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
I'm currently on research leave.
Latest Publications
Genuine Generalism: Conspiracy Theories and Epistemic Authority
SyntheseContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05325-8
Why Demagogues Lie Big
EpistemeContributions to Journals: ArticlesVirtuous Deferral
NoûsContributions to Journals: ArticlesA Causal Exclusion Problem for Knowledge-First Epistemology
International Journal of Philosophical StudiesContributions to Journals: ArticlesWhen do Groups have Evidence?
InquiryContributions to Journals: Articles
- 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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Teaching Responsibilities
I teach courses in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophical methodology.
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
I'm currently on research leave.
- Publications
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Varieties of externalism: Epistemic, content, vehicle
American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. iiContributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Counteractuals, Counterfactuals and Semantic Intuitions
Review of Philosophy and Psychology, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 35-54Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-015-0233-8
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Knowing from not knowing
Uncovering Facts and Values: Studies in Contemporary Epistemology and Political Philosophy. Kuzniar, A., Odrowaz-Sypniewska, J. (eds.). Brill Rodopi, pp. 41-55, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004312654_004
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Introduction: Logos and Episteme
Logos and Episteme, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 409-411Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/logos-episteme20167440
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Two Notions of Circularity
Inquiry, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 486-512Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2015.1026391
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Varieties of externalism
Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Issues, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 63-109Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phis.12026
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Zalabardo on closure and sensitivity
Teorema, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 117-123Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Virtue epistemology and epistemic twin earth
European Journal of Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 335-357Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0378.2011.00495.x
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New Waves in Philosophy of Mind
Palgrave Macmillan. 327 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137286734
The power, and limitations, of virtue epistemology
Powers and Capacities in Philosophy: The New Aristotelianism. Greco, J., Groff, R. (eds.). Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 248-269, 22 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203075609
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The epistemology of absence-based inference
Synthese, vol. 190, no. 13, pp. 2573-2593Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-013-0255-7
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No bare knowledge
Logique et Analyse, vol. 56, no. 223, pp. 333-345Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSemantic externalism
Taylor and Francis AS. 272 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203830024
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Bootstrap and rollback: Generalizing epistemic circularity
Synthese, vol. 189, pp. 395-413Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-9990-9
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Counterfactuals and downward causation: A reply to Zhong
Analysis, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 513-517Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/ans070
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Robust virtue epistemology and epistemic anti-individualism
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 84-103Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0114.2011.01417.x
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Actually-rigidified descriptivism revisited
Dialectica, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 5-21Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-8361.2011.01278.x
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Introduction: Social Cognitive Ecology and Its Role in Social Epistemology
Episteme, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-5Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/epi.2011.0002
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Recent work on McKinsey's paradox
Analysis, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 157-171Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anq094
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Being reduced: New essays on reduction, explanation, and causation
Oxford University Press (OUP). 336 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211531.001.0001
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Conceivability, rigidity and counterpossibles
Synthese, vol. 171, no. 3, pp. 377-386Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-008-9319-5
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Synthese: Introduction
Synthese, vol. 171, no. 3, pp. 357-358Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-008-9329-3
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Reliabilist justification: Basic, easy, and brute
Acta Analytica, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 155-171Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-009-0053-5
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Knowledge-wh and the problem of convergent knowledge
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 468-476Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1933-1592.2009.00251.x
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If omniscient beings are dialetheists, then so are anti-realists
Contributions to Journals: Short Survey- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus