![Dr Stephan Torre Dr Stephan Torre](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/s06st2/avatar/2FWbxCN0Lb7DHGheQfD7fx1DPjMUqSI7K7hYp7YH.jpeg)
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- stephan.torre@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272769
- Office Address
CB501, 50-52 College Bounds
- School/Department
- School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History
Biography
Prior to coming to Aberdeen, I was a post-doc with the PERSP project and a member of LOGOS at the University of Barcelona. Before that I was a Junior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford. I received my PhD in 2008 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. My dissertation advisor was Phillip Bricker.
Latest Publications
Knowledge of the Future and Reliable Belief-Forming Processes
Australasian Journal of PhilosophyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2024.2381677
- [ONLINE] https://philpapers.org/rec/TORKOT-4
Critical Notice: The Open Future: Why future contingents are all false By Patrick Todd (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Pp. xi + 212.)
The Philosophical QuarterlyContributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesWondering about the Future
Philosophical Studies, vol. 179, pp. 2449–2473Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDe Se Puzzles and Frege Puzzles
Inquiry (United Kingdom), vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 50-76Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Growing Block, the Open Future, and Future Truths
Disputatio, vol. 13, no. 63, pp. 423-432Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://philarchive.org/rec/TORTGB
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2021-0024
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- Research
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Research Overview
Most of my research falls into one of two areas: first-person thought and the philosophy of time.
In first-person thought, I am interested in arguments for and against uniquely de se content, the role of de se content in action explanation, modelling de se communication and updating, and the relation between de se content and the nature of the self. From 2016 to 2019, I was Principal Investigator for the Leverhulme International Network Project What’s So Special about First-Person Thought? Details on the project are available here.
In philosophy of time, I am interested in debates about the nature of persistence, debates about the ontology of time, questions concerning in what sense the future is open, and questions about how temporal experience squares with our best physical theories of time. Recently I am particularly interested in the inter-relation between the metaphysics of the future, the semantics of future contingents, and future-directed attitudes such as knowledge, belief, and uncertainty about the future.
I welcome enquires from prospective postgraduate students interested in researching these (or related) topics.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Philosophy.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Philosophy
Accepting PhDs - Teaching
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