Postgraduate research - Philosophy In 'Postgraduate research' PhD researchPhD research focus Back to 'Philosophy research' The Department of Philosophy has a vibrant postgraduate community, carrying out research in a broad range of areas. Profiles of some of our current doctoral researchers and details of their research are listed below: Rafael Ambríz González Doctoral researcher PhD title: Philosophy of Psychiatry; Philosophy of Medicine Supervisors: Dr Lisa Bortolotti, Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett, and Dr Henry Taylor PhD Philosophy Bruce P Blackshaw Doctoral researcher PhD title: A critique of psychological accounts of personhood. Supervisors: Jeremy Williams and Heather Widdows PhD Philosophy Mike Brownnutt Doctoral researcher PhD title: The Role of Quasi-Objects in Understanding Science, Religion, and Their Engagement Supervisors: Dr Stephen Jones, Professor Fern Elsdon-Baker, Professor Yujin Nagasawa PhD Philosophy Michael DeVito Doctoral researcher PhD title: Paradoxes & Contradictions: Alternative Approaches to the Foreknowledge and Freedom problem Supervisors: Dr Jussi Suikkanen and Dr Nikk EffinghamPhD Philosophy Gabriel Garmendia da Trindade Doctoral researcher PhD title: Animal rights advocacy, eco-terrorism, and civil disobedience. Supervisors: Heather Widdows and Jeremy Williams Kathleen Murphy-Hollies Doctoral researcher PhD title: Is Confabulation a Concern for the Virtuous Agent? Supervisors: Dr Lisa Bortolotti, Dr Iain Law, and Professor Quassim Cassam PhD Philosophy Seyed Razavi-Nematollahi Doctoral researcher PhD title: Intentionality and Artificial Minds Supervisors: Professor Scott Sturgeon and Dr Maja SpenerPhD Philosophy John Stickles Doctoral researcher PhD title: The Metaphysics of Identity Over Time on a Perdurance ModelSupervisor: Nikk EffinghamPhD Philosophy
Rafael Ambríz González Doctoral researcher PhD title: Philosophy of Psychiatry; Philosophy of Medicine Supervisors: Dr Lisa Bortolotti, Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett, and Dr Henry Taylor PhD Philosophy
Bruce P Blackshaw Doctoral researcher PhD title: A critique of psychological accounts of personhood. Supervisors: Jeremy Williams and Heather Widdows PhD Philosophy
Mike Brownnutt Doctoral researcher PhD title: The Role of Quasi-Objects in Understanding Science, Religion, and Their Engagement Supervisors: Dr Stephen Jones, Professor Fern Elsdon-Baker, Professor Yujin Nagasawa PhD Philosophy
Michael DeVito Doctoral researcher PhD title: Paradoxes & Contradictions: Alternative Approaches to the Foreknowledge and Freedom problem Supervisors: Dr Jussi Suikkanen and Dr Nikk EffinghamPhD Philosophy
Gabriel Garmendia da Trindade Doctoral researcher PhD title: Animal rights advocacy, eco-terrorism, and civil disobedience. Supervisors: Heather Widdows and Jeremy Williams
Kathleen Murphy-Hollies Doctoral researcher PhD title: Is Confabulation a Concern for the Virtuous Agent? Supervisors: Dr Lisa Bortolotti, Dr Iain Law, and Professor Quassim Cassam PhD Philosophy
Seyed Razavi-Nematollahi Doctoral researcher PhD title: Intentionality and Artificial Minds Supervisors: Professor Scott Sturgeon and Dr Maja SpenerPhD Philosophy
John Stickles Doctoral researcher PhD title: The Metaphysics of Identity Over Time on a Perdurance ModelSupervisor: Nikk EffinghamPhD Philosophy