I received my PhD for A defense of the Kaplanian theory of sentence-truth in 2010 from the University of St Andrews. I had already taken a position at NIP in 2009 so that last year was tough!

My post at NIP is 50% research and 50% academic administration - a combination I love as I work best when I have too much to do and am under pressure. Helping to run NIP ensures that there is always too much to do.

I have mainly worked on Philosophy of Language and in particular on issues concerning relativism and contextualism. I suppose this work will continue as NIP has recently received a £250000 Leverhulme award for a project on Relativism and Rational Tolerance, of which I am a co-investigator. Also I have recently become interested in Testimony and intend to work on that in the near future.

I am a board member of the FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network, PETAF, the first research and training network exclusively in philosophy to be financed by the European Commission.

When I am not working I enjoy cooking, traveling and reading. I am trying to learn Italian and, one day, would love to have the time to learn to play the guitar.

My office is OBF17 in the Old Brewery, High Street, Aberdeen. AB24 3UB. You can call me on +44 1224 272357 or contact me by email at p.sweeney@abdn.ac.uk

Publications

Indexicals and Utterance Production, forthcoming in Philosophical Studies (co-authored with Dylan Dodd)