Dr Brian Ball
Professor of Philosophy
Biography
Brian Ball is Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University London. He works in the theory of knowledge, as well as philosophy of mind, language, and artificial intelligence.
A Canadian-British dual citizen, he was educated at McGill University, then the University of Oxford, where he was subsequently a Lecturer at St Anne’s and then Balliol College.
Qualifications
DPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford (2008)
BPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford (2003)
BA Hons Phil, Minor Ling, McGill University (2000)
Professional Affiliations
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Research
Professor Ball increasingly uses computational methods in his research, which has been supported by the Royal Society, the British Academy, and others.
His 2016 essay, ‘Knowledge, Safety, and Questions’ won the Philosophy South international essay prize.
Selected Publications
‘Computational Philosophy: Reflections on the PolyGraphs Project’, w. A. Koliousis, A. Mohanan, M. Peacey, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2024), 11 (186), https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-02619-z
‘Training Philosopher Engineers for Better AI’, w. A. Koliousis, AI & Society (2023), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022- 01535-7
‘Speech Acts, Actions, and Events’, in Stalmaszczyk (ed.) Cambridge Handbook of Philosophy of Language, CUP (2021), 335-348
‘Attitudes and Ascriptions in Stalnaker Models’, Linguistics and Philosophy (2019), 42: 517-539, doi 10.1007/s10988-019-09257-8
‘Alethic Pluralism and the Role of Reference in the Metaphysics of Truth’, Southern Journal of Philosophy (2017), 55(1): 116-135, doi 10.1111/sjp.12208
‘On Representational Content and Format in Core Numerical Cognition’, Philosophical Psychology (2017), 30(1-2): 119-139, doi: 10.1080/09515089.2016.1263988
Teaching
Professor Ball has teaching competency across a wide range of areas in philosophy, from aesthetics, to the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of mathematics – alongside the areas of his research expertise (above). He led the development of the MA in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, and engages in research-led teaching at undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels.
Contact
Brian Ball
brian.ball@nulondon.ac.uk
Northeastern University London is a charity
registered with the Charity Commission for
England and Wales (charity number 1189858).
Location
Devon House
58 St Katharine’s Way
London E1W 1LP, UK
+44 20 7637 4550
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