Luc Bovens

 

Biographical data:

• Current employment: Professor (since 2004) and Head of Department  in the Department  of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method  at the London School of Economics and Political Science

• Coordinator of the MSc Philosophy and Public Policy

• Previous employment: Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder (1990-2003)

• Project work: Director of the Research Group, Philosophy, Probability and Modelling, University of Konstanz (2002-5)

• Editorial work: Editor of Economics and Philosophy (2002-7)

• Education: PhD. Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1990

 

Contact Information:

• e-mail: L[Dot]Bovens[AT]LSE[Dot]ac[Dot]uk

• Address: LSE - Philosophy - Houghton Street - London WC2A2AE - UK

 

Research Interest:

• Formal Epistemology

• Moral Theory

• Philosophy and Public Policy

• Public and Social  Choice

 

Publications:

 

• Chronological list

 

• Thematic lists (under construction)

   

  • Formal Epistemology:

    • Sleeping Beauty, Judy Benjamin, puzzle of the hats, credence, betting rates, Dutch Books, coherence theory of justification and Bayesian epistemology, variety of evidence, Duhem-Quine, addition paradox, preface and the lottery paradox, credence and belief, game-theory, reflection, counterfactuals, supervenience, miracles, interviews 

   

  • Coherence Theory of Justification

    • Coherence and credence, measuring coherence, coherence in philosophy of science, Bayesian epistemology, belief expansion

   

  • Moral Theory:

    • Forgiveness and apologies, reproductive ethics, hope, authenticity, love, moral luck, suffering, weakness of will, adaptive preferences, character planning, voluntarism, structure of value, moral supervenience 

   

  • Rationality, Policy and Choice:

    • Voting theory, doctrinal paradox or discursive dilemma, social policy, Libertarian paradox, Bargaining theory and justice

 

Current Research:

• Philosophy and Public Policy

  • immigration policy, climate change policies, tragedy of the commons, carbon markets

• Public and Social Choice

  • majority deficits in two-tiered voting systems, causal models of voting power

• Formal Epistemology:

  • Monty Hall, Bayesianism & frequentism, miracles

• Moral Theory

  • responsibility, teleology, topics in moral psychology

   

Teaching:

• Philosophy and Public Policy

• Moral and Political Philosophy

• Rational Choice

• Philosophy of Science