Chair in Philosophy
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- Email Address
- jesper.kallestrup@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Office CB506, Philosophy Department, 黑料网, 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 黑料网.
Qualifications
- PhD Philosophy2001 - University of St Andrews
Internal Memberships
PGR Programme Director
PH306L/PH406L Social Epistemology, Course Coordinator
PH5069 Philosophy and Society, Course Coordinator
PH5571 Readings in Philosophy and Society, Course Coordinator
Latest Publications
When do Groups have Evidence?
Inquiry, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 1551-1568Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Virtuous Deferral
狈辞没蝉, e70041Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Counterfactuals, irrelevant semifactuals and the $1.000.000 bet
Inquiry, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 1122-1138Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A Causal Exclusion Problem for Knowledge-First Epistemology
International Journal of Philosophical Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 148-171Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Genuine Generalism: Conspiracy Theories and Epistemic Authority
Synthese, vol. 206, 278Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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- 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
Supervision
Current PGR students:
Edoardo Cavasin
Jim Sigailov-Lanfranchi
King Fung Chan
Sriram Raghavan
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
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
Teaching Responsibilities
I teach courses in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophical methodology.
- Publications
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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:
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Actually-rigidified descriptivism revisited
Dialectica, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 5-21Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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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:
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Recent work on McKinsey's paradox
Analysis, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 157-171Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Being reduced: New essays on reduction, explanation, and causation
Oxford University Press (OUP). 336 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Conceivability, rigidity and counterpossibles
Synthese, vol. 171, no. 3, pp. 377-386Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Synthese: Introduction
Synthese, vol. 171, no. 3, pp. 357-358Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Reliabilist justification: Basic, easy, and brute
Acta Analytica, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 155-171Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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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:
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If omniscient beings are dialetheists, then so are anti-realists
Contributions to Journals: Short Survey- [ONLINE]
