Research projects

Our current work includes projects on consciousness, biodiversity, semantics and the history of philosophy.

Explore our research projects

The Age of Metaphysical Revolution

David Lewis and His Place in the History of Analytic Philosophy.

Cooperation and equality

This project takes a fresh look at the connections between cooperation and equality.

BIOMOT

BIOMOT is a €3m project on biodiversity, spanning several European institutions.

The Foundations of Ontology

OUR AHRC-funded project investigates whether philosophy can answer ontological questions.

Knowledge of Emotion: Expression and Social Cognition

We explore what can be learned from people's expressions and movements.

Exploring issues in semantics

This exploratory project looks at indexicals, propositional attitude reports and quotation.

Samuel Alexander

His life, his works and his correspondence.

The Emotions of Others - Documentary Essay

Directed by artists Jacob Cartwright & Nick Jordan, 'The Emotions of Others' forms part of the AHRC 'Knowledge of Emotion: Expression and Social Cognition' project (2012-2015), undertaken at The University of Manchester.

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