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NATIONALITY:
Cypriot
ACADEMIC POSTS:
2006 - Research Fellow, Philosophisches Institut, University of Duesseldorf.
2004 - 2006 Teaching Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol.
EDUCATION:
1998 - 2004 London School of Economics (University of London)
PhD. Philosophy ( awarded on September 30, 2004 ).
Title: ‘The Epistemological Status of Scientific Theories: An Investigation of the Structural Realist Account’
Primary Supervisor: Prof. John Worrall (London School of Economics)
Secondary Supervisor: Prof. Michael Redhead FBA (London School of Economics)
Internal Examiner: Prof. Donald Gillies (University College, London)
External Examiner: Prof. Peter Lipton (University of Cambridge)
1996 - 1998 University of California, Berkeley
BA Philosophy ( distinction in general scholarship ).
PUBLICATIONS:
Editorship:
(forthcoming) Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Underdetermination Workshop, Guest Editor (with Prof. Gerhard
Schurz) for special issue of Synthese.
Articles:
(forthcoming) ‘How not to be a Realist’, Proceedings of the Structure, Objects and Causality Workshop, Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science.
(forthcoming) ‘Structures, Inferences and Referents’, Synthese (special issue).
(2007) 'Uninterpreted Equations and the Structure-Nature Distinction', Philosophical Inquiry, vol.29(1-2): 57-71.
(2005) 'The Upward Path to Structural Realism', Philosophy of Science, vol. 72(5): 1361-1372.
(2003) 'Is Structure Not Enough?', Philosophy of Science, vol. 70(5): 879-890.
Reviews:
(forthcoming) Review of Anjan Chakravartty’s A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism: Knowing the Unobservable, Analysis Supplement.
(2008) Review of Yemima Ben-Menahem’s Conventionalism, Studies in
History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, vol. 39(1).
(2007) Review of Kyle Stanford’s Exceeding our Grasp: Science, History and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol.21(1): 103-106.
(2003) Review of Ilkka Niiniluoto’s Critical Scientific Realism, Philosophy of Science, vol.70(2): 444-447.
Submitted:
‘Structural Continuity and its Limits’
‘Making Contact with Observations’, Proceedings of the First Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association.
In Preparation:
'Evidential Equivalence' co-authored with Gerhard Schurz (Düsseldorf)
'Survey of Structuralism in the Natural Sciences' co-authored with Roman Frigg (LSE).
'The Observation-Ladenness of Theory'
'Ecumenical Empiricism'
'What the History of Science Cannot Teach Us'
'Deflating Scientific Explanation'
'Voting Responsibilities'
RESEARCH:
2000 - 2004 Centre for Philosophy of the Natural and Social Science
-Project Leader and Researcher for Structuralism project
-Research Assistant for Darwin@LSE project
REFEREE FOR:
Journals:
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Dialectica
International Stuides in the Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Science
Philosophical Papers
Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Synthese
Books:
Stephan Hartmann and Luc Bovens (eds.) (2006) Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science, Routledge.
SELECTED TALKS:
Upcoming:
Sept. 2008 – 'Data Meet Theories: Up Close and Personal', Data - Phenomena - Theories: What's the notion of a scientific phenomenon good for?, University of Heidelberg (Germany).
July 2008 – 'Ecumenical Empiricism', Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, University of Aberdeen (UK).
July 2008 – 'What’s Wrong with the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives?', British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, University of St. Andrews (UK).
April 2008 – 'Structures, Inferences and Referents', Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Underdetermination Workshop, University of Duesseldorf (Germany).
Recent:
Nov. 2007 – 'Making Contact with Observations', First Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Complutense University Madrid (Spain).
Aug. 2007 – 'How not to be a Realist or Why we Ought to Make it Safe for Closet Structural Realists to Come out', Structure, Objects and Causality Workshop, Banff (Canada).
July 2007 – 'The Observation-Ladenness of Theory', Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, University of Bristol (UK).
Nov. 2006 – ‘Structural Realism 2.0’, Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar, University of Oxford (UK).
June 2006 – ‘Structural Continuity and its Limits’, University of Utrecht, (Netherlands).
May 2006 – ‘Seeing the Same Things’, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands).
April 2006 – ‘Underestimating Underdetermination’, University of Düsseldorf (Germany).
Aug. 2005 – ‘Deflating Scientific Explanation, or How to Make the Realist Raft Float’, Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Understanding, Free University of Amsterdam (Netherlands).
July 2005 – ‘Evidential Equivalence’, British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, (Manchester, UK).
Nov. 2004 – ‘The Upward Path to Structural Realism’, Philosophy of Science Association Nineteenth Biennial Meeting, (Austin, TX, USA).
Aug. 2004 – ‘Caloric: Centre or Offstage?’, 8th Summer Symposium, International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, (Durham, UK).
July 2004 – ‘N-Correspondence’, British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, (Kent, UK).
Aug. 2003 – ‘What the History of Science Cannot Teach Us’, 12th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, (Oviedo, Spain).
Nov. 2002 – ‘Is Structure Not Enough? ’, Philosophy of Science Association Eighteenth Biennial Meeting, (Milwaukee, WI, USA).
July 2002 – ‘Overcoming Newman’s Objection’, Sixth National Postgraduate Analytic Philosophy Conference, (Bristol, UK).
July 2002 – ‘Underdetermination: Quine and Ramsey’, British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, (Glasgow, UK).
June 2002 – ‘Is Structure Not Enough?’, Fourth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy, (Lund, Sweden).
Conference/Workshop Organising:
April 10-12, 2008 University of Duesseldorf
Co-organised (with Prof. Gerhard Schurz) Theoretical Frameworks and Underdetermination Workshop.
March 23, 2002 London School of Economics
Co-organised (with Prof. John Worrall) Structural Realism and Newman’s Problem
funded by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.
TEACHING:
Lectures:
University of Bristol, Department of Philosophy:
2005 - 2006 First Term: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science (intermediate)
Second Term: Philosophy of Science (advanced)
2004 - 2005 First Term: Philosophy of Science (intermediate)
Second Term: Philosophy of Science (advanced)
Graduate Seminars:
University of Düsseldorf, Philosophisches Institut:
2007 - 2008 First Term: Scientific Realism
Second Term: The Theory-Ladenness of Observation
2006 - 2007 First Term: Scientific Realism
Second Term: The Theory-Ladenness of Observation
University of Bristol, Department of Philosophy:
2005 - 2006 First Term: Philosophical Writing and Research Seminar
Second Term: Scientific Epistemology and Methodology
2004 - 2005 First Term: Philosophical Writing and Research Seminar
Second Term: Scientific Epistemology and Methodology, Philosophy of Biology
London School of Economics, Department of Philosophy:
2001 & 2003 Organised and led seminars on Structural Realism during the Lent terms at the Department of Philosophy.
Undergraduate Tutorials:
University of Bristol, Department of Philosophy:
2005 - 2006 First Term: Introduction to Philosophy A
Second Term: Introduction to Philosophy B , Philosophy of Science (advanced)
2004 - 2005 First Term: Introduction to Philosophy A , Epistemology
Second Term: Introduction to Philosophy B , Philosophy of Science (advanced)
London School of Economics, Department of Philosophy:
2003 - 2004 Reason, Knowledge and Values: An Intro to Philosophy
2003 - 2004 Special Topics in the Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
2001 - 2002 Logic
2000 - 2001 Scientific Method
2000 - 2001 Scientific Revolutions
1999 - 2000 Frege and Russell
Training:
July 4th 2002 LTSN Workshop on teaching Philosophy of Science.
Oct. 4th 1999 Induction Session for Part-time Teachers
Sept. 20-21 1999 Introduction to Teaching and Learning Workshop
Committees:
PhD progress interviews, MA essay supervision, Finals essay tutor, Graduate Studies Committee, Staff-Student Committee, etc.
AWARDS:
Scholarships:
LSE Research Studentship 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2002-2003.
Grants:
2004 US National Science Foundation Travel Grant
2002 US National Science Foundation Travel Grant
British Society for the Philosophy of Science:
2002 Annual Conference Travel Bursary
2002 Conference Organising Grant
MISCELLANEA:
Other Work Experience:
1999 – 2000 House of Commons, Research Assistant (intern) for Richard Burden (Labour MP).
1990 – 1992 Cypriot National Guard, Cyprus, Cryptographer for the Telecommunications Division
Volunteer Work:
Dec 2001 and Jan 2002 London School of Economics, Chaired debates of the Goldman Sachs Foundation Winter School for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Languages:
Fluent in English and Greek; intermediate French; elementary German
REFERENCES:
Prof. John Worrall (LSE), Prof. Peter Lipton (Cambridge), Prof. Alexander Bird (Bristol), Prof. Donald Gillies (UCL), Prof. Nancy Cartwright FBA (LSE), Prof. Michael Redhead FBA (LSE), Prof. Steven French (Leeds), Prof. Stathis Psillos (University of Athens), Dr. Helena Cronin (LSE), Prof. John Searle (U.C.Berkeley), Prof. Bruce Vermazen (U.C.Berkeley)
