Dominic Alford-Duguid
Research Area
Education
Ph.D., University of Toronto
About
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Teaching
Research
Among the other things it allows us to do, perception permits us to think about the observable properties of objects (e.g. their colour, their shape, their size, etc.). One strand of my research investigates what this fact should lead us to say about perception and thought. In addition, I write about nearby issues in philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. I am particularly interested in debates about reference, quantification, communication, and the rational significance of perceptual experience.
I also have a strong sideline in philosophy of law. My forays into legal theory began with the foundations of general jurisprudence, but now also encompass questions about the relationship between privacy and control.
Publications
- ‘On the Epistemic Significance of Perceptual Structure’ (forthcoming) Philosophical Quarterly
- ‘Russell on Propositions’ (2022) Routledge Handbook of Propositions (eds. A. Murray and C. Tillman). [w/Fatema Amijee]
- ‘Thinking Through Illusion’ (2020) European Journal of Philosophy 28 (3): 617-638.
- ‘Thought about Properties: Why the Perceptual Case is Basic’ (2018) Philosophical Quarterly 68 (271): 221-242.
- ‘On the Explanatory Power of Hallucination’ (2017) Synthèse 194: 1765-1785. [w/ M. Arsenault]