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Jonathan Lewis Knowles

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Jonathan Lewis Knowles

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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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2023

  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Hva duger filosofi til?. Salongen : Nettstedet for filosofi og idéhistorie
    Popular scientific article
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Is knowing how a natural kind?. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Representation, Experience, and Metaphysics: Towards an Integrated Anti-Representationalist Philosophy . Springer Synthese library (473)
    Academic monograph
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm; Netland, Thomas. (2023) Subjectivity, nature, existence: Foundational issues for enactive phenomenology. Doctoral theses at NTNU (252)
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Anti-Representationalism, Naturalism, and Placement Metaphysics. Topoi
    Academic article

2022

  • Jaksland, Rasmus; Knowles, Jonathan Lewis; Ladyman, James. (2022) The Prospects and Promises of Naturalized Metaphysics. Doctoral theses at NTNU (154)
    Doctoral dissertation

2019

  • Netland, Thomas; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm; Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Introduksjon: Fenomenologiens Aktualitet. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Editorial
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Anti-representasjonalisme og realisme . Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Raleigh, Thomas Bainbridge. (2019) Acquaintance. New Essays. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Relationalism, Berkeley's Puzzle and Phenomenological Externalism. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Pragmatism, Naturalism, and Realism: Pihlström, Price and Beyond. Acta Philosophica Fennica
    Academic article
  • Kvandal, Halvor; Knowles, Jonathan; Levy, Gabriel. (2019) Prone to Believe in God.The Cognitive Science of Religion and its Normative Implications for Theist Religion. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2019/7)
    Doctoral dissertation

2018

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

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

2013

  • Aghdami, Aryan; Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) Is attention necessary for consciousness?. NTNU
    Masters 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. (2013) 'Non-reductive naturalism and the vocabulary of agency'. Contemporary Pragmatism
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) ‘Challenging Cartesian materialism: Understanding consciousness and the mind-world relation’. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'On envatment, experience and epistemology'. Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
    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). NTNU
    Masters thesis

2011

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Action, causes, and causal explanation. Brill | mentis
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Chomsky versus Davidson: The case of shared languages. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Naturalism, pragmatism and the retreat from metaphysics: Scientific versus subject naturalism. Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Naturalised epistemology, reciprocal containment and metaphysical realism. College Publications
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Rydenfelt, Henrik. (2011) Pragmatism, Science and Naturalism. Peter Lang Publishing Group Nordeuropäische Beiträge aus den Human- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften (30)
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Carson, Siri Granum; Knowles, Jonathan; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre. (2011) Kant: Here, Now and How. Essays in honour of Truls Wyller. Brill | mentis Brill | mentis
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

2010

  • Rokne, Arnfinn Stendahl; Brattli, Terje; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Lorentzen, Lisa; Rossing, Nils Kristian; Cyvin, Øylov Emma. (2010) Vitskap og sanning. Kunnskapslarm
    Museum exhibition
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Why we don't need naturalistic epistemic norms'. College Publications
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Two kinds of non-scientific naturalism'. College Publications
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2009

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

2008

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

2007

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

2006

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) Theory of Science: A Short Introduction. Tapir Akademisk Forlag Tapir Akademisk Forlag
    Textbook
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Non-scientific naturalism?'. Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2005

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

2003

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

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

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) 'Om 'Om gyldighet': En replikk til Frode Bjørdal'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (3)
    Report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) Anmeldelse av 'Vitenskap og rasjonalitet', av Jo Sivertsen. Agora
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Enda en begrensning ved lærebøkenes definisjon på logisk gyldighet'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (1)
    Report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Logikk på exphil: En replikk til Olav Asheim'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (2)
    Report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Testbetingelser, holisme og ekspertise, eller: Hvordan kan det nåværende pensum i vitenskapsfilosofi på exphil best fremstilles?'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (Nr. 3)
    Report

1996

  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1996) 'Noen tanker om pensum til Examen Philosophicum, del II A og B'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (1)
    Report

Journal publications

  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Hva duger filosofi til?. Salongen : Nettstedet for filosofi og idéhistorie
    Popular scientific article
  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Anti-Representationalism, Naturalism, and Placement Metaphysics. Topoi
    Academic article
  • Netland, Thomas; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm; Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Introduksjon: Fenomenologiens Aktualitet. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Editorial
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Anti-representasjonalisme og realisme . Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Pragmatism, Naturalism, and Realism: Pihlström, Price and Beyond. Acta Philosophica Fennica
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2018) Rortian Realism. Metaphilosophy
    Academic article
  • 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
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Davidson versus Chomsky: The case of shared language. Nordic Studies in Pragmatism
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) Scientific metaphysics, edited by D. Ross, J. Ladyman & H. Kincaid. Australasian Journal of Philosophy
    Book 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. (2013) 'Non-reductive naturalism and the vocabulary of agency'. Contemporary Pragmatism
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'On envatment, experience and epistemology'. Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) Chomsky versus Davidson: The case of shared languages. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Is naturalism a threat to metaphysics?. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) What is naturalism? Towards a univocal theory. Sats: northern european journal of philosophy
    Academic article
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Review of T. Crane The Mechanical Mind, 2nd edition. Minds and Machines
    Academic literature review
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) Reasoning competence. Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
    Academic article
  • 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
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2001) Does intentional psychology need vindicating by cognitive science?. Minds and Machines
    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. (1999) 'Physicalism, Teleology and the Miraculous Coincidence Problem'. The Philosophical Quarterly
    Academic article
  • 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
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) Anmeldelse av 'Vitenskap og rasjonalitet', av Jo Sivertsen. Agora
    Academic article

Books

  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Representation, Experience, and Metaphysics: Towards an Integrated Anti-Representationalist Philosophy . Springer Synthese library (473)
    Academic monograph
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Raleigh, Thomas Bainbridge. (2019) Acquaintance. New Essays. Oxford University Press Oxford University Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Knowles, Jonathan; Rydenfelt, Henrik. (2011) Pragmatism, Science and Naturalism. Peter Lang Publishing Group Nordeuropäische Beiträge aus den Human- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften (30)
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Carson, Siri Granum; Knowles, Jonathan; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre. (2011) Kant: Here, Now and How. Essays in honour of Truls Wyller. Brill | mentis Brill | mentis
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) Theory of Science: A Short Introduction. Tapir Akademisk Forlag Tapir Akademisk Forlag
    Textbook
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology: The Case for Science without Norms. Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic monograph
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (2000) Vitenskap, rasjonalitet og common sense. Cappelen Damm Akademisk Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Textbook

Part of book/report

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

Report

  • Knowles, Jonathan Lewis; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm; Netland, Thomas. (2023) Subjectivity, nature, existence: Foundational issues for enactive phenomenology. Doctoral theses at NTNU (252)
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Jaksland, Rasmus; Knowles, Jonathan Lewis; Ladyman, James. (2022) The Prospects and Promises of Naturalized Metaphysics. Doctoral theses at NTNU (154)
    Doctoral 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. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2019/7)
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Aghdami, Aryan; Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) Is attention necessary for consciousness?. NTNU
    Masters 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). NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Sagbakken, Ivar; Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) Epistemologisk Autonomi - En undersøkelse av den menneskelige erkjennelse, og dens forhold til frihetens vesen. Filosofisk institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Lian, Hans Gunnar Slokvik; Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) Minded natures or natural minds? An essay in themetaphysics of intentionality. Filosofisk instiutt
    Masters thesis
  • Jensen, Jonas; Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Et forsvar for vitenskapelig realisme. Filosofisk institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Wangberg, Roar; Knowles, Jonathan. (2007) Kroppen min og jeg: En revitalisering av substansdualisme. Filosofisk institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Om 'Om gyldighet': En replikk til Frode Bjørdal'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (3)
    Report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Enda en begrensning ved lærebøkenes definisjon på logisk gyldighet'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (1)
    Report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Logikk på exphil: En replikk til Olav Asheim'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (2)
    Report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1997) 'Testbetingelser, holisme og ekspertise, eller: Hvordan kan det nåværende pensum i vitenskapsfilosofi på exphil best fremstilles?'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (Nr. 3)
    Report
  • Knowles, Jonathan. (1996) 'Noen tanker om pensum til Examen Philosophicum, del II A og B'. Opuscula, Examen Philosophicums småskriftserie (1)
    Report

UTSTILLING

  • Rokne, Arnfinn Stendahl; Brattli, Terje; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Lorentzen, Lisa; Rossing, Nils Kristian; Cyvin, Øylov Emma. (2010) Vitskap og sanning. Kunnskapslarm
    Museum exhibition

Teaching

Courses

  • FI1003 - Kunnskaps- og vitenskapsteori

Outreach

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Realism, metaphysical realism, and anti-representationalism. THE 11ᵀᴴ EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY 2023-08-21 - 2023-08-25
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan Lewis. (2023) Should metaphysics be reconceived as metalinguistic negotiation?. CONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING, METALINGUISTIC NEGOTIATION AND SOCIAL ONTOLOGY , Santiago del Compostela 2023-07-27 - 2023-07-28

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Does anti-representationalism entail anti-realism?. Swedish Congres of Philosophy 2019-06-14 - 2019-06-16
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2019) Does anti-representationalism entail anti-realism?. Instittseminar, Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap 2019-04-04 - 2019-04-04

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2018) On Chakravartty on the Prospects of Naturalised Metaphysics. Workshop on the Metaphysics of Science 2018-08-15 - 2018-08-16
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2018) The role of metalinguistic negotiation in deflationary metaphysics. Third European Pragmatism Conference , Helsinki 2018-06-13 - 2018-06-15

2017

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2017) Anti-representationalism and Realism. NTNU/NOSP Nordic Society for Phenomenology Annual Meeting 2017-06-15 - 2017-06-17
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2017) Thomasson’s Pragmatist Consolation to Metaphysics: A Critique and an Alternative . 9th European Congress of Analytical Philosophy 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-26
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2017) Does the perception/cognition divide have philosophical significance?. University of Oslo Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature: Closing Conference 2017-05-29 - 2017-05-31
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2017) Thomasson’s Pragmatist Consolation to Metaphysics: A Critique and an Alternative . Nordic Pragmatism Network/RAR Pragmatism, Representationalism & Metaphysics , Helsinki 2017-01-04 - 2017-01-05

2016

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) To what extent does metaphysics depend on representationalism?. Philosophy Department, Bilkent University Guest lecture, Bilkent University , Ankara 2016-05-03 - 2016-06-03
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Anti-representationalism about thought and perception. Guest lecture, Bogazici University, Istanbul 2016-05-05 - 2016-05-05
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) To what extent does metaphysics depend on representationalism?. Guest lecture, Istanbul Technical University 2016-05-06 - 2016-05-06
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Can there be a coherent anti-metaphysical pragmatism?. CSMN The Future of Pragmatism , Oslo 2016-02-17 - 2016-02-18
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Global expressivism, common sense and science. Science Beyond Scientism, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Common Sense versus Science? 2016-02-25 - 2016-02-27
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2016) Anti-representationalism and realism. Instiutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap Instituttseminar , Trondheim 2016-11-23 - 2016-11-23

2015

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Does metaphysics depend on representationalism? II. Vitenskapsteoretisk forum , Trondheim 2015-10-20 - 2015-10-20
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Pragmatism and the possibility of (no) naturalistic metaphysics. Cambridge Philosophy of Science Seminar 2015-02-11 - 2015-02-11
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Chalmers versus Existential Phenomenology on Experience and Reality. Towards a Science of Consciousness 2015 , Helsinki 2015-06-09 - 2015-06-13
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Does metaphysics depend on representationalism? II. Second European Pragmatism Conference , Paris 2015-09-09 - 2015-09-11
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2015) Representationalism, Metaphysics and Naturalism: Price versus Horwich. University of Bergen Nordic Wittgenstein Society 6th International Conference 2015-06-12 - 2015-06-13

2014

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) Does metaphysics depend on representationalism?. CSMN CSMN Colloquium , UiO 2014-03-20 - 2014-03-20
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) 'Naive realism as existential phenomenology'. RAR Acquaintance Workshop , Trondheim 2014-04-24 - 2014-04-25
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) 'How should we react to the brain in the vat thought experiment?'. CSMN CSMN Colloquium , UiO 2014-10-30 - 2014-10-30
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) 'Global expressivism and the problem of metaphysical hijacking'. RAR Perspectives on Intentionality , Fefor 2014-09-23 - 2014-09-26
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2014) 'How should we react to the brain in the vat thought experiment?'. Lund Philosophy Society 2014-10-15 - 2014-10-15

2013

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'Anti-representationalism about thought and perception'. NTNU Perceptual intentionality 2013-04-04 - 2013-04-06
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'Experience and Reality: Envatment from an Anti-representationalist Perspective'. CSMN CSMN Colloquium , Oslo 2013-10-24 - 2013-10-24
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2013) 'Challenges to Cartesian Materalism: Understanding Consciousness, Naturalism and the Mind-World Relation'. CauSci, UMB PhilSci Forum, UMB 2013-11-14 - 2013-11-14

2012

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2012) 'Science and Philosophy'. Kick-off workshop for project 'Philosophy, Neuroscience and Ethics - the Bergen Project Development Consortium' 2012-06-20 - 2012-12-20
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2012) 'The world well lost twice over'. University of Sydney Neo-Pragmatism: Truth and Justification 2012-12-06 - 2012-12-07
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2012) 'Non-reductive naturalism and the vocabulary of agency'. The first European Pragmatism Conference , Rome 2012-09-19 - 2012-12-21

2011

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) ‘Embodied cognition and consciousness’. Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo Kurs for kunstudenter 2011-09-02 - 2011-09-02
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) ‘Anti-representationalism and perception’. Kazimierz Naturalism Workshop: Varieties of Representation , Kazimierz 2011-09-05 - 2011-09-09
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) 'Naturalism wihout realism'. Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies Realism – A case of mere homonymy or identifiable common commitments? 2011-06-06 - 2011-06-09
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) ‘Representationalism and semantic minimalism’. University of Zurich Naturalism without Mirrors 2011-05-09 - 2011-05-10
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2011) 'Transcendental idealism: A non-Kantian interpretation'. Transcendental idealism today? Seminar i anledening 60-årsdagen til Truls Wyller , NTNU 2011-09-30 - 2011-09-30

2010

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Rortian realism'. Nordic Pragmatism Network/Unversity of Uppsala Action and Interaction: The Third Nordic Pragmatism Conference , Uppsala 2010-06-01 - 2010-06-02
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2010) 'Representationalism and semantic minimalism'. Nordic Pragmatism Network/Unversity of Oslo Neo-pragmatism, Language and Culture , Oslo 2010-10-28 - 2010-10-29

2009

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'The fact-value dichotomy and naturalism'. Nordic Pragmatism Network/Bifrost universitet The Second Nordic Pragmatism Conference: Pragmatism in Society and Democracy , Reykjavík 2009-08-27 - 2009-08-29
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'Reciprocal containment and naturalised epistemology'. Czech Academy of Sciences Knowledge, Value, Evolution: An international conference on cross-pollination between life sciences and philosophy , Prague 2009-11-23 - 2009-11-25
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'Challenges to Cartesian materialism: Understanding the mind-world relation and naturalism'. Kazimierz Naturalism Workshop 09 , Kazimierz 2009-09-04 - 2009-09-08
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'Naturalism'. Filosofisk institutt/Vitenskapsteoretisk forum NTNU Mechanism and Emerence in Cognitive Neuroscience , Trondheim 2009-05-29 - 2009-05-30
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2009) 'Naturalism, Pragmatism and the Retreat from Metaphysics: Scientific versus Subject Naturalism'. Filosofisk institutt, NTNU/Nordic Pragmatism Network Pragmatism, Science and Naturalism , Trondheim 2009-05-14 - 2009-05-15

2008

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Naturalism: Neither metaphysical nor epistemological. Kazimierz Naturalism Workshop 2008 2008-09-06 - 2008-09-10
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Non-scientific naturalism?. Filosofisk institutt/Vitenskapsteoretisk forum, NTNU Common sense versus scientific ontology 2008-04-16 - 2008-04-16
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2008) Naturalism versus pragmatism: A case study of Michael Williams' Problems of Knowledge. Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science Pragmatism and Naturalism Workshop 2008-05-07 - 2008-05-09

2007

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2007) The personal level and empirical psychology. Kazimierz Naturalised Epistemology Workshop 2007 - KNEW'07 , Kazimierz 2007-09-01 - 2007-09-05
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2007) Is naturalism a threat to metaphysics?. Filosofisk institutt, NTNU Trondheim Workshop on Naturalism and Metaphysics , Dragvoll 2007-06-15 - 2007-06-16
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2007) Vehicle externalism and the personal/sub-personal distinction. Filosofisk institutt, NTNU Externalism and Internalism in the Philosophy of Mind , Dragvoll, NTNU 2007-11-20 - 2007-11-20

2006

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Are mental states spatially located?'. Filosofisk institutt, NTNU Seminar om rom , Lian Herregård, Trondheim 2006-04-01 - 2006-04-01
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Two kinds of non-scientific naturalism'. Konrad Talmont-Kaminski, Marcin Milkowski Kazimierz Workshop in Naturalised Epistemology 2006 (KNEW'06) , Kazimierz 2006-09-01 - 2006-09-05
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'What's really wrong with the computational theory of mind'. Porgramme for Applied Ethcis, NTNU European Conference on Computeing and Philosophy (ECAP) 2006 , Trondheim 2006-06-22 - 2006-06-24
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Are meanings in the head? Some reflections on the social and external nature of language'. Institutt for språk og kommunikasjonsstudier, NTNU Språkseminaret , Trondheim 2006-04-25 - 2006-04-25
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2006) 'Scientific versus non-scientific naturalism'. Fifth Conference of the Spanish Society of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science , Granada 2006-11-29 - 2006-12-01

2005

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) What is a defensible naturalism?. UMCS/KUL KNEW05 Kazimierz Workshop in Epistemology , Kazimierz 2005-09-01 - 2006-09-06
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Epistemic obligation. KNEW05 Kazimierz Workshop in Epistemology , Kazimierz 2005-09-01 - 2006-09-06
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Reasoning Competence and Epistemic Norms: Some Reflections on Kornblith’s Vision for Naturalised Epistemology. Philosophy Department, Bristol University The Methodology of Epistemology 2005-05-13 - 2005-05-14
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Epistemic Obligation. ECAP5 The Fifth European Congress of Analytical Philosophy , Lisboa 2005-08-26 - 2005-08-30
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2005) Do we need norms in a naturalised epistemology? Précis of Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology. UMCS/KUL KNEW05 Kazimierz Workshop in Epistemology 2005-09-01 - 2006-09-06

2004

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2004) Non-scientific naturalism?. University of Helsinki XV Internordic Philosophical Symposium 2004-05-13 - 2004-05-15
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2004) Epistemic normativity. Senter for Grunnforskning, Det Norske Vitenskapsakademi Truth, Norms, and Agency: The Oslo Workshop in Philosophy , Det Norsk Vitenskapsakademi 2004-06-23 - 2004-06-25
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2004) Comments on Sven Bernecker�s �Virtue epistemology and the reconciliation between externalism and internalism�. Stirling University Virtue Epistemology 2004-11-19 - 2004-11-21

2003

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) Reasoning Competence. 26th International Wittgenstein Symposium: Knowlegde and Belief , Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 2003-08-09 -
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2003) 'Naturalism and epistemic normativity'. Philosophy Department, University of Lund Seminar for Theoretical Philosophy] , Lund, Sweden 2003-10-16 - 2003-10-16

2002

  • Academic 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 , University of Oslo, Norway 2002-11-08 -
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2002) 'Actions and events in common sense and scientific psychology: Some critical reflections on Hornsby'. Philosophy Society of Birkbeck College, London University Philosophy Society, Birkbeck College, London University , London, UK 2002-05-14 -

2001

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2001) Do we need norms in a naturalised epistemology?. , Birmingham University, 050301; King's College, London, 060301

2000

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2000) 'Can we give a foundational, non-psychologistic naturalised epistemology?'. Rationality and Irrationality: The 23rd International Wittgenstein Symposium , Kirchberg, Austria 2000-08-13 - 2000-08-19
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (2000) 'Language as a cognitive module'. Seminar 'Mening og praksis', University of Oslo , Oslo, Norway 2000-04-14 -

1999

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'A Teleological Supplement to Functionalism?'. Naturalism, Evolution and Mind , Universitetet i Edinburgh, UK 1999-07-01 -
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'Still No Place for Incommensurability in a Theory of Rationality'. Incommensurability and Related Matters , Universitetet i Hannover, Tyskland 1999-06-01 -
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'A teleological supplement to functionalism?'. Naturalism, Evolution and Mind , University of Edinburgh 1999-06-15 -
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1999) 'Still no place for incommensurability in a theory of rationality'. Incommensurability and Related Matters , Univesity of Hannover 1999-06-05 -

1998

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'Is the language of thought hypothesis a scientific hypothesis?'. 7th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology , Lisboa, Portugal 1998-09-01 -
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'A reasonable relativism?'. Seminar 'Finnes en tredje vei mellom objektivisme og rasjonalisme?' , Norsk Vitenskapsakadamiet, Oslo, Norway 1998-06-18 -
  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1998) 'Is the language of thought hypothesis a scienific hypothesis?'. 7th Annual Meeting of European Society for Philosophy and Psychology , Lisbon, Portugal 1998-09-12 -

1997

  • Interview
    Knowles, Jonathan; Finke, Ståle Rainer Strøm. (1997) 'Om tingenes uorden: En samtale med John Dupré'. [Newspaper] 1997-12-15

1996

  • Academic lecture
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1996) 'Common sense og vitenskap'. Seminar om fellesdelen til examen facultatum ved universitetet i Oslo , Blinder, Oslo, Norway 1996-03-07 -

1995

  • Poster
    Knowles, Jonathan. (1995) Knowledge of Semantics. 4th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology , University of Reading 1995-09-18 -

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