People
Our disciplinary expertise covers an array of specialisms.
Dr Bamford works in 19th Century European philosophy and in ethics, including in bioethics. She has additional research expertise in African philosophy and in social and political philosophy. She is currently working on several book projects on Nietzsche’s experimentalism, on Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, and on the politics of identity.
Roger’s primary research interest is in epistemology. He is currently working on the connection between belief-contextualism and Sextus Empiricus's Pyrrhonian scepticism.
Joseph's research focuses on the metaphysics of time and the metaphysics of persons. He is interested in the overlap between philosophy and theology with respect to these areas. He has begun a project on the metaphysics of theological anthropology. The goal of the project is to provide a theologically informed metaphysics of the human person.
Matyáš works on connections between the philosophy of religion, philosophy of time, and the philosophy of Henri Bergson. He is primarily interested in ways in which historical authors can contribute to contemporary discussions about the experience of time, especially across the continental/analytic divide.
Joe works on topics in the philosophy of science (evidence, holism, scientific realism) and in naturalised epistemology (reasoning / inference, psychologism, methodological debates).
Much of Dr Watkins' research focuses on ethical questions arising from the wrongs of the past. He has examined the nature and value of forgiveness, particularly in deeply divided societies. He is currently working on the ethics of reparation.
Dr Whitten works in political theory and philosophy. Her main areas of research include neo-republicanism, the politics of recognition, and issues surrounding freedom of speech and hate speech. She is currently working on a book with Palgrave Macmillan entitled 'A Republican Theory of Free Speech'.