Mona Simion
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| Education | University of St Andrews (PhD) |
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| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Glasgow |
| Website | www |
Mona Simion is a philosopher. She is professor of philosophy at the University of Glasgow where she is also deputy director of the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre.[1] Simion's work focuses on issues in epistemology, ethics, the philosophy of language, and feminist philosophy.
Biography
Simion previously held positions at the University of Oslo's ConceptLab[2] and at Cardiff University. She was promoted to professor four years after receiving her PhD in 2016.
Simion is a member of the executive committee of the Aristotelian Society,[3] the management committee of BSTK – The British Society for the Theory of Knowledge,[4] and the steering committee of the Social Epistemology Network.[5] She is on the editorial board of The Philosophical Quarterly[6] and the Asian Journal of Philosophy.[7]
She is principal investigator of a long-term grant funded by the European Research Council entitled ‘KnowledgeLab: Knowledge First Social Epistemology”[8] and Co-Investigator (with Adam Carter, PI and Christoph Kelp) on a Leverhulme Trust-funded project entitled ‘A Virtue Epistemology of Trust’.[9]
Fellowships and awards
In 2018–2019, she held a Fellowship from the Mind Association for a project entitled ‘Epistemic Norms and Epistemic Functions’,[10] and she won the Young Epistemologist Prize 2021 for her paper ‘Resistance to Evidence and the Duty to Believe’.[11]
Work
Simion's work focuses on issues in epistemology, ethics, the philosophy of language, and feminist philosophy.
Books
- Simion, Mona (2021). Shifty speech and independent thought : epistemic normativity in context. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-264842-6. OCLC 1251804495.[12]
- Kelp, Christoph; Simion, Mona (2022). Sharing knowledge : a functionalist account of assertion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009036818. ISBN 978-1-009-03681-8. OCLC 1273423778. S2CID 244675662.
- Brown, Jessica; Simion, Mona (2021). Reasons, justification, and defeat. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-258649-0. OCLC 1245671247.
External links
- Personal Website
- Profile at University of Glasgow
- Mona Simion publications indexed by Google Scholar
References
- ^ "University of Glasgow – Cogito Epistemology Research Centre".
- ^ "ConceptLab – Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas".
- ^ "The Executive Committee". Aristotelian Society. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "About BSTK". British SOciety for the Theory of Knowledge. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "SEN – The Social Epistemology Network – Members".
- ^ "Editorial Board". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "The Asian Journal of Philosophy – Editors".
- ^ "Daily Nous – Philosophers Win Large Grants from the ERC". 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Leverhulme Trust – Grant Listings".
- ^ "Mind Association – Research Fellowships".
- ^ "University of Glasgow Lecturer Wins Prestigious Philosophy Prize". University of Glasgow. 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Mona Simion, "Shifty Speech and Independent Thought: Epistemic…". New Books Network. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
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