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Overview
Craig Bourne is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire. Craig studied Philosophy at Pembroke College, Cambridge, taking a BA (1995-1998), MPhil (1998-1999) and PhD (1999-2002). He was a Research Fellow at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (2002-2006), Lecturer in the Cambridge Philosophy Faculty (2004-2005) and College Lecturer in Philosophy at Pembroke and New Hall, Cambridge (2006-2007).
Craig’s current research interests are in metaphysics, philosophy of language and aesthetics. His publications include A Future for Presentism (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006) and Time in Fiction (Oxford University Press, 2016), which is co-authored with Emily Caddick Bourne. He has recently co-edited, with Emily Caddick Bourne, The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy (Routledge, 2018). He was awarded a Mind Asscociation Research Fellowship for 2019-2020.
Research interests
- Metaphysics
- Aesthetics
- Philosophy of Language
Teaching specialisms
Current postgraduate supervision:
- Free will (PhD)
- Imagination (PhD)
- Direction of time (MA by research)
Current undergraduate teaching:
- Philosophy of Language (level 6)
- Metaphysics (level 5)
- Logic (level 5)
- Philosophy of Film and Literature (level 4)
- Ethics (level 4)
- Mind, Knowledge and Reality (level 4)
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Projects
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A Contextualist Account of Truth in Fiction (6 month)
Bourne, C. (PI)
23/09/19 → 22/03/20
Project: Research
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Casts and Casting: Perspectives from Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art'
Bourne, C. (PI) & Caddick Bourne, E. (CoI)
10/11/18 → 11/11/18
Project: Other
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The Absurdity of Rational Choice: Time Travel, Foreknowledge, and the Aesthetic Dimension of Newcomb Problems
Bourne, C. & Caddick Bourne, E., 30 Aug 2024, In: Philosophies. 9, 4, 21 p., 99.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Elusive Fictional Truth
Bourne, C. & Caddick Bourne, E., 3 Jan 2022, In: British Journal of Aesthetics. 62, 1, p. 15-31 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Folk Stories: What has fiction to do with mental fictionalism?
Bourne, C. & Caddick Bourne, E., 2020, Fictionalism in Philosophy. Armour-Garb, B. & Kroon, F. (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP), p. 168-186Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Players, Characters, and the Gamer's Dilemma
Caddick Bourne, C. & Caddick Bourne, E., 23 Apr 2019, In: Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 77, 2, p. 133-143 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conversational Perversion, Implicature and Sham Cancelling in Othello
Bourne, C. & Caddick Bourne, E., 26 Oct 2018, Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy. Bourne, C. & Caddick Bourne, E. (eds.). Routledge, p. 146-160Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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