Jeffrey Ketland

 

Nature is a language. Can’t you read?

            (The Smiths, “Ask”, 1986)

 

I teach philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.

 

Contact

Room 5.03, Dugald Stewart Building,

Department of Philosophy,

University of Edinburgh,

3 Charles Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AD

UNITED KINGDOM

Telephone:        +44 (0)131 650 3662

E-mail address: jeffrey.ketland (at) ed.ac.uk

Teaching

Pre-Honours:

Logic 1.

Philosophy of Science 1.

Honours:

Mathematical Logic.

Theories of Truth.

            Philosophy of Mathematics.

Research

My main research interests are logic, semantics and philosophy of mathematics.

I am also interested in some more general topics, such as philosophy of science, metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of language.

For more details on my research, see here.

Administration

Convenor of the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee (for the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences).

Course Organizer, Philosophy 2A.

Other Things

¨ Spoof Jerry Springer episode. Mocking academic silliness.

¨ The Ketland Eagle Head Pommel Sword.

¨ ENGAGE.

 

CV

??? => Birmingham => Cambridge

=> London => Birmingham

=> Warwick => Birmingham

=> London => Nottingham

=> London => Leeds

=> Cambridge => Edinburgh => ???

 

Revised 4 October 2008.