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Jon Robson
Postdoctoral research fellow for the AHRC funded project - Method in Philosophical Aesthetics - the, Faculty of Arts
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Teaching Summary
This year Jon will be teaching the first half of the first year Reasoning and Argument module and the second half of the second year Epistemology module.
In the past Jon has taught a wide variety of modules in most of the central areas of analytic philosophy. He is also experienced in teaching professional ethics to students from non-philosophy backgrounds.
Research Summary
Jon is employed as AHRC postdoctoral fellow for the project 'Method in Philosophical Aesthetics: the challenge from the sciences.' His research focuses on the epistemology of aesthetic judgement and,… read more
Recent Publications
JON ROBSON, 2012. Aesthetic Testimony Philosophy Compass. 7, 1-10 (In Press.)
AARON MESKIN and JON ROBSON, 2010. Videogames and the Moving Image Revue Internationale de Philosophie. 64(4), 547-564
NIKK EFFINGHAM and JON ROBSON, 2007. A Mereological Challenge to Endurantism Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 85(4), 633-640 AARON MESKIN and JON ROBSON, Fiction and Fictional Worlds in Videogames. In: JOHN RICHARD SAGENG and TARJEI MANDT, eds., The Philosophy of Computer Games (forthcoming) Springer. (In Press.)
Current Research
Jon is employed as AHRC postdoctoral fellow for the project 'Method in Philosophical Aesthetics: the challenge from the sciences.' His research focuses on the epistemology of aesthetic judgement and, in particular, the debate over the nature and value of aesthetic testimony. Jon is especially interested in how empirical work from the sciences influences these debates. Jon also has research interests in Metaphysics, Epistemology Philosophy of Religion and Ethics.
Past Research
Jon's PhD thesis examined the ethical implications of metaphysical theories of time and modality.
JON ROBSON, 2012. Aesthetic Testimony Philosophy Compass. 7, 1-10 (In Press.)
AARON MESKIN and JON ROBSON, 2010. Videogames and the Moving Image Revue Internationale de Philosophie. 64(4), 547-564
NIKK EFFINGHAM and JON ROBSON, 2007. A Mereological Challenge to Endurantism Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 85(4), 633-640 AARON MESKIN and JON ROBSON, Fiction and Fictional Worlds in Videogames. In: JOHN RICHARD SAGENG and TARJEI MANDT, eds., The Philosophy of Computer Games (forthcoming) Springer. (In Press.)
JON ROBSON, Do Possible Worlds Compromise God’s Beauty?: A reply to Mark Ian Thomas Robson (forthcoming in Religious Studies). (In Press.)
JON ROBSON and AARON MESKIN, Videogames and the First Person. In: GREGORY CURRIE, PETR KOTAKO and MARTIN POKORNY, eds., Mimesis: Metaphysics, Cognition, Pragmatics (forthcoming) College Publishing. (In Press.)
GREGORY CURRIE, MATTHEW KIERAN, AARON MESKIN and JON ROBSON, eds., Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind (provisional title) Oxford University Press. (In Press.)