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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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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Why Demagogues Lie Big
EpistemeContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Epistemic Deferral, Gnoseology and Intellectual Ethics
Asian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 4, no. 1, 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Knowledge-Qua in Groups
Ergo, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 160-184Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Digitally Extended Knowledge
Synthese, vol. 204, 164Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Methods and Skills for Philosophy: An Advanced Guide
Routledge. 240 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Non-Reductive Group Knowledge Revisited
Episteme, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 565-588Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The myth of true lies
Theoria, vol. 89, no. 4, pp. 451-466Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Group virtue epistemology
Synthese, vol. 197, pp. 5233-5251Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Varieties of Cognitive Integration
Nous, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 867-890Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The Epistemology of Testimonal Trust
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 150-174Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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From Epistemic Basing to Epistemic Grounding
Well-Founded Belief: New Essays on the Epistemic Basing Relation. Carter, J. A., Bondy, P. (eds.). 1 edition. Routledge, pp. 251-274, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI:
Groups, Trust and Testimony
Trust in Epistemology. Dormandy, K. (ed.). 1st edition. Routledge, pp. 136-158Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersSocially Extended Epistemology
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. 328 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE]
Extended epistemology
Oxford University Press (OUP), Oxford. 384 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Extended circularity: A new puzzle for extended cognition
Extended Epistemology. Carter, J. A., Clark, A., Kallestrup, J., Palermos, S. O., Pritchard, D. (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 42-63, 22 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Extended epistemology: An introduction
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and Postscripts- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Epistemic supervenience, anti-individualism, and knowledge-first epistemology
Knowledge First: Approaches in Epistemology and Mind. Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 200-222, 23 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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From epistemic anti-individualism to intellectual humility
Res Philosophica, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 533-552Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Brains in vats, causal constraints on reference and semantic externalism
The Brain in a Vat. Goldberg, S. C. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, pp. 37-53, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Extended Cognition and Propositional Memory
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 92, no. 3, pp. 691-714Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Varieties of externalism: Epistemic, content, vehicle
American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. iiContributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE]
Counteractuals, Counterfactuals and Semantic Intuitions
Review of Philosophy and Psychology, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 35-54Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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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:
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Introduction: Logos and Episteme
Logos and Episteme, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 409-411Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Two Notions of Circularity
Inquiry, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 486-512Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Varieties of externalism
Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Issues, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 63-109Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Zalabardo on closure and sensitivity
Teorema, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 117-123Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE]
Virtue epistemology and epistemic twin earth
European Journal of Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 335-357Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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New Waves in Philosophy of Mind
Palgrave Macmillan. 327 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI:
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:
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The epistemology of absence-based inference
Synthese, vol. 190, no. 13, pp. 2573-2593Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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No bare knowledge
Logique et Analyse, vol. 56, no. 223, pp. 333-345Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE]
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Semantic externalism
Taylor and Francis AS. 272 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Bootstrap and rollback: Generalizing epistemic circularity
Synthese, vol. 189, pp. 395-413Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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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:
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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]
