James Ladyman

Professor of Philosophy, University of Bristol

Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Leeds: ‘Structural Realism and the Model-Theoretic Approach to Scientific Theories’; supervisor: Steven French
M.Sc. in History and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics, King's College London, pass with distinction
B.A.(hons) in Pure Mathematics (main) and Philosophy (subsidiary), University of York, first class honours

Philip Leverhulme Prize in Philosophy and Ethics 2005
Choice (American Library Association) Outstanding Academic Text Award for Understanding Philosophy of Science

Research

scientific realism
constructive empiricism
structural realism (I made the distinction in my 1998 paper between epistemic and ontic forms of structural realism and I have defended the latter)
scientific representation
physicalism
the relationship between the special sciences and physics
naturalised metaphysics
philosophy of information and computation
philosophy of physics

I am writing a textbook, Philosophy of Physics, under contract with Acumen.
I am co-editor (with Professor Alexander Bird) of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (for which I was previously a deputy editor and assistant editor).
I was Honorary Secretary of The British Society for the Philosophy of Science (2003-2007)

Publications

Books

Articles

Book Reviews