Liam Kofi Bright

Liam Kofi Bright
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisValuing Questions[1] (2018)
Doctoral advisorKevin Zollman[2]
Other advisorsChristian List[1]
InfluencesW. E. B. Du Bois[3]
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-discipline
School or traditionLogical positivism[4]
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics
Main interests
Websiteliamkofibright.com Edit this at Wikidata

Liam Kofi Bright is a British philosopher of science and assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Methods at the London School of Economics.[5] He works primarily on science and truth, as well as formal social epistemology.[6][7][8][9] Some of his other work has been on Africana philosophy and formal modelling of social phenomena like intersectionality.[6][8] Bright won the Philip Leverhulme Prize in the category of philosophy and theology in 2020.[10]

  1. ^ a b Bright, Liam Kofi (19 October 2019). "Academic CV". Liam Kofi Bright. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ Bright, Liam Kofi (15 May 2018). "Africana Philosophy and the Social Epistemology of Science: An Interview with Liam Kofi Bright". LSE Philosophy Blog. London: London School of Economics. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Research". Liam Kofi Bright. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ Bright, Liam Kofi [@lastpositivist] (4 February 2021). "I'm a real one! Check out a couple of podcasts I've done on it to hear more about why (https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2019/...) and (https://player.fm/series/whats-l...). Hope you enjoy!" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "LSE Philosophy welcomes Liam Kofi Bright and Laurenz Hudetz". Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "95 | Liam Kofi Bright on Knowledge, Truth, and Science – Sean Carroll". www.preposterousuniverse.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. ^ Weinberg, Justin (24 May 2021). "Analytic Philosophy's "Triple Failure of Confidence"". Daily Nous. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b Smith, Noah. "Interview: Liam Kofi Bright". noahpinion.substack.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Liam Kofi Bright | FifteenEightyFour | Cambridge University Press". Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2020 | The Leverhulme Trust". www.leverhulme.ac.uk.