Nicholas Emmerson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Philosophical Progress Lab, University of Iceland. My research concerns the intersection of metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of science. Details can be found here: https://nicholasemmersonphilosophy.weebly.com.
- Reposted by Nicholas EmmersonTrump shenanigans contributing to Iceland decision to hold a referendum on joining the European Union. It will be the 11th non-EU country to apply to join. If this continues, Britain will be almost alone in Europe in being outside the EU, isolated, poorer and weaker.
- Reposted by Nicholas EmmersonA weirdly underappreciated problem about Inference to the Best Explanation is how it can handle uncertain evidence. This new paper, now forthcoming in Philosophy of Science, proposes a strategy for doing that (and argues that Einstein may have used it). #philsky #philsci doi.org/10.1017/psa....
- Curious why my latest paper left one notable astrobiologist "unpleasantly surprised"? Follow the link and you might just find out! #philsci #philsky #astrobiology www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
