Sam Dickson @_SamDickson
Graduated with a PhD in philosophy at the University of York. Philosophy of mathematics and metaphysics (exactly as rock star as it sounds). Joined September 2012-
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Happening this weekend! We've been really lucky with people being generous and we've beaten our initial targets and have raised them again! If anyone else wants to be generous, it would be much appreciated!
Happening this weekend! We've been really lucky with people being generous and we've beaten our initial targets and have raised them again! If anyone else wants to be generous, it would be much appreciated!
A really interesting paper and a neat argument! Ed's not on twitter so thankfully she won't see me complimenting deflationism in this way
A really interesting paper and a neat argument! Ed's not on twitter so thankfully she won't see me complimenting deflationism in this way
Sam Dickson, Ed Willems and Robin Pawlett-Howell are speaking on chess, dungeons and dragons and the philosophy of games for "Pint of Science" on Tuesday May 14th at The Winning Post in York. It's 19.30-21.30. Don't play around and miss it! More info: pintofscience.co.uk/event/tech-me-…
Come see me, @RPawlett_Howell and our colleague Ed Willems on May 14th. You can have a pint and listen to us talk about philosophy of games, chess and impossibility for @pintofscience what's not to like?
Come see me, @RPawlett_Howell and our colleague Ed Willems on May 14th. You can have a pint and listen to us talk about philosophy of games, chess and impossibility for @pintofscience what's not to like?
What Exists, and How Many? Join Ed Willems on campus to investigate ontology: the study of the structure and reality of the world itself. Examine key questions in ontology and related disciplines over the course of 8 weeks. Visit tinyurl.com/yywya4fx #philosophycourses
Philosophy of Time What is time? Is time travel possible? Is time real? A chance to discuss questions about the nature of time on this classroom-based course of 5 weekly meetings led by Sam Dickson. To find out more visit tinyurl.com/3jhw2y4h #philosophycourses
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I'm running a relay marathon as part of a philosophy team to raise money for Shelter, feel free to donate below
I'm running a relay marathon as part of a philosophy team to raise money for Shelter, feel free to donate below
Finally graduated from my philosophy PhD this week, met and worked with so many great people at York, it's been a blast
The Department is hugely proud to announce that Angelos Sofocleous has won overall first place at the 3 Minute Thesis Final on Wednesday!!🎉🎉🎉 york.ac.uk/research/event…
Congratulations to Sam Dickson, who passed his viva yesterday with no corrections. Well done, Sam! 🎉 🙌 🎇The thesis was an investigation into the nature of mathematical objects, supervised by Mary Leng and Paul Noordhof. (PhD examiners Al Wilson and Dave Ingram.)
Two of our awesome doctoral students, Sam Dickson and Ed Williams, have teamed up to give a talk at "Issues on the (Im)possible", a conference organised by the Slovak Metaphysical Society. The talk is on the 8th of June, and titled "Differently Possible".metaphysics.sk/issuesontheimp…
New-ish paper 🔽🔽🔽 Grief in Chronic Illness: A Case Study of CFS/ME ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jc…
Congratulations to Sam Dickson! His paper "Against Vacuism" has now been published in Studia Semiotyczne. In it, he argues against Williamson and claims that counterpossibles can be non-trivially true or false. Read Sam's paper here: studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/index.php/Stud…
Philosophy people, I'm happy to say that my article "Against Vacuism" is out now. In it I'm arguing against Williamson and claiming that counterpossibles have non-trivial truth values. Available here: studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/index.php/Stud…
What better way to start the weekend than seeing me discuss some philosophy of mathematics and metaphysics of objects
What better way to start the weekend than seeing me discuss some philosophy of mathematics and metaphysics of objects
Can't believe they're making a frozen 2, can't they just let it go?
People think the most important thing in caramel is getting the sugar to a perfect temperature. I disagree. It's patience. #GBBO
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