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Brief biography

I am currently a Reader in Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method in the London School of Economics. In addition, I am an Associate Editor for Philosophy of Science, the co-ordinator of the MSc Philosophy of the Social Sciences at the LSE, and the graduate selector for the department.

Before I joined the department at the LSE, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of California - San Diego (between 2000 and 2001). I also visited Carnegie Mellon University during the fall of 2003.

Although my primary field of research concerns evolutionary game theory as applied to the evolution of morality and social norms, more recently I have worked on the foundations of decision theory. I also have more broad interests in the philosophy of science and social science.

A short video discussing my views on how game theory can underpin an ‘objectively relative’ conception of morality, entitled “On the evolution of morality,” was released in January 2010.

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