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Prior to my appointment at Lingnan, I was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford. I have also worked at several other universities in the UK, including Aberdeen, Bristol, Durham, and Edinburgh.
I started out studying physics, but undertook graduate studies in philosophy and history and philosophy of science. The shift of direction is easily explained: I was fascinated by quantum theory, and what my lecturers (wrongly!) thought that it tells us about the world.
I am interested in a wide variety of topics in philosophy of science, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of probability. I also dabble in other areas, including philosophy of education and philosophy of mind, from time to time.
I have recently completed a monograph in defence of a new form of instrumentalism about science, The Instrument of Science, which I hope will appear in print next year. My work on this has been supported by a Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship from Hong Kongs Research Grant Council (RGC), and a COFUND Senior International Research Fellowship held at Durham Universitys Institute of Advanced Study.
I am now working on a project called Computational Social Epistemology and Scientific Method, which is supported by a General Research Fund grant from Hong Kongs RGC. I am collaborating with Dr. Staffan Angere, who is employed as a postdoctoral researcher on the project. Together, well be developing the programme Laputa and using it to run a variety of simulations of networked inquirers.
Research interests
Philosophy of Science, Formal and Informal Epistemology (esp. Foundations of Probability), Metaphysics, Philosophy of Education, History of Science, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Physics
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Philosophy of Contemporary and Future Science
Research Grants Council (HKSAR)
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Grant Research
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Scientific Progress: Foundational Issues (科學進展：根本問題)
Research Grants Council (HKSAR)
1/08/20 → 31/07/22
Project: Grant Research
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Research output
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A Methodological Argument Against Scientific Realism
ROWBOTTOM, D. P., Mar 2021, In: Synthese. 198, 3, p. 2153-2167 15 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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How can representationalism accommodate degrees of belief? A dispositional representationalist proposal
ROWBOTTOM, D. P., Dec 2021, In: Synthese. 199, 3-4, p. 8943-8964 22 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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Bertrand's Paradox and the Maximum Entropy Principle
SHACKEL, N. & ROWBOTTOM, D. P., Nov 2020, In: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 101, 3, p. 505-523 19 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
Prizes
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LU Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award 2021 (RGC/PICO Grant)
ROWBOTTOM, Darrell Patrick (Recipient), Apr 2021
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
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LU Research Output Excellence Award 2021
ROWBOTTOM, Darrell Patrick (Recipient), Apr 2021
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
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RGC Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) Award 2013
ROWBOTTOM, Darrell Patrick (Recipient), Nov 2013
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (Journal)
Darrell Patrick ROWBOTTOM (Editor in chief) & Micheál LACEY (Managing Editor)
2018 → …Activity: Editorial / Peer-review Work › Editorial (Journal)
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Dogmatism and Criticism in Science : Striking the Balance
Darrell ROWBOTTOM (Speaker)
30 May 2018Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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Scientific Progress and the Value of Science
Darrell Patrick ROWBOTTOM (Speaker)
16 Oct 2016Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
Press / Media
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Two postdoc positions in Hong Kong (philosophy of science / epistemology)
18/08/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Commentaries
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$1 Million Grant for Work on Philosophy of Contemporary and Future Science
27/07/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
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Lingnan University Philosophy professor clinches prestigious research award from Mainland’s Ministry of Education
26/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer