Main Interests

(This is a bit out of date. Recently, I’ve been more interested in philosophy of physics, methodological pluralism, and non-naturalist principles of normativity.)

My research is in two main areas:

• philosophy of statistical inference, with some sidelines in philosophy of probability and other parts of mathematics;
• applications of philosophy of science to research policy, especially as it affects Evidence-Based Medicine.

See Main Interests Chatty Version for a 5-minute talk on my interests in foundations of statistics.

When teaching, I specialise in philosophy of science. But more specifically, I’ve taught:

• cosmology
• ethics
• decision theory
• philosophy of mind
• logic
• general philosophy of science, especially realism
• history of analytic philosophy
• history of science (mainly physics and genetics)
• philosophy of probability and statistics
• philosophy of medicine
• philosophy and sociology of biology
• philosophy and sociology of information technology
• exobiology and (as one-offs) a few other areas. For more detail, see Philosophy Courses. Jason