
Chair in Philosophy
- About
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- Email Address
- jesper.kallestrup@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Office CB506, Philosophy Department, University of Aberdeen, 50-52 College Bounds, Aberdeen AB24 3DS, Scotland, UK.
Student consulation hours: Tuesdays 1-2, or by email appoinment.
- School/Department
- School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History
Biography
After receiving my PhD from the University of St Andrews in 2001, followed by postdoctoral fellowships, I was appointed Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in 2005, then promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008, and finally Professor in 2013. During my time at Edinburgh I served as Head of Subject Area, Director of Postgraduate Studies and Head of School. In 2018 I was appointed Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen. In 2020 I decided to return to Scotland to take up a post as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen.
Qualifications
- PhD Philosophy2001 - University of St Andrews
Internal Memberships
Director of Research in the School of DHPA
Programme Director for the MLitt in Philosophy and Society.
Member of the Gifford Lecture Committee
- Research
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Research Overview
I specialise in epistemology and philosophy of mind, but I also have research interests in metaphysics, philosophy of language and philosophical methodology.
Research Areas
Philosophy
Supervision
I welcome applications from prospective PhD and other research students to work primarily in the areas of epistemology and philosophy of mind.
Funding and Grants
AHRC-funded project on Digital Knowledge https://www.digital-knowledge.org
- Teaching
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Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
I'm the Course Coordinator for PH306L - PH406L: SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY.
- Publications
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When do Groups have Evidence?
InquiryContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2025.2521665
A Causal Exclusion Problem for Knowledge-First Epistemology
International Journal of Philosophical StudiesContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2025.2519271
Epistemic Deferral, Gnoseology and Intellectual Ethics
Asian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 4, no. 1, 62Contributions to Journals: ArticlesKnowledge-Qua in Groups
Ergo, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 160-184Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDigitally Extended Knowledge
Synthese, vol. 204, 164Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMethods and Skills for Philosophy: An Advanced Guide
Routledge. 240 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksNon-Reductive Group Knowledge Revisited
Episteme, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 565-588Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCounterfactuals, irrelevant semifactuals and the $1.000.000 bet
InquiryContributions to Journals: ArticlesThe myth of true lies
Theoria, vol. 89, no. 4, pp. 451-466Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.12466
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20834/1/Kallestrup_T_The_Myth_Of_VoR.pdf
Group virtue epistemology
Synthese, vol. 197, pp. 5233-5251Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1225-7
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