Biography:Nicholas Shea

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Short description: British philosopher
Nicholas Shea
NationalityBritish
EducationKing's College London (PhD), Birkbeck, University of London (MA)
AwardsLakatos Award
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsInstitute of Philosophy, University of London, King’s College, London
Main interests
philosophy of science
Websitehttps://www.nicholasshea.co.uk/

Nicholas Shea is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy, University of London. He is known for his work on philosophy of cognitive science[1][2][3], particularly on mental representation, concepts, and the philosophy of mind. Shea is a winner of the Lakatos Award for his contributions to the philosophy of science.[4]

Books

  • Concepts at the Interface, Oxford University Press, 2024
  • Representation in Cognitive Science, Oxford University Press, 2018 (winner of the Lakatos Award 2020)
  • On Millikan, Wadsworth, 2004

References

  1. Lee, Jonny; Calder, Daniel (11 October 2020). "Nicholas Shea, Representation in Cognitive Science // Reviewed by Calder and Lee". BSPS. https://www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/calder-and-lee-on-shea/. 
  2. Rupert, Robert D. (April 2022). "Book Review" (in en). Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 92: 260–263. doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.05.016. 
  3. Dupre, Gabe (January 2021). "Representation in Cognitive Science by Nicholas Shea (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)." (in en). Philosophy 96 (1): 147–153. doi:10.1017/S0031819120000376. ISSN 0031-8191. 
  4. "Professor Nicholas Shea" (in en). https://research.london.ac.uk/search/staff/1045/professor-nicholas-shea/.