Research groups

Our staff and postgraduate students work together in collaborative research groups that have common themes.

Language and Experience in 20th Century Philosophy Moral sciences group photo at Cambridge

Language and Experience in 20th Century Philosophy

Since the late nineteenth century much philosophy has been dominated by the so-called ‘linguistic turn’, according to which central questions in metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics need to be examined through the lens of language.

Law and Justice in Private and Public Life Jurisdiction Lady justice

Ethics, Law and Justice in Private and Public Life

Public officials must navigate a network of interlinking norms and duties: legal, social, moral, religious, political and personal.

and the Human Condition Composite image of woman and trees

Speculative Futures: Mind, Meaning, and the Human Condition

A foundational question of philosophy is: what gives life meaning? Yet, rapid developments in Artificial Intelligence, bioengineering and environmental conditions all suggest that what counts as the meaningful life, and what even counts as life, must be reinvestigated.

Social Imagination Collective Jennifer Vanderpool, Youngstown to Liverpool, 2020

Social Imagination Collective

What do neglected forms of social imagination add to the project of achieving a better social world? Our work combines approaches from social epistemology, aesthetics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind and emotions.