Areas of Specialisation

Philosophy of Computing, Philosophy of Cognitive Science and AI, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Realism & Anti-Realism, Hilary Putnam, Categories & Kinds, Vagueness

Areas of Expertise

Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Science, Ethics, Ethics of Technology and Information, Free Will, Early Analytic Philosophy, Kant, Rousseau

Areas of Current Research Activity

I am trying to work on a number of things and if you are working on similar matters, I should be glad to hear from you.

Philosophy of Mind & Language:

• Introductory Book on "AI: The Basic Problems"
• Theory of computing, especially within the philosophy of mind: computationalism, hypercomputing, digital states, pancomputationalism
• Vagueness (in relation to categorisation and to computing)
• Nonconceptual content
• Putnam's concept of "conceptual relativity" and anti-realism in general

Ethics of Information

• "Should there be forbidden knowledge?", "Should everybody know everything?"
• Privacy in the computation age

Some of my writing on these questions (and others) can be found on the publications page.