Research output per year
Research output per year
Before coming to Manchester I was a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Nottingham. My BA is from Oxford University, my PhD from University College London and I was a research fellow at the University of Utrecht (1998-2001). I joined Philosophy at Manchester in 2003 where I am currently a Reader.
I have worked on a number of research project, the most recent being a PI on BIOMOT (2011-15), an EC funded project on the FP7 programme with seven partner institutions in Europe.
A central theme in my research is Philosophy of Religion, in particular religious language. I am author of Reading Philosohy of Religion with Graham Oppy (Monash) for Wiley-Blackwell (2010) and Religious Language with Palgrave Macmillan (2013) . The latter book draws on current research in the philosophy of language (as well as work in theology and Continental Philosophy) to develop a novel theory of religious langague. I argue that there is an expressive component in the meaning of religious utterances (although I reject a fully expresssivist theory) and that there are distinctive characteristics to the speech acts employed in religious dicourse. I have published numerous papers in the field and have one fothcoming in Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion.
I have a number of other philosophical interest and topics on which I have published:
Philosophy of Religion PHIL20022
Philosophy of Psychology PHIL30361
Metaethics and Religious Langauge PHIL30842.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wossink, G., Beattie, G., Goldie, P., O'Neill, J. & Scott, M.
1/09/11 → 31/08/15
Project: Research
Michael Scott (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Michael Scott (Discussant)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Michael Scott (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
John O'Neill (Participant), Thomas Uebel (Participant), Michael Scott (Participant), Paul Knights (Participant), Martin O'Neill (Participant) & Grada Wossink (Participant)
Impact: Economic impacts, Environmental impacts, Societal impacts, Technological impacts