TEACHING
In Cambridge, I supervise undergraduate students for several constituent colleges of the university, and postgraduate students (MPhil in Philosophy) for the Faculty of Philosophy. I act as an assessor for both undergraduate and postgraduate work (MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine) for the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. For the Faculty of Biology, I supervise students and asses work in the pre-clinical part of Cambridge’s Medicine Course.
For the TUM School of Medicine at the Technical University of Munich, I co-supervise two PhD students.
I supervise for the following modules:
- Ethics: Early Modern Moral Philosophy, Helping and Harming, Moral Psychology, Normative Powers, Virtue Ethics
- Metaphysics: Causation, Free will, Induction and Miracles, Mind and Matter, Personal Identity
- Philosophy of Mind: Consciousness, Epistemology of Mind, Intentionality and Mental Representation, Mental Faculties
- Political Philosophy and Ethics: Equality of Opportunity, Metaethics, Moral Psychology, Normative Ethics, Political Obligation and Authority
- Social and Ethical Context of Health & Illness: Professionalism in Medicine, Justice in Healthcare, Ethics in Medical Research
Ethics
Early Modern Moral Philosophy
- voluntarism
- rationalism
- sentimentalism
Helping and Harming
- demands of beneficence
- aggregation
- contractualism
Moral Psychology
- moral motivation
- moral learning
- practical reasoning
Normative Powers
- consent
- promise
Virtue Ethics
- doctrine of the mean
- reason and habits
- social psychology
Metaphysics
Causation
- David Hume’s view of causation
- causes and events
- conditions and counterfactuals
Free Will
- freedom and determinism
- fatalism
Induction and Miracles
- inductive inferences
- deductive inferences
- natural laws
- statistical likelihood and coincidence
Mind and Matter
- monism and dualism
- physicalism and functionalism
- mental states and mental causation
- qualia
Personal Identity
- biological and psychological views
- synchronic and diachronic persistence
- consciousness and memories
Philosophy of Mind
Epistemology of Mind
- knowledge of one’s own mind
- knowledge of other minds
Consciousness
- varieties of consciousness
- intentional theories of consciousness
- the explanatory gap
- the unity of consciousness
Intentionality and Mental Representation
- theories of content
- externalism and internalism
- perception and belief
Mental Faculties
- intention and the will
- imagination
- desire
Political Philosophy and Ethics
Equality of Opportunity
- varieties of equality of opportunity
- justifications and controversy
- positive discrimination
Metaethics
- fact and value
- objectivity and subjectivity
Moral Psychology
- egoism and altruism
- empathy
- cognitive and affective attitudes
Normative Ethics
- consequentialism
- deontology
- virtue ethics
Political Obligation and Authority
- classical social contract theory
- natural duty and fair play theory
- anarchism
Social and Ethical Context of Health & Illness
Professionalism in Medicine
- professional standards and best practice
- consent, confidentiality, and duty of candour
- trust, integrity, honesty, and accountability
Justice in Healthcare
- allocation of healthcare resources
- local, national, and global priorities
- social determinants of health
Ethics in Medical Research
- trust and integrity
- research involving children and vulnerable individuals
- ethics-committee approval