Philosophy

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The Department of Philosophy at King’s is one of the largest and most distinctive in the country. Its research excellence is demonstrated and supported by our success in securing research grants and donations from both public and private bodies. We have particular strengths in:

The history of philosophy ‘without gaps’, from the pre-Socratics through to the present day, as well as in Indian Philosophy. The innovative ‘History of Philosophy without any Gaps Podcasts’, the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle, and the Natural Philosophy in the Islamic World projects harness these strengths, and contribute in various ways to the dissemination and impact of our research.
Philosophy of mind and psychology. We have broad expertise in this field, including in empirically-informed issues, and we have strong links with the Institute of Psychiatry and with the Department of Neuroscience at King's.
Philosophy of language and linguistics, currently we have two major RCUK-funded three-year projects: Word Meaning, and The probabilistic representation of linguistic knowledge.
Metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of science. Our expertise ranges from philosophy of physics to epistemic normativity, including a project in Philosophy and Medicine, recently boosted by the generous endowment for a Chair by the Peter Sowerby Foundation that will consolidate the impact of our work in this area.
Moral and political philosophy. With expertise in a variety of issues such as free will, practical normativity, justice and immigration. The department will also be actively involved in the new King’s Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law, established with a generous donation from the Yeoh Tiong Lay family.

Peter Adamson
- Philosophy - Professor of Philosophy
Person: Academic
Adrian Alsmith
- Philosophy - Senior Lecturer in Philosophy (Mind and Psychology)
Person: Academic
Maria Alvarez
- Philosophy - Professor of Philosophy
Person: Academic

Le renard et la chouette: confabulation, complots et régulation de soi
Murphy-Hollies, K., Bortolotti, L. & Mameli, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Les Fables de l'homme : pouvoirs de la fabulation. Editions Kimé
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Accelarated immune ageing is associated with COVID-19 disease severity
on behalf of the PHOSP-COVID Study collaborative group, ISARIC4C Investigators, Abel, K., Ahmad, S., Ahmed, R., Ali, M., Allen, R. J., Almeida, P., Anderson, D., Armstrong, L., Armstrong, N., Ashworth, M., Ayoub, A., Baggott, R., Bailey, L., Baldwin, D., Ballard, C., Banerjee, A., Bates, A. & Begum, M. & 279 others, Bell, D., Bell, R., Berry, C., Bhui, K., Bramham, K., Breen, G., Brookes, C., Broome, M., Brown, A., Brown, A., Brown, J., Brown, J., Brown, J., Brown, M., Brown, M., Burns, A., Butt, A., Byrne, S., Carson, G., Carter, P., Chalder, T., CHambers, R. C., Chan, F., Chen, J., Cheng, Y., Chiribiri, A., Choudhury, N., Chowienczyk, P., Clark, D., Clark, C., Clarke, J., Cole, J., Coleman, C., Connolly, B., Connor, L., Cook, A., Cooper, B., Cooper, J., Cooper, S., Craig, T., Cross, A., David, A., Davies, E., Davies, G., Davies, G., Davies, K., Davies, M. J., Dawson, J., Donaldson, A., Dong, T., Dougherty, A., Dowling, R., Dunn, S., Edwards, S., Elliott, A., Elliott, K., Evans, D., Evans, H., Evans, J., Evans, R. I., Evans, R. I., Evans, T., Finch, J., Fisher, H., Flynn, M., Ford, A., Francis, R., Fu, X., Gill, M., Goodwin, C., Gooptu, B., Gregory, H., Gregory, R., Grieve, D., Griffiths, L., Gupta, A., Hall, L., Harris, E., Harris, V. C., Harrison, P., Hart, N., Harvey, A., Harvey, M., Hayday, A., Henderson, M., Ho, L. P., Holden, S., Holland, M., Holmes, M., Hosseini, A., Hotopf, M., Howard, L. S., Hughes, A. D., Hughes, J., Hughes, R., Husain, M., Ismail, K., Jackson, T., Jacob, J., James, W. Y., Jenkins, R. G., Johnson, C., Johnson, S., Jolley, C. J., Jones, D., Jones, G., Jones, H., Jones, H., Jones, I., Jones, L., Jones, M. G., Jones, S., Jose, S., Kaltsakas, G., Kelly, S., Kerr, S., Khan, F., King, B., Knight, S., Kon, S. S., Kon, S. S., Laing, C., Lasserson, D., Lawson, C., Lawson, C., Lee, D., Lee, J. H., Lewis, D., Lewis, J., Li, X., Lim, L., Lloyd, A., Major, E., Malim, M., Man, W. D. C., Mandal, S., Mangion, K., Marsh, S., Marshall, B., Marshall, M., Martin, J., Martinez, L. M., McMahon, M. J., Mehta, P., Miller, C., Mills, C., Mitchell, J., Mohamed, A., Mohammed, S., Morley, A., Morrow, A., Moss, A. J., Neal, A., Newby, D. E., Newman, J., Nicholson, T., Ostermann, M., Owen, J., Pariante, C., Parker, S., Patel, B., Patel, M., Patel, S., Payne, S., Pearce, L., Peng, Y., Pennington, C., Pfeffer, P., Plant, H., Plein, S., Porter, J. C., Porter, J., Powell, N., Pratt, J., Price, A., Price, C., Price, C., Price, D., Prickett, A., Quigley, J., Qureshi, I. N., Rahman, N. M., Reddy, A., Rees, M., Rees, T., Reynolds, W., Richards, A., Richardson, E., Richardson, M., Roberts, K., Robertson, E., Robinson, E., Robinson, L., Rodger, J., Ross, A., Rowe, A., Rowland, A., Rowland, J., Russell, R., Sage, E. K., Saunders, K., Saunders, R. M., Saunders, P., Scott, J. T., Shah, A., Shah, K., Shah, P., Shankar-Hari, M., Sharma, M., Sharpe, C., Shaw, A., Shaw, K., Simpson, J., Singh, C., Singh, S., Singh, S., Smith, A., Smith, D., Smith, S., Smith, J., Smith, L., Spencer, L. G., Stephenson, L., Stewart, I., Stockdale, S., Stone, R., Tan, A. L., Taylor, A., Taylor, C., Taylor, J., Terry, S., Thomas, C., Thomas, D. C., Thomas, S., Thomas, A. K., Thompson, T., Thompson, A. A. R., Tilley, J., Tomlinson, J., Turner, S., Turner, K., Wade, P., Wainwright, T., Walker, S., Walker, S., Walsh, J. A., Walsh, S., Ward, T. J. C., Watson, E., Watson, L., Watson, J., Weir McCall, J., Welch, C., Wessely, S., West, S., White, S., Whitney, J., Whittaker, S., Wild, J., Williams, B., Williams, N., Williams, N., Williams, J., Willoughby, J., Wilson, A., Wilson, D., Wilson, I., Wood, C., Woods, J., Wright, C., Wright, L., Wright, S., Xu, M., Yip, K. P., Young, B., Young, S., Young, A., Zhao, B. & Zheng, B., 11 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Immunity and Ageing. 21, 1, 6.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
4 Citations (Scopus)
A challenging climate: authoritative speech and saying no to routine vaginal examination in labour
Brione, R., 27 May 2024, In: Journal of Gender Based Violence. 8, 3, p. 312-320 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)

1 Not started
7 Active
155 Finished

Levelling data representations
Nicolai, C. (Primary Investigator)
AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/09/2024 → 28/02/2025
Project: Research
Positing or Predicating? Existence after Kant
Textor, M. (Primary Investigator)
AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/02/2024 → 31/01/2027
Project: Research
The Physics of Life
Textor, M. (Primary Investigator)
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
1/09/2023 → 31/08/2025
Project: Research

Revisiting Timpanaro
Mameli, M. (Speaker)
9 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
London Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Zucchelli, C. (Speaker)
16 Mar 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Phi Magazine
Zucchelli, C. (President)
14 May 2018 → 31 Aug 2020
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

A defence of Jessica Wilson’s subset view: emergent causation in a physical world
Conti Lorenzo, M. (Author), Stazicker, J. (Supervisor), 1 Apr 2021
Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Philosophy
Agency as the Grounds for Moral Standing
Elbro, D. (Author), Owens, D. J. (Supervisor) & Alvarez, M. (Supervisor), 1 Oct 2022
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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Agent-regret in our lives
Wojtowicz, J. (Author), Owens, D. (Supervisor) & Renzo, M. (Supervisor), 1 Oct 2019
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award
Coxhead, M. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
AHRC Research Preparation Master Block Grant
Coxhead, M. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
AHRC Research Preparation Studentship
Heron, J. (Recipient), 1 Oct 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Peter Adamson

Adrian Alsmith

Maria Alvarez

Le renard et la chouette: confabulation, complots et régulation de soi

Accelarated immune ageing is associated with COVID-19 disease severity

A challenging climate: authoritative speech and saying no to routine vaginal examination in labour

Levelling data representations

Positing or Predicating? Existence after Kant

The Physics of Life

Revisiting Timpanaro

London Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

Phi Magazine

A defence of Jessica Wilson’s subset view: emergent causation in a physical world

Agency as the Grounds for Moral Standing

Agent-regret in our lives

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award

AHRC Research Preparation Master Block Grant

AHRC Research Preparation Studentship

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