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(This is a bit out of date.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