Contact
Biography
Please visit my webpage for links to papers, etc. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~apzij/
I grew up in Sweden before moving to the UK to pursue a BA in physics and philosophy at the University of Oxford. After working in London I returned to philosophy and completed my PhD at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I have previously worked at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Expertise Summary
I work in philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, and metaphysics. I am interested in supervising dissertations in these areas and in particular work concerned with the nature of scientific explanation.
Teaching Summary
This semester I am teaching a third year module: Topics in Philosophy of Science. Next semester I will be teaching a second year module: Philosophy of Science: From Positivism to Postmodernism
I have previously taught courses in philosophy of science, logic, and epistemology and metaphysics. I also have interests in teaching courses in history and philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, and aesthetics.
I am a senior fellow of HEA through the Nottingham Recognition Scheme.
Research Summary
My primary research interest has been focused on questions about the nature of scientific explanation. I have worked on this topic primarily from within the philosophy of science and with an eye… read more
Recent Publications
LINA JANSSON and JUHA SAATSI, 2018. Explanatory Abstraction British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. (In Press.)
LINA JANSSON and JONATHAN TALLANT, 2017. Quantitative Parsimony: Probably for the Better British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 68, 781-803 LINA JANSSON, 2017. When Are Structural Equation Models Apt? Causation versus Grounding. In: JUHA SAATSI and ALEXANDER REUTLINGER, eds., Explanation Beyond Causation: Philosophical Perspectives on Non-Causal Explanation Oxford University Press. (In Press.)
Current Research
My primary research interest has been focused on questions about the nature of scientific explanation. I have worked on this topic primarily from within the philosophy of science and with an eye towards physics, but I also have interests in how explanations in other fields, such as metaphysics, are related to scientific ones. I would welcome the opportunity to work with PhD students in any of these areas.
Please visit my webpage for links to papers, etc. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~apzij/