Dr Luca Moretti

Dr Luca Moretti
Dr Luca Moretti
Dr Luca Moretti

Ph.D (KCL), M.Litt (St Andrews), Laurea (Pisa)

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About
Email Address
l.moretti@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272913
Office Address

Room CB502, Philosophy Department, University of Aberdeen, 50-52 Collrge Bounds, Aberdeen AB24 3DS, Scotland, UK

School/Department
School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History

Biography

I'm a Reader at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Aberdeen, a Visiting Professor at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, and a Member of the Research Group From Perception to Belief and Back Again at the University of Bochum (Germany).

I graduated with an MLitt in Logic & Metaphysics from St Andrews in 1998 and with a PhD in Philosophy from King's College London in 2003. After my graduation with a PhD, I had teaching positions at University College London and King's College London. I did research in formal epistemology at the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz (Germany) and research in metaphysics and philosophical logic at the Centre for Time of the University of Sydney. My first Lectureship was at La Trobe University (Melbourne), which I left for a Lectureship at Aberdeen in 2009. I was a member of the steering committee of the Northern Institute of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen till March 2013. I have been a Visiting Professor at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy since August 2014, and a member of the Research Group From Perception to Belief and Back Again, University of Bochum, since September 2019.

Since September 2015 I'm the Coordinator of Postgraduate Students at the Department of Philosophy. 

Since September 2021 I'm the Research and Impact Lead at the Department of Philosophy. 

Qualifications

  • PhD Philosophy 
    2003 - King's College London 
  • MLitt Logic & Metaphysics 
    1998 - University of St Andrews 
  • Postgraduate Degree History of Science 
    1996 - University of Florence (IT) 
  • Laurea (BA Hons) Philosophy 
    1994 - University of Pisa (IT) 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Centre for Knowledge and Society (CEKAS), University of Aberdeen

Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine (HPSTM), University of Aberdeen

 

External Memberships

Editorial board

The Reasoner

 

Journal consulting board

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy

 

Refereeing and advising activity

Journals 

Acta Analytica, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, British Journal for Philosophy of Science, Dialectica, Erkenntnis, European Journal for Philosophy of Science, Journal of Philosophy, Mind, Philosophers' Imprint, Philosophical Studies, Synthese, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, The Reasoner, Theoria, Thought.


Publishers 

Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge.


Organizations

National University of Ireland (NUI)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Australian Research Council (ARC)

Latest Publications

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Research

Research Overview

General epistemology, social epistemology, philosophy of education, philosophical logic, metaphysics.

Current Research

Perceptual dogmatism and phenomenal conservatism, explanationism, entitlement theory, cognitive penetrability of perception, epistemic goals and values, the aims of education, conceptions of education.

Collaborations

I am a Visiting Professor at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy.

I am a member of the Research Group From Perception to Belief and Back Again, Department of Philosophy, University of Bochum (Germany).

I am a faculty member of the Doctoral Programme of FINO (North-Western Italian Philosophy Consortium).

Funding and Grants

PESGB Large Grant, to visit the Institute of Education, University College London (October 2021).

Visiting Fellowship, Munich Centre for Mathematical Philosophy (Oct-Dec 2012)

Visiting Fellowship, Tilburg Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (Sept-Dec 2011)

Research Grant, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (Sept-Dec 2011)

Research Fellowship, Centre for Time and School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI) of Sydney University (Feb 2008-Feb 2009)

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Centre for Time, University of Sydney (Feb 2006–Feb 2008)

Senior Research Fellowship, the Swedish Research Council (Feb 2006–Feb 2010) DECLINED

Research Fellowship, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz (Sept 2005–Jan 2006)

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Philosophy, Probability and Modeling Research Group (PPM), University of Konstanz (May 2004–Aug 2005).

 

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Supervised Research Students

From Jan 2022: University of Aberdeen, PhD Supervisor of Ms Joyce Fungo. Topic of the thesis: the problem of epistemic value.

From Oct 2020: University of Aberdeen, MLitt by Research Supervisor of Mr Riccardo Ferretti. Topic of the thesis: externalist social coherentism.

From Oct 2017, University of Aberdeen, MLitt by research Supervisor of Mr Jonah Haddad. Topic of thesis: epistemic limitations and uses of wager arguments in knowing reality.

From Oct 2017, University of Aberdeen, PhD Supervisor of Mr Chris Georgakakis. Topic of thesis: cognitive penetration and phenomenal conservatism.

From Oct 2016, University of Aberdeen, Associate PhD Supervisor of Mr Kevin Olivier. Topic of thesis: knowledge and counter-closure. (Graduated)

Oct 2015 - Nov 2016, University of Aberdeen, MLitt by Research Supervisor of Mr Andrea Piazza. Topic of the thesis: issues in evolutionary epistemology. (Graduated)

Jan 2014 - Jan 2015, University of Aberdeen, MLitt by Reasearch Supervisor of Mr Adam Bricker. Topic of the thesis: non-factivity of knowledge. (Graduated)

Oct 2013 - Jan 2019, University of Aberdeen, PhD Supervisor of Mr Peter Hartl. Topic of the thesis: Hume's philosophy of religion and philosophical methodology. (Graduated)

July - Dec 2008, University of Sydney, Associate PhD Supervisor of Miss Sara Neva (visitor from University of Bologna, Italy). Topic of the thesis: reductionism and antireductionism in epistemology of testimony. (Graduated)

 

Courses

University of Aberdeen, Department of Philosophy

Jan - May 2022, Metaphysics and Epistemology, for second year undergraduates, together with Dr Ulrich Stegmann.

Jan - May 2022, Scientific Revolutions and Scientific Rationality, for third- and fourth-year undergraduates.

Sept – Dec 2020, Scepticism, for third and fourth year undergraduates.

Sept – Dec 2020, Mind, Knowledge and Trust, for third year under-graduates, together with Prof Vikki Entwistle, Prof Jesper Kallestrup and Dr Ulrich Stegman.

Sept – Dec 2019, Human and Non-Human Minds, for third-year undergraduates, together with Dr Anna Bortolan and Dr Paula Sweeny.

Sept – Dec 2019, Scientific Revolutions and Scientific Rationality, third and fourth-year undergraduates.

Sept 2018 - May 2019, Undergraduate Dissertation Supervisor.

Sept - Dec 2018, Human and Non-Human Minds, for third-year undergraduates, together with Dr Anna Bortolan and Dr Stephan Torre.

Sept - Dec 2018, Metaphysics and Epistemology, for second-year undergraduates, together with Dr Ulrich Stegmann.

Sept - Dec 2018, Scepticism, for third- and fourth-year undergraduates.

Sept - Dec 2017, Scientific Revolutions and Scientific Rationality, for third- and fourth-year undergraduates.

Jan - May 2017, Scepticism, for fourth-year undergraduates.

Jan - May 2017, Metaphysics, Epistemology and Language, for second year undergraduates, together with Dr Ulrich Stegmann.

Jan - May 2016, Naming and Necessity, for third- and fourth-year undergraduates, together with Dr Toby Meadows.

Jan - May 2016, Theory of Knowledge, for second-year undergraduates.

Sept - Dec 2015, Scepticism, for fourth-year undergraduates.

Jan - May 2015, Theory of Knowledge, for second-year undergraduates.

Sept - Dec 2014, Current Issues in Epistemology, for fourth-year undergraduates.

Sept - Dec 2014, Scepticism, for fourth-year undergraduates.

Oct 2013 - Jan 2014, Scientific Methodology, for third-year undergraduates.

Oct 2013 - Jan 2014, Scepticism, for fourth-year undergraduates. 

Oct 2012 - May 2013, Undergraduate Dissertation Supervisor.

Feb - May 2013, Scientific Methodology, for third- and fourth-year undergraduates.

Feb - May 2013, Knowledge and Mind, for first-year undergraduates, together with Dr Ulrich Stegmann.

Feb - May 2012, Scientific Methodology, for third- and fourth-year undergraduates.

Feb - May 2012, Knowledge and Mind, for first-year undergraduates, together with Dr Ulrich Stegmann.

Feb - May 2011, Contemporary Scepticism, for postgraduates.

Feb - May 2011, Scepticism, for fourth-year undergraduates.

Feb - May 2011, Knowledge and Mind, for first-year undergraduates, together with Dr Ulrich Stegmann.

Feb - May 2011, Scientific Methodology, for third-year undergraduates.

Oct 2010 - May 2011, Undergraduate Dissertation Coordinator.

Oct 2010 - Jan 2011, The Metaphysics of Truth, for fourth-year undergraduates.

Feb - May 2010, Scepticism, for fourth-year undergraduates.

Feb - May 2010, Knowledge and Mind, for first-year undergraduates, together with Dr Ulrich Stegmann.

Oct 2009 - May 2010, Undergraduate Dissertation Supervisor.

Oct - Jan 2009, Scientific Methodology, for third-year undergraduates.

 

La Trobe University, Department of Philosophy

Mar - Jun 2009, Astronomy and Philosophy (introduction to philosophy of science), for first-year undergraduates, together with Dr John Fox and Dr Edoardo Zamuner.

Mar - Jun 2009, Philosophy of Mind and Epistemology, for fourth-year honours students, together with Dr Edoardo Zamuner.

 

University of Sydney, Department of Philosophy

Oct - Nov 2006, Scientific Methodology (as a part of Knowledge, Reason and Action), for second- and third-year undergraduates.


University of Konstanz, Department of Philosophy

Sept - Dec 2005, Contemporary Theories of Truth, for postgraduates.


Kings College London and University College London, Departments of Philosophy

Feb 2002 - Mar 2004, tutorials for undergraduates in Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophical Logic and Philosophy of Science.

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