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Research interests
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.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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IF23\100451 Credence and Chance in a Pluralist Approach to Quantum Theories
1/03/24 → 1/03/27
Project: Research
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SfCJ: The Climate Crisis: What Best Hope To Tell Now?
Thebo, M., Pancost, R. D., Nadin, J., Pettigrew, R. G., Caldecott, E. & Geen, E. C.
22/02/22 → 26/07/22
Project: Research
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Research output
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Consequences of Calibration
Pettigrew, R. G. & Williams, J. R. G., 9 Mar 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Geometric Pooling: A Users' Guide
Pettigrew, R. G. & Weisberg, J., 10 Jun 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Nudging for Changing Selves
Pettigrew, R. G., 8 Jan 2023, In: Synthese. 201, 1, 22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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Workshop on Population Ethics and Epistemology
Richard G Pettigrew (Keynote/plenary speaker)
17 Nov 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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3rd Topoi Conference
Richard G Pettigrew (Keynote/plenary speaker)
27 Oct 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Formal Epistemology Workshop
Richard G Pettigrew (Keynote/plenary speaker)
21 Jun 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Thesis
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Natural, Rational, and Real Arithmetic in a Finitary Theory of Finite Sets
Author: Pettigrew, R. G., 2008Supervisor: Welch, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)