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.
Mona Simion | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | University of St Andrews (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Glasgow |
| Website | www |
Biography edit
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, the management committee of BSTK – The British Society for the Theory of Knowledge,[3] and the steering committee of the Social Epistemology Network.[4] She is on the editorial board of The Philosophical Quarterly[5] and the Asian Journal of Philosophy.[6]
She is principal investigator of a long-term grant funded by the European Research Council entitled ‘KnowledgeLab: Knowledge First Social Epistemology”[7] and Co-Investigator (with Adam Carter, PI and Christoph Kelp) on a Leverhulme Trust-funded project entitled ‘A Virtue Epistemology of Trust’.[8]
Fellowships and awards edit
In 2018–2019, she held a Fellowship from the Mind Association for a project entitled ‘Epistemic Norms and Epistemic Functions’,[9] and she won the Young Epistemologist Prize 2021 for her paper ‘Resistance to Evidence and the Duty to Believe’.[10]
Work edit
Simion's work focuses on issues in epistemology, ethics, the philosophy of language, and feminist philosophy.
Duplicate publication edit
Two of Simion's articles that were published in 2019 in different academic journals have been found to show significant overlap.[11][12]
Books edit
- Simion, Mona (2021). Shifty speech and independent thought : epistemic normativity in context. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-264842-6. OCLC 1251804495.[13]
- Kelp, Christoph; Simion, Mona (2022). Sharing knowledge : a functionalist account of assertion. Cambridge. doi:10.1017/9781009036818. ISBN 978-1-009-03681-8. OCLC 1273423778. S2CID 244675662.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Reasons, justification, and defeat. Jessica Brown, Mona Simion. Oxford. 2021. ISBN 978-0-19-258649-0. OCLC 1245671247.
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External links edit
- Personal Website
- Profile at University of Glasgow
- Mona Simion publications indexed by Google Scholar
References edit
- ^ "University of Glasgow – Cogito Epistemology Research Centre".
- ^ "ConceptLab – Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas".
- ^ "Daily Nous – New: The British Society for the Theory of Knowledge – About". 16 March 2021.
- ^ "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".
- ^ Weinberg, Justin (2021-02-23). "Simion Wins 2021 Young Epistemologist Prize". Daily Nous. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "PubPeer - Duplicate Publication".
- ^ "Analysis - Statement of Redundant Publication".
- ^ "Mona Simion, "Shifty Speech and Independent Thought: Epistemic…". New Books Network. Retrieved 2022-03-01.