Research output per year
Research output per year
BA (Oxon.), MA (Bristol), PhD (Bristol)
BS6 6JL
My recent research has been mainly in formal epistemology. In recent papers, I have pursued a research programme that I call epistemic utility theory. The strategy is to appeal to the notion of purely epistemic value as well as to the techniques of rational choice theory to provide novel and purely epistemic justifications for a range of epistemic norms. So far, I have considered the norms of Probabilism, Conditionalization, Jeffrey Conditionalization, the Principle of Indifference, and the Principal Principle.
I have a second research interest in the philosophy of mathematics, where I defend a variety of anti-platonist positions, such as eliminativist structuralism and instrumental nominalism.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
Pettigrew, R. G. (Principal Investigator)
1/03/24 → 1/03/27
Project: Research
Thebo, M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Pancost, R. D. (Co-Principal Investigator), Nadin, J. (Co-Investigator), Pettigrew, R. G. (Co-Investigator), Caldecott, E. (Co-Investigator) & Geen, E. C. (Administrator)
22/02/22 → 26/07/22
Project: Research
Pettigrew, R. G. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/21 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
Pettigrew, R. G. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Pettigrew, R. G. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Pettigrew, R. G. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)