. 9th ECAP meeting, LMU Munich, 2017
On the Sceptical Implications of Infallibilism. The Ockham Society, University of Oxford, 2017
*Troubles for Epistemological Disjunctivism. New Trends in Epistemology, University of Pavia, 2017
*Troubles for Epistemological Disjunctivism. Perception & Justified Belief, Ruhr-University Bochum, 2017
**Evidence and Conspiracy Theories. (Guest Lecturer) Oxbridge Academic Program, University of Oxford, 2017
*Why E=K is OK: A Response to Silins. XXV SIUCC: SEFA’s Workshop on Timothy Williamson, University of Valencia, 2016
*The Access Problem for E=K. Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy, SIFA2016 Conference, Pistoia, 2016
*Evidential Externalism and the Armchair Access Problem. 6th Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy, Salzburg, 2016
*Self-Knowledge Through Imagination. Evidence and Imagination Conference, University of Graz, 2016
*A Paradox for Epistemological Disjunctivism. 3rd Conference by Women in Philosophy, Vrije University of Amsterdam, 2016
A Response in Epistemology, WIP MA Series, University of Edinburgh, 2015
Knowledge and The Ethics of Assertion, 4th EthicsFest, University of Edinburgh, 2015
