Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Visiting and Research Positions
Visiting Fellow, Studies in Explanatory Power Project, University of Essen, Summer 2014
Chancellor's Fellow, University of Edinburgh (tenure-stream appointment with initial five-year research fellowship; since July 2012)
Early Career Fellowship, Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge (autumn term 2010)
Current Research Interests
Metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of mind.
My research centres on a project that independently raises, and then connects, three issues in the philosophy of mind, epistemology and metaphysics. On the mind side is the question of how to understand the part/whole structure of belief and in particular the question of whether beliefs are properly understood as individuals. On the epistemological side is the question of what it is to know more, or of what it is to improve one's epistemic contact with the world. And on the metaphysics side is the question of what the world is like such that more of it can be known. The questions overlap since as Stalnaker has said "one can never fully disentangle questions about the nature of representation from questions about the nature of what is represented".
Biography
Nick Treanor is a Reader in Philosophy. Before coming to Edinburgh as a Chancellor's Fellow in 2012, he was the Newton Trust Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College. He works in epistemology, the philosophy of mind and metaphysics. He received his PhD in 2009 from Brown University.
Qualifications
Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, Brown University, May 2009
BA Honours, Queen's University, Canada, 1998. First class degree in philosophy.
Websites
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The World in Mind, Brown University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2009
Research Themes and Networks
- Data & Digital
- Future Cities
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Research output
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On the very idea of an elite conceptual scheme
Treanor, N. & Almotahari, M., 15 Aug 2021. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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The importance of investing in physics: The fundamental value of knowledge
Murray, C. & Treanor, N., 2 Feb 2021, In: Physics - Spotlighting Exceptional Research. 14, 17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Atoms and knowledge
Treanor, N., 12 Nov 2020, Atomism in Philosophy: A History From Antiquity to the Present. Zilioli, U. (ed.). 1 ed. Bloomsbury , p. 331-341Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Perspectivalism about knowledge and error
Treanor, N., 12 Dec 2019, Knowledge from a Human Point of View. Crețu, A-M. & Massimi, M. (eds.). Springer, p. 107-121 15 p. (Synthese Library: Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science; vol. 416).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The whence and whither of experience
Treanor, N., 30 Oct 2019, In: Erkenntnis. 84, 5, p. 1119-1138Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Friends in Strange Places: Industry Engagement as Public Philosophy
Nick Treanor (Invited speaker)
5 Dec 2024 → 6 Dec 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The Epistemic Role of Testing and Certification in the Construction Industry (with Bill Hewlett)
Nick Treanor (Invited speaker)
17 Sept 2024 → 19 Sept 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Epistemic Harms and Reparations in Acute Public Disasters
Nick Treanor (Invited speaker)
12 Sept 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The Epistemology of Expertise: New Directions
Nick Treanor (Invited speaker)
30 Aug 2024 → 31 Aug 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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The Epistemic Dimensions of Disaster Ethics: The Grenfell Fire
Nick Treanor (Invited speaker)
20 Jun 2024 → 22 Jun 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Prizes
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Visiting Fellow, Studies in Explanatory Power, University of Duisberg-Essen
Treanor, Nick (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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AHRC/SGSAH Collaborative Doctoral Award for Matthew Wragg
Wragg, M., Treanor, N. & Kasirzadeh, A.
1/10/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Other
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Epistemology of Construction Product Certification
1/01/21 → …
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
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PPLS Pilot Project: Philosophy Think tank
1/08/14 → 31/12/14
Project: University Awarded Project Funding