Dr Naomi Thompson
BA, MPhil, PhD
Current positions
Lecturer in Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Rethinking Realism and Antirealism
Principal Investigator
Description
Project meetings with collaborators applying for research funding for a large research project thinking about what it means to say that something is real, and making progress on tricky cases…Managing organisational unit
Department of PhilosophyDates
05/01/2026 to 31/07/2026
Inheritance
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of PhilosophyDates
01/01/2024 to 31/12/2026
Metaphysical Explanation
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of PhilosophyDates
01/01/2017 to 01/02/2021
Publications
Recent publications
08/12/2025Grounding Objectivity
Inquiry
Mind-Independence, Realism, and Reality
Journal of the American Philosophical Association
Metaphysical explanation
The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics
How to be an antirealist about metaphysical explanation
Ratio
Setting the story straight
Philosophical Studies