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Jonathan Lewis Knowles

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Jonathan Lewis Knowles

Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

jonathan.knowles@ntnu.no
+4773590629 Låven, Dragvoll
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About

My areas of interest lie within theoretical philosophy (mainly in the analytic tradition), especially philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology/cognitive science, epistemology, philosophy of science and philosophy of language. Most recently I have become interested in broad issues concerning how language and mind should be seen as relating to or fitting into reality, and with metaphilosophical questions concerning the interrelationships between representationalism, realism, naturalism and the possibility of substantive metaphysics, often taking my lead from pragmatist (or at least neo-pragmatist) thinking. Two of my recent papers concern, respectively, exploring how we best should understand an externalist or relationalist view of perceptual experience and its epistemological significance, and critiquing Huw Price's global expressivism programme conceived as a form of naturalistic pragmatist alternative to traditional physicalism.

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Publications

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2025

  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2025) Should metaphysics be (re)conceived as metalinguistic negotiation?. Metaphilosophy
    Academic article

2023

  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Hva duger filosofi til?. Salongen : Nettstedet for filosofi og idéhistorie
    Popular science article
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Anti-Representationalism, Naturalism, and Placement Metaphysics. Topoi
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Is knowing how a natural kind?.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Representation, Experience, and Metaphysics: Towards an Integrated Anti-Representationalist Philosophy. Springer
    Academic monograph
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm; Netland, Thomas. (2023) Subjectivity, nature, existence: Foundational issues for enactive phenomenology. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

2022

  • Jaksland, Rasmus; Knowles, Jonathan Lewis; Ladyman, James. (2022) The Prospects and Promises of Naturalized Metaphysics. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

2019

  • Netland, Thomas; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm; Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Introduksjon: Fenomenologiens Aktualitet. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Editorial
  • Kvandal, Halvor; Knowles, Jonathan; Levy, Gabriel. (2019) Prone to Believe in God.The Cognitive Science of Religion and its Normative Implications for Theist Religion. NTNU
    Doctoral thesis
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Relationalism, Berkeley's Puzzle and Phenomenological Externalism.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Pragmatism, Naturalism, and Realism: Pihlström, Price and Beyond. Acta Philosophica Fennica
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Anti-representasjonalisme og realisme. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Raleigh, Thomas Bainbridge. (2019) Acquaintance. New Essays. Oxford University Press
    Anthology

2018

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2018) Representationalism, Metaphysics, Naturalism: Price, Horwich and Beyond.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2018) Rortian Realism. Metaphilosophy
    Academic article

2016

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Global expressivism and the flight from metaphysics. Synthese
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Review of H. Cappelen & J. Dever The Inessential Indexical: On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person. The Philosophical Quarterly
    Book review

2015

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Davidson versus Chomsky: The case of shared language. Nordic Studies in Pragmatism
    Academic article

2014

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) Naturalism without Metaphysics.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) Scientific metaphysics, edited by D. Ross, J. Ladyman & H. Kincaid. Australasian Journal of Philosophy
    Book review

2013

  • Aghdami, Aryan; Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) Is attention necessary for consciousness?. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Skjei, Erling; Amundsen, Michael. (2013) ”Fighting fire with fire” Om å bekjempe skeptisisme med skeptisisme. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Sivertsen, Sveinung Sundfør. (2013) Do or don't: Why neuroscience hasn’t settled the question of free will (and a hint at a different answer). Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) ‘Challenging Cartesian materialism: Understanding consciousness and the mind-world relation’.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'On envatment, experience and epistemology'. Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'Non-reductive naturalism and the vocabulary of agency'. Contemporary Pragmatism
    Academic article

2011

  • Knowles, Jonathan; Rydenfelt, Henrik. (2011) Pragmatism, Science and Naturalism. Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Anthology
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Action, causes, and causal explanation.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Davidson versus Chomsky: Om Fellesspråket. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Carson, Siri Granum; Knowles, Jonathan; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre. (2011) Kant: Here, Now and How. Essays in honour of Truls Wyller. Brill | mentis
    Anthology
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Naturalism, pragmatism and the retreat from metaphysics: Scientific versus subject naturalism.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Naturalised epistemology, reciprocal containment and metaphysical realism.
    Academic chapter

2010

  • Rokne, Arnfinn Stendahl; Brattli, Terje; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Lorentzen, Lisa; Rossing, Nils Kristian; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Eidstumo, Frank; Magnusson, Jan Inge; Gätzschmann, Per. (2010) Vitskap og sanning.
    Exhibition
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Two kinds of non-scientific naturalism'.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Why we don't need naturalistic epistemic norms'.
    Academic chapter

2009

  • Lian, Hans Gunnar Slokvik; Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) Minded natures or natural minds? An essay in themetaphysics of intentionality. Filosofisk instiutt
    Master thesis
  • Sagbakken, Ivar; Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) Epistemologisk Autonomi - En undersøkelse av den menneskelige erkjennelse, og dens forhold til frihetens vesen. Filosofisk institutt
    Master thesis

2008

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) What is naturalism? Towards a univocal theory. Sats: northern european journal of philosophy
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Is naturalism a threat to metaphysics?. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Jensen, Jonas; Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Et forsvar for vitenskapelig realisme. Filosofisk institutt
    Master thesis

2007

  • Wangberg, Roar; Knowles, Jonathan. (2007) Kroppen min og jeg: En revitalisering av substansdualisme. Filosofisk institutt
    Master thesis

2006

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) Theory of Science: A Short Introduction. Tapir Akademisk Forlag
    Textbook
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Non-scientific naturalism?'.
    Academic chapter

2005

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Varieties of naturalism.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Review of T. Crane The Mechanical Mind, 2nd edition. Minds and Machines
    Academic literature review

2003

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology: The Case for Science without Norms. Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic monograph
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) Reasoning competence. Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
    Academic article

2002

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2002) Is Folk Psychology Different?. Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Scientific Philosophy
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2002) What's really wrong with Laudan's normative naturalism. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2002) Naturalised epistemology without norms. Croatian Journal of Philosophy
    Academic article

2001

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2001) Does intentional psychology need vindicating by cognitive science?. Minds and Machines
    Academic article

2000

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2000) Vitenskap, rasjonalitet og common sense. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Textbook
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2000) Knowledge of grammar as a propositional attitude. Philosophical Psychology
    Academic article

1999

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) Physicalism, Teleology and the Miraculous Coincidence Problem. The Philosophical Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'Physicalism, Teleology and the Miraculous Coincidence Problem'. The Philosophical Quarterly
    Academic article

1998

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'The language of thought and natural language understanding'. Analysis
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'The language of thought and natural language understanding'. Analysis
    Academic article

1997

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Testbetingelser, holisme og ekspertise, eller: Hvordan kan det nåværende pensum i vitenskapsfilosofi på exphil best fremstilles?'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Enda en begrensning ved lærebøkenes definisjon på logisk gyldighet'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Logikk på exphil: En replikk til Olav Asheim'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) Anmeldelse av 'Vitenskap og rasjonalitet', av Jo Sivertsen. Agora Journal for metafysisk spekulasjon
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Om 'Om gyldighet': En replikk til Frode Bjørdal'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report

1996

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1996) 'Noen tanker om pensum til Examen Philosophicum, del II A og B'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report

Journal publications

  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2025) Should metaphysics be (re)conceived as metalinguistic negotiation?. Metaphilosophy
    Academic article
  • Netland, Thomas; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm; Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Introduksjon: Fenomenologiens Aktualitet. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Editorial
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Hva duger filosofi til?. Salongen : Nettstedet for filosofi og idéhistorie
    Popular science article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'The language of thought and natural language understanding'. Analysis
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Anti-Representationalism, Naturalism, and Placement Metaphysics. Topoi
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) What is naturalism? Towards a univocal theory. Sats: northern european journal of philosophy
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'The language of thought and natural language understanding'. Analysis
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Is naturalism a threat to metaphysics?. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2002) Is Folk Psychology Different?. Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Scientific Philosophy
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Global expressivism and the flight from metaphysics. Synthese
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Davidson versus Chomsky: Om Fellesspråket. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Review of T. Crane The Mechanical Mind, 2nd edition. Minds and Machines
    Academic literature review
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Skjei, Erling; Amundsen, Michael. (2013) ”Fighting fire with fire” Om å bekjempe skeptisisme med skeptisisme. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Pragmatism, Naturalism, and Realism: Pihlström, Price and Beyond. Acta Philosophica Fennica
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) Scientific metaphysics, edited by D. Ross, J. Ladyman & H. Kincaid. Australasian Journal of Philosophy
    Book review
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Davidson versus Chomsky: The case of shared language. Nordic Studies in Pragmatism
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Anti-representasjonalisme og realisme. Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2018) Rortian Realism. Metaphilosophy
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2000) Knowledge of grammar as a propositional attitude. Philosophical Psychology
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) Physicalism, Teleology and the Miraculous Coincidence Problem. The Philosophical Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Review of H. Cappelen & J. Dever The Inessential Indexical: On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person. The Philosophical Quarterly
    Book review
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) Reasoning competence. Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2002) What's really wrong with Laudan's normative naturalism. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) Anmeldelse av 'Vitenskap og rasjonalitet', av Jo Sivertsen. Agora Journal for metafysisk spekulasjon
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'On envatment, experience and epistemology'. Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'Non-reductive naturalism and the vocabulary of agency'. Contemporary Pragmatism
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2001) Does intentional psychology need vindicating by cognitive science?. Minds and Machines
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2002) Naturalised epistemology without norms. Croatian Journal of Philosophy
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'Physicalism, Teleology and the Miraculous Coincidence Problem'. The Philosophical Quarterly
    Academic article

Artistic productions

  • Rokne, Arnfinn Stendahl; Brattli, Terje; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Lorentzen, Lisa; Rossing, Nils Kristian; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Eidstumo, Frank; Magnusson, Jan Inge; Gätzschmann, Per. (2010) Vitskap og sanning.
    Exhibition

Books

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2000) Vitenskap, rasjonalitet og common sense. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Textbook
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology: The Case for Science without Norms. Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic monograph
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Rydenfelt, Henrik. (2011) Pragmatism, Science and Naturalism. Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Anthology
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Representation, Experience, and Metaphysics: Towards an Integrated Anti-Representationalist Philosophy. Springer
    Academic monograph
  • Carson, Siri Granum; Knowles, Jonathan; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre. (2011) Kant: Here, Now and How. Essays in honour of Truls Wyller. Brill | mentis
    Anthology
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) Theory of Science: A Short Introduction. Tapir Akademisk Forlag
    Textbook
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Raleigh, Thomas Bainbridge. (2019) Acquaintance. New Essays. Oxford University Press
    Anthology

Part of book/report

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) Naturalism without Metaphysics.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Relationalism, Berkeley's Puzzle and Phenomenological Externalism.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Varieties of naturalism.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Action, causes, and causal explanation.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Is knowing how a natural kind?.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2018) Representationalism, Metaphysics, Naturalism: Price, Horwich and Beyond.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Two kinds of non-scientific naturalism'.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Why we don't need naturalistic epistemic norms'.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Non-scientific naturalism?'.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Naturalism, pragmatism and the retreat from metaphysics: Scientific versus subject naturalism.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) ‘Challenging Cartesian materialism: Understanding consciousness and the mind-world relation’.
    Academic chapter
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Naturalised epistemology, reciprocal containment and metaphysical realism.
    Academic chapter

Report

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Testbetingelser, holisme og ekspertise, eller: Hvordan kan det nåværende pensum i vitenskapsfilosofi på exphil best fremstilles?'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Enda en begrensning ved lærebøkenes definisjon på logisk gyldighet'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Logikk på exphil: En replikk til Olav Asheim'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1996) 'Noen tanker om pensum til Examen Philosophicum, del II A og B'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Om 'Om gyldighet': En replikk til Frode Bjørdal'. Filosofisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo
    Research report

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Kvandal, Halvor; Knowles, Jonathan; Levy, Gabriel. (2019) Prone to Believe in God.The Cognitive Science of Religion and its Normative Implications for Theist Religion. NTNU
    Doctoral thesis
  • Aghdami, Aryan; Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) Is attention necessary for consciousness?. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Jensen, Jonas; Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Et forsvar for vitenskapelig realisme. Filosofisk institutt
    Master thesis
  • Wangberg, Roar; Knowles, Jonathan. (2007) Kroppen min og jeg: En revitalisering av substansdualisme. Filosofisk institutt
    Master thesis
  • Jaksland, Rasmus; Knowles, Jonathan Lewis; Ladyman, James. (2022) The Prospects and Promises of Naturalized Metaphysics. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm; Netland, Thomas. (2023) Subjectivity, nature, existence: Foundational issues for enactive phenomenology. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Sivertsen, Sveinung Sundfør. (2013) Do or don't: Why neuroscience hasn’t settled the question of free will (and a hint at a different answer). Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Master thesis
  • Lian, Hans Gunnar Slokvik; Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) Minded natures or natural minds? An essay in themetaphysics of intentionality. Filosofisk instiutt
    Master thesis
  • Sagbakken, Ivar; Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) Epistemologisk Autonomi - En undersøkelse av den menneskelige erkjennelse, og dens forhold til frihetens vesen. Filosofisk institutt
    Master thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • FI3021 - Theory and Method

Outreach

2023

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Should metaphysics be reconceived as metalinguistic negotiation?. CONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING, METALINGUISTIC NEGOTIATION AND SOCIAL ONTOLOGY
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Realism, metaphysical realism, and anti-representationalism. THE 11ᵀᴴ EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY

2019

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Does anti-representationalism entail anti-realism?. Swedish Congres of Philosophy
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Does anti-representationalism entail anti-realism?. Instittseminar, Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap

2018

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2018) On Chakravartty on the Prospects of Naturalised Metaphysics. Workshop on the Metaphysics of Science
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2018) The role of metalinguistic negotiation in deflationary metaphysics. Third European Pragmatism Conference

2017

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2017) Anti-representationalism and Realism. Nordic Society for Phenomenology Annual Meeting
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2017) Thomasson’s Pragmatist Consolation to Metaphysics: A Critique and an Alternative. 9th European Congress of Analytical Philosophy
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2017) Does the perception/cognition divide have philosophical significance?. Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature: Closing Conference
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2017) Thomasson’s Pragmatist Consolation to Metaphysics: A Critique and an Alternative. Pragmatism, Representationalism & Metaphysics

2016

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Global expressivism, common sense and science. Common Sense versus Science?
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Can there be a coherent anti-metaphysical pragmatism?. The Future of Pragmatism
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) To what extent does metaphysics depend on representationalism?. Guest lecture, Bilkent University
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Anti-representationalism about thought and perception. Guest lecture, Bogazici University, Istanbul
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) To what extent does metaphysics depend on representationalism?. Guest lecture, Istanbul Technical University
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Anti-representationalism and realism. Instituttseminar

2015

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Pragmatism and the possibility of (no) naturalistic metaphysics. Cambridge Philosophy of Science Seminar
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Does metaphysics depend on representationalism? II. Vitenskapsteoretisk forum
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Does metaphysics depend on representationalism? II. Second European Pragmatism Conference
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Representationalism, Metaphysics and Naturalism: Price versus Horwich. Nordic Wittgenstein Society 6th International Conference
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Chalmers versus Existential Phenomenology on Experience and Reality. Towards a Science of Consciousness 2015

2014

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) 'How should we react to the brain in the vat thought experiment?'. Lund Philosophy Society
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) 'Naive realism as existential phenomenology'. Acquaintance Workshop
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) Does metaphysics depend on representationalism?. CSMN Colloquium
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) 'Global expressivism and the problem of metaphysical hijacking'. Perspectives on Intentionality
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) 'How should we react to the brain in the vat thought experiment?'. CSMN Colloquium

2013

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'Challenges to Cartesian Materalism: Understanding Consciousness, Naturalism and the Mind-World Relation'. PhilSci Forum, UMB
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'Experience and Reality: Envatment from an Anti-representationalist Perspective'. CSMN Colloquium
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'Anti-representationalism about thought and perception'. Perceptual intentionality

2012

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2012) 'The world well lost twice over'. Neo-Pragmatism: Truth and Justification
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2012) 'Science and Philosophy'. Kick-off workshop for project 'Philosophy, Neuroscience and Ethics - the Bergen Project Development Consortium'
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2012) 'Non-reductive naturalism and the vocabulary of agency'. The first European Pragmatism Conference

2011

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) ‘Representationalism and semantic minimalism’. Naturalism without Mirrors
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) 'Transcendental idealism: A non-Kantian interpretation'. Transcendental idealism today? Seminar i anledening 60-årsdagen til Truls Wyller
  • Lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) ‘Embodied cognition and consciousness’. Kurs for kunstudenter
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) 'Naturalism wihout realism'. Realism – A case of mere homonymy or identifiable common commitments?
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) ‘Anti-representationalism and perception’. Kazimierz Naturalism Workshop: Varieties of Representation

2010

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Representationalism and semantic minimalism'. Neo-pragmatism, Language and Culture
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Rortian realism'. Action and Interaction: The Third Nordic Pragmatism Conference

2009

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'The fact-value dichotomy and naturalism'. The Second Nordic Pragmatism Conference: Pragmatism in Society and Democracy
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'Naturalism, Pragmatism and the Retreat from Metaphysics: Scientific versus Subject Naturalism'. Pragmatism, Science and Naturalism
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'Challenges to Cartesian materialism: Understanding the mind-world relation and naturalism'. Kazimierz Naturalism Workshop 09
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'Naturalism'. Mechanism and Emerence in Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'Reciprocal containment and naturalised epistemology'. Knowledge, Value, Evolution: An international conference on cross-pollination between life sciences and philosophy

2008

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Non-scientific naturalism?. Common sense versus scientific ontology
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Naturalism versus pragmatism: A case study of Michael Williams' Problems of Knowledge. Pragmatism and Naturalism Workshop
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Naturalism: Neither metaphysical nor epistemological. Kazimierz Naturalism Workshop 2008

2007

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2007) The personal level and empirical psychology. Kazimierz Naturalised Epistemology Workshop 2007 - KNEW'07
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2007) Vehicle externalism and the personal/sub-personal distinction. Externalism and Internalism in the Philosophy of Mind
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2007) Is naturalism a threat to metaphysics?. Trondheim Workshop on Naturalism and Metaphysics

2006

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Scientific versus non-scientific naturalism'. Fifth Conference of the Spanish Society of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Two kinds of non-scientific naturalism'. Kazimierz Workshop in Naturalised Epistemology 2006 (KNEW'06)
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Are mental states spatially located?'. Seminar om rom
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Are meanings in the head? Some reflections on the social and external nature of language'. Språkseminaret
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'What's really wrong with the computational theory of mind'. European Conference on Computeing and Philosophy (ECAP) 2006

2005

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Epistemic obligation. KNEW05 Kazimierz Workshop in Epistemology
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) What is a defensible naturalism?. KNEW05 Kazimierz Workshop in Epistemology
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Do we need norms in a naturalised epistemology? Précis of Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology. KNEW05 Kazimierz Workshop in Epistemology
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Epistemic Obligation. ECAP5 The Fifth European Congress of Analytical Philosophy
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Reasoning Competence and Epistemic Norms: Some Reflections on Kornblith’s Vision for Naturalised Epistemology. The Methodology of Epistemology

2004

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2004) Comments on Sven Bernecker�s �Virtue epistemology and the reconciliation between externalism and internalism�. Virtue Epistemology
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2004) Epistemic normativity. Truth, Norms, and Agency: The Oslo Workshop in Philosophy
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2004) Non-scientific naturalism?. XV Internordic Philosophical Symposium

2003

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) Reasoning Competence. 26th International Wittgenstein Symposium: Knowlegde and Belief
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) 'Naturalism and epistemic normativity'. Seminar for Theoretical Philosophy]

2002

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2002) 'Actions and events in common sense and scientific psychology: Some critical reflections on Hornsby'. Philosophy Society, Birkbeck College, London University
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2002) 'Action, causal explanation and the structure of consciousness'. Symposium on Truls Wyller's book 'Objektivitet og jeg-bevissthet' (Cappelen, 2000), arranged by Norwegian Kant Society

2001

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2001) Do we need norms in a naturalised epistemology?. [Mangler data]

2000

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2000) 'Language as a cognitive module'. Seminar 'Mening og praksis', University of Oslo
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2000) 'Can we give a foundational, non-psychologistic naturalised epistemology?'. Rationality and Irrationality: The 23rd International Wittgenstein Symposium

1999

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'Still no place for incommensurability in a theory of rationality'. Incommensurability and Related Matters
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'A teleological supplement to functionalism?'. Naturalism, Evolution and Mind
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'Still No Place for Incommensurability in a Theory of Rationality'. Incommensurability and Related Matters
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'A Teleological Supplement to Functionalism?'. Naturalism, Evolution and Mind

1998

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'A reasonable relativism?'. Seminar 'Finnes en tredje vei mellom objektivisme og rasjonalisme?'
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'Is the language of thought hypothesis a scientific hypothesis?'. 7th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'Is the language of thought hypothesis a scienific hypothesis?'. 7th Annual Meeting of European Society for Philosophy and Psychology

1997

  • Interview
    Knowles, Jonathan; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm. (1997) 'Om tingenes uorden: En samtale med John Dupré'.

1996

  • Conference lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1996) 'Common sense og vitenskap'. Seminar om fellesdelen til examen facultatum ved universitetet i Oslo

1995

  • Conference poster
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1995) Knowledge of Semantics. 4th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology

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