Kit
Patrick
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Bristol
- M.A. in History, Sociology and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
- B.A. in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Science | Epistemology | Philosophy of Law | Ancient Indian History
Kit Patrick has held posts at the University of Bristol, Azim Premji University, and BML Munjal University. His teaching ranges from critical reasoning and logic to philosophy of literature. His research focuses on expert reasoning, including the limits of formal models of reasoning. He also creates popular works on ancient Indian history. At home, he has a dog and a large collection of boardgames. He has taught and worked in India since 2017, and is grateful to call it home.
Publications
Patrick, K., & Hodesdon, K. (2017). Is theory choice using epistemic virtues
possible? Applications of Formal Philosophy (pp. 139-168). Springer, Cham.
Patrick, K. (2018). Unity as an Epistemic Virtue. Erkenntnis, 83(5), 983-1002.
The Jharconnect Report. APU (2020)
The Second Jharconnect Report. APU (2021)
Patrick, K. (2022). Moderate Realism and Deduction from Truthlike Theories.
Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 1-15.
Hyperintensionality of Confirmation and Meaning. Thapar (2021)
Inductive reasoning. Online for PoS group India (2020)
Moderate realists shouldn’t trust logic. Hydrabad (2020)
Reasoning from truthlike premises IIT Ropar (2018)
Writing for philosophy. IIT Ropar (2018)
‘Hyperintensionality of Induction’ APU workshop (2018)
Beyond Validity. Hyderabad (2017)
Hume and Shantideva on personal identity. BITS Pilani (2017)
Others: Utrecht, Leeds, Bristol, Leuven, ECAP7 Milan, Munich, EPSA Athens & more.
