Gabriel Arthur Thebolt

Department: Philosophy + Politics

Project Summary

PhD (2014) I connect strong claims in emergence and reduction to their mereological-ontological origins, and show why integration and individuation are critical to any understanding of these strong claims.

 

Current:

(a) Structure-Agency (Metaphysics)

(b) Natural Facts (Philosophy of Science)

(c) Existence into Ethics

Wider Research Interests

Metaphysics | Philosophy of Science | Complexity Studies

History of Political & Social Thought | Global Institutional Development

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Recent Talks and Papers ······· For more information, go here.

 

"What does 'socially constructed' really mean?" University of Exeter, College of Social Sciences and International Studies Research Conference, May 2013

"Are You Whole?" University of Exeter Philosophy Society, October 2012

"Towards a structure-agency solution" University of Exeter, College of Social Sciences and International Studies Research Conference, May 2012

"Popper's Open Society and Open Universe" University of Exeter Department of Politics, December 2011

"Emergence & Supervenience" Metaphysics Lecture, Department of Sociology & Philosophy, University of Exeter, October 2011

“Climate change, control and concrescence” Manchester Centre for Political Theory: MANCEPTS, University of Manchester, August 2011

“Political causes of Islamic states’ scientific inadequacy” Islam and Human Rights Conference, IAIS, Exeter, June 2011

“Complexity, macrocausation and perdurance” University of Exeter, College of Social Sciences and International Studies Research Conference, May 2011

“Reality check: Natural limitations on the construction of a grand theory of IR” University of Exeter, Department of Politics, International Relations Research Seminar, February 2011

“Why emergence matters to the social sciences” University of Exeter, School of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Conference, May 2010

“Emergence & complexity” The Global Centre (Devon), Town Meets Gown event, Exeter, June 2010

“Physical time and the emergent properties of mind” University of Essex Political Theory Conference, June 2010

De Rerum Natura: Book V” University of Exeter Department of Politics, February 2010