Lina Jansson

Contact

• workRoom C34 Humanities Building
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  Nottingham
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  UK
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• Lina.Jansson@nottingham.ac.uk
• http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~apzij/

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

I am on research leave until 2023.

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

Selected Publications

• JANSSON, LINA, 2020. Network explanations and explanatory directionality PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 375(1796),
• LINA JANSSON, 2020. Can Pragmatism about Quantum Theory Handle Objectivity about Explanations?. In: J. SAATSI and S. FRENCH, eds., Scientific Realism and the Quantum OUP.
• LINA JANSSON and JUHA SAATSI, 2019. Explanatory Abstraction British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
• LINA JANSSON, 2018. When Are Structural Equation Models Apt? Causation versus Grounding. In: A. RUETLINGER and J. SAATSI, eds., Explanation Beyond Causation: Philosophical Perspectives on Non-Causal Explanations OUP.

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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.

I am currently working on a Templeton ACT Fellowship: https://www.templeton.org/grant/lina-jansson-act-fellowship-application

Please visit my webpage for links to papers, etc.: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~apzij/

• JANSSON, LINA, 2020. Network explanations and explanatory directionality PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 375(1796),
• LINA JANSSON, 2020. Can Pragmatism about Quantum Theory Handle Objectivity about Explanations?. In: J. SAATSI and S. FRENCH, eds., Scientific Realism and the Quantum OUP.
• LINA JANSSON and JUHA SAATSI, 2019. Explanatory Abstraction British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
• LINA JANSSON, 2018. When Are Structural Equation Models Apt? Causation versus Grounding. In: A. RUETLINGER and J. SAATSI, eds., Explanation Beyond Causation: Philosophical Perspectives on Non-Causal Explanations OUP.
• 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. Explanatory Asymmetries, Ground, and Ontological Dependence Erkenntnis. 82(17),
• LINA JANSSON, 2016. Everettian Quantum Mechanics and Physical Probability: Against the Principle of "State Supervenience" Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics.
• LINA JANSSON, 2015. Explanatory Asymmetries: Laws of Nature Rehabilitated Journal of Philosophy.
• LINA JANSSON, 2014. Causal Theories of Explanation and the Challenge of Explanatory Disagreement Philosophy of Science. 81(3),
• LINA JANSSON, 2013. Newton’s “satis est”: A New Explanatory Role for Laws Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. 44(4),
• The Explanatory Value of Selecting the Appropriate Scale(s). In: A. KNOX and A. WILSON, eds., The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics