Biography:Liam Kofi Bright

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Short description: British philosopher
Liam Kofi Bright
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisValuing Questions[2] (2018)
Doctoral advisorKevin Zollman[1]
Other academic advisorsChristian List[2]
InfluencesW. E. B. Du Bois[3]
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-discipline
School or traditionLogical positivism[4]
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics
Main interests
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Liam Kofi Bright is a British philosopher of science and assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Methods at the London School of Economics.[5] He works primarily on science and truth, as well as formal social epistemology.[6][7][8][9] Some of his other work has been on Africana philosophy and formal modelling of social phenomena like intersectionality.[6][8] Bright won the Philip Leverhulme Prize in the category of philosophy and theology in 2020.[10]

Early life and education

Bright received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Warwick, a Master of Science degree in the philosophy of science from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Ph.D from the philosophy department at Carnegie Mellon University under the direction of Kevin Zollman.[11][12]

Work

Most of Bright's work involves formal models of the epistemology of science and institutional scientific practices such as peer review.[6][8][13] Some of his other work has revolved around the thought of Africana philosophers like W. E. B. Du Bois (whose work he has twice been invited to BBC Radio 4 to discuss[14][15]) and on formalizations of phenomena like intersectionality.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Bright, Liam Kofi (15 May 2018). "Africana Philosophy and the Social Epistemology of Science: An Interview with Liam Kofi Bright". LSE Philosophy Blog. London: London School of Economics. https://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blog/2018/05/15/an-interview-with-liam-kofi-bright/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bright, Liam Kofi (19 October 2019). "Academic CV". Liam Kofi Bright. https://www.liamkofibright.com/cv.html. 
  3. ↑ "Research". Liam Kofi Bright. https://www.liamkofibright.com/research.html. 
  4. ↑ Bright, Liam Kofi [@lastpositivist] (4 February 2021). "I'm a real one! Check out a couple of podcasts I've done on it to hear more about why (voidpod.com/podcasts/2019/...) and (player.fm/series/whats-l...). Hope you enjoy!". https://twitter.com/lastpositivist/status/1357284800483102720. 
  5. ↑ "LSE Philosophy welcomes Liam Kofi Bright and Laurenz Hudetz" (in en-GB). 2017-03-10. https://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blog/2017/03/10/lse-philosophy-welcomes-liam-kofi-bright-and-laurenz-hudetz/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "95 | Liam Kofi Bright on Knowledge, Truth, and Science – Sean Carroll". https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2020/05/04/95-liam-kofi-bright-on-knowledge-truth-and-science/. 
  7. ↑ Weinberg, Justin (2021-05-24). "Analytic Philosophy's "Triple Failure of Confidence"" (in en-US). https://dailynous.com/2021/05/24/analytic-philosophys-triple-failure-of-confidence/. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Smith, Noah. "Interview: Liam Kofi Bright". https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/interview-liam-kofi-bright. 
  9. ↑ "Liam Kofi Bright | FifteenEightyFour | Cambridge University Press" (in en-US). http://www.cambridgeblog.org/author-profile/liam-kofi-bright/. 
  10. ↑ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2020 | The Leverhulme Trust". https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/philip-leverhulme-prizes-2020. 
  11. ↑ "Liam Kofi Bright". https://www.liamkofibright.com/. 
  12. ↑ "Ph.D. Alumni". https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/philosophy/alumni/phd-alumni.html. 
  13. ↑ Heesen, Remco; Bright, Liam Kofi (2020). "Is Peer Review a Good Idea?". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: 000. doi:10.1093/bjps/axz029. 
  14. ↑ "Code-Switching - BBC Sounds". https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ls8x. 
  15. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Art, truth and power". https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00024nl. 
  16. ↑ Bright, Liam Kofi; Malinsky, Daniel; Thompson, Morgan (2015-12-17). "Causally Interpreting Intersectionality Theory". Philosophy of Science 83 (1): 60–81. doi:10.1086/684173. ISSN 0031-8248. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/684173. 

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