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Wilfrid Wulf

University of Oxford
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  • University of Oxford
    Department of Physics, Exeter College
    Faculty of Philosophy
    Associate Professor
University of Oxford
Department of Physics, Exeter College
DPhil, 1995
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Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0009-0000-4970-7400
Areas of Specialization
Science, Logic, and Mathematics
Quantum Field Theory
Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosophy of Mathematics
Areas of Interest
20th Century Analytic Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Fictional Characters
Metaontology
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Meta-Ethics
Quantification and Ontology
Linguistic Analysis in Philosophy
Semantics
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My Survey Responses

Survey Prompt Response
A priori knowledge Accept: yes
Abstract objects Lean towards: nominalism
Aim of philosophy Lean towards: understanding
Arguments for theism There is no fact of the matter
Consciousness Accept: eliminativism
Epistemic justification Accept a combination of answers:
  • Lean towards Internalism about justification
  • Lean towards Externalism about justification
External world There is no fact of the matter
Foundations of mathematics Lean towards: logicism
Free will Lean towards: no free will
God There is no fact of the matter
Hard problem of consciousness Accept: yes
Knowledge claims Lean towards: contextualism
Logic Accept a combination of answers:
  • Lean towards Classical view of logic
  • Neutral towards Non-classical view of logic
Material composition Accept: nihilism
Meaning of life Lean towards: nonexistent
Meta-ethics Accept: moral anti-realism
Metaontology Lean towards: anti-realism
Mind There is no fact of the matter
Moral judgment Accept: non-cognitivism
Moral motivation Accept: externalism
Moral principles There is no fact of the matter
Morality Accept a combination of answers:
  • Reject Non-naturalism about morality
  • Reject Naturalist realism about morality
  • Reject Eonstructivism about morality
  • Accept Expressivism about morality
  • Neutral towards Error theory of morality
Normative ethics Accept a combination of answers:
  • Reject Deontology
  • Reject Consequentialism
  • Reject Virtue ethics
Philosophical knowledge Accept: a lot
Philosophical methods Accept a combination of answers:
  • Lean against Conceptual analysis is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Lean towards conceptual engineering is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Neutral towards Empirical philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Neutral towards Experimental philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Accept Formal philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Lean against Intuition-based philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
  • Accept Linguistic philosophy is among the most useful/important methods of philosophy
Philosophical progress Lean towards: a little
Possible worlds Lean towards: nonexistent
Quantum mechanics Lean towards: collapse
Semantic content Lean towards: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Vagueness Accept: semantic