Misplaced Pages

Liam Kofi Bright: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 21:45, 28 October 2021 editSolipsism 101 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers5,318 edits academic rankTag: Visual edit← Previous edit Revision as of 21:52, 28 October 2021 edit undoSolipsism 101 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers5,318 edits Social media presence: errs on to the promotional - all self-published and no RS saying his quest for blue check mark is noted or "quixotic"Tag: Visual editNext edit →
Line 41: Line 41:
== Work == == Work ==
Most of Bright's work involves formal models of the epistemology of science and institutional scientific practices such as ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Heesen |first1=Remco |last2=Bright |first2=Liam Kofi |year=2020 |title=Is Peer Review a Good Idea? |journal=The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science |page=000 |type=preprint |doi=10.1093/bjps/axz029 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Some of his other work has revolved around the thought of ] like ] (whose work he has twice been invited to ] to discuss<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ls8x|title=Code-Switching - BBC Sounds|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00024nl|title = BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Art, truth and power}}</ref>) and on formalizations of phenomena like ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bright|first1=Liam Kofi|last2=Malinsky|first2=Daniel|last3=Thompson|first3=Morgan|date=2015-12-17|title=Causally Interpreting Intersectionality Theory|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/684173|journal=Philosophy of Science|volume=83|issue=1|pages=60–81|doi=10.1086/684173|s2cid=53695694|issn=0031-8248}}</ref> Most of Bright's work involves formal models of the epistemology of science and institutional scientific practices such as ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Heesen |first1=Remco |last2=Bright |first2=Liam Kofi |year=2020 |title=Is Peer Review a Good Idea? |journal=The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science |page=000 |type=preprint |doi=10.1093/bjps/axz029 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Some of his other work has revolved around the thought of ] like ] (whose work he has twice been invited to ] to discuss<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ls8x|title=Code-Switching - BBC Sounds|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00024nl|title = BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Art, truth and power}}</ref>) and on formalizations of phenomena like ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bright|first1=Liam Kofi|last2=Malinsky|first2=Daniel|last3=Thompson|first3=Morgan|date=2015-12-17|title=Causally Interpreting Intersectionality Theory|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/684173|journal=Philosophy of Science|volume=83|issue=1|pages=60–81|doi=10.1086/684173|s2cid=53695694|issn=0031-8248}}</ref>

== Social media presence ==
Bright is an active presence on ], under the handle @lastPositivist, where his 37,000-account following ({{as of|2021|07|lc=yes}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Liam Bright |url=https://twitter.com/lastpositivist |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=https://twitter.com/lastpositivist|url=https://twitter.com/lastpositivist|access-date=2021-07-22|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> makes him one of the central figures of the so-called "philosophy Twitter" sub-culture. Bright's tweets are noted for their self-deprecating humour, and for his quixotic quest to be recognized with the "blue check" that denotes a verified account.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Bright |first=Liam |user=lastpositivist |number=1272622321573007361 |date=15 June 2020 |title=There is the external blue tick, this comes from recognition. Then there is the internal blue tick, this comes from having a soul fit to be ticked. The true master of twitter looks beyond what is external to what is internal and inquires into the soul of those whom they converse. |language=en |access-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722172213/https://twitter.com/lastpositivist/status/1272622321573007361 |archive-date=22 July 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{OR|date=September 2021}}{{bettersource|date=September 2021}}


== References == == References ==

Revision as of 21:52, 28 October 2021

Liam Kofi Bright
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisValuing Questions (2018)
Doctoral advisorKevin Zollman
Other advisorsChristian List
InfluencesW. E. B. Du Bois
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-discipline
School or traditionLogical positivism
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics
Main interests
Websiteliamkofibright.com Edit this at Wikidata

Liam Kofi Bright is a British philosopher of science who is an assistant professor or lecturer in the department of philosophy, logic, and scientific method at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He works primarily on formal social epistemology, particularly the social epistemology of science. Some of his other work has been on Africana philosophy and formal modelling of social phenomena like intersectionality. Bright won the Philip Leverhulme Prize in the category of philosophy and theology in 2020.

Early life and education

Bright received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Warwick, a Master of Science degree in the philosophy of science from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in logic, computation, and methodology from the philosophy department at Carnegie Mellon University under the direction of the philosopher Kevin Zollman.

Work

Most of Bright's work involves formal models of the epistemology of science and institutional scientific practices such as peer review. Some of his other work has revolved around the thought of Africana philosophers like W. E. B. Du Bois (whose work he has twice been invited to BBC Radio 4 to discuss) and on formalizations of phenomena like intersectionality.

References

  1. ^ Bright, Liam Kofi (19 October 2019). "Academic CV". Liam Kofi Bright. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. Bright, Liam Kofi (15 May 2018). "Africana Philosophy and the Social Epistemology of Science: An Interview with Liam Kofi Bright". LSE Philosophy Blog. London: London School of Economics. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. "Research". Liam Kofi Bright. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. Bright, Liam Kofi (4 February 2021). "I'm a real one! Check out a couple of podcasts I've done on it to hear more about why (https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2019/...) and (https://player.fm/series/whats-l...). Hope you enjoy!" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. March 2017|Featured, 10; Comments, News|0 (10 March 2017). "LSE Philosophy welcomes Liam Kofi Bright and Laurenz Hudetz". Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method. Retrieved 22 July 2021. {{cite web}}: |first1= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "95 | Liam Kofi Bright on Knowledge, Truth, and Science – Sean Carroll". www.preposterousuniverse.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. Weinberg, Justin (24 May 2021). "Analytic Philosophy's "Triple Failure of Confidence"". Daily Nous. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ^ Smith, Noah. "Interview: Liam Kofi Bright". noahpinion.substack.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  9. "Liam Kofi Bright | FifteenEightyFour | Cambridge University Press". Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2020 | The Leverhulme Trust". www.leverhulme.ac.uk.
  11. "Liam Kofi Bright". Liam Kofi Bright.
  12. "Ph.D. Alumni". CMU Department of Philosophy.
  13. Heesen, Remco; Bright, Liam Kofi (2020). "Is Peer Review a Good Idea?". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (preprint): 000. doi:10.1093/bjps/axz029.
  14. "Code-Switching - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. "BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Art, truth and power".
  16. Bright, Liam Kofi; Malinsky, Daniel; Thompson, Morgan (17 December 2015). "Causally Interpreting Intersectionality Theory". Philosophy of Science. 83 (1): 60–81. doi:10.1086/684173. ISSN 0031-8248. S2CID 53695694.

External links


Stub icon

This biography of an academic is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: