Professor Rowland Stout BA, MSC, BPhil DPhil
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Biography:
I became interested in problems of agency and consciousness while working on AI, robotics and logic programming at the Polytechnic of the South Bank London in the mid 1980s. So I went back to college and did a Philosophy BPhil at Oxford, and then a DPhil. I was a Research Fellow at Leeds for a year where I developed neural network (connectionist) models of representation in action. I've since taught at Oxford and Manchester Universities, before coming to UCD. I had an IRCHSS Senior Research Fellowship in 2008/9, during which time I started to develop some ideas in the philosophy of emotions. I have published three books and am working on one now on processes in experience and action as well as thinking about another one on the nature of emotion. At present I am deputy Head of School of Philosophy at UCD and also deputy Editor for the Journal of International Studies. I'm married with two daughters - Lara born in 2000 and Rebecca born in 2002. My wife, Sarah, is a writer. |
Research Interests
| Philosophy of Mind and Action, Processes and Causation, Ethics and Rationality, Epistemology. I'm starting to do some work now on emotion which should occupy much of my attention over the next few years. For the academic year 2008 - 9 I had an IRCHSS Senior Research Fellowship to pursue a project on Emotional Knowledge |
Books
Stout, R; (2006) The Inner Life of a Rational Agent: In Defence of Philosophical Behaviourism. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press and published in the US by Columbia University Press.  [Details] |
| Stout, R; (2005) Action. Teddington: Acumen and published in the US by Queens/McGill Universities Press. [Details] |
| Stout, R.; (1996) Things that Happen Because They Should. *: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Stout R; (2010) 'What you cause when you raise your arm' In: Aguilar, J. and Buckareff, A (eds). Causing Human Action: New Perspectives on the Causal Theory of Action. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. [Details] |
| Stout R; (2010) 'Deviant Causal Chains' In: O'Connor, T. and Sandis, C (eds). Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Action. Oxford: Blackwell. [Details] |
| Stout, R; (2010) 'Being subject to the rule to do what the rules tell you to do' In: Weiss, B. and Wanderer, J. (eds.) (eds). Reading Brandom. London: Routledge. [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (2012) 'Mechanisms that respond to reasons: an Aristotelian approach to agency' In: Fran O'Rourke (eds). Human Destinies. Notre Dame: Notre Dame University Press. [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (2008) 'She ran because she thought a bear was chasing her' In: New Essays on the Explanation of Action. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details] |
| Stout, R; (2008) 'Ethics in the Twentieth Century' In: Moran, D. (ed.) (eds). Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy. London: Routledge. [Details] |
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| Stout, R; (2007) 'Two ways to understand causality in action' In: Leist, A. (ed.) (eds). Action in Context. Berlin: de-Gruter. [Details] |
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| Stout, R.; (2003) 'The life of a process' In: in G. Debrock (ed.) (eds). Pragmatic Process Philosophy. Rodopi: *. [Details] |
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| Rowland Stout; (2002) 'The Enigma of Consciousness' In: Out of the Box. London: Duncan Baird. [Details] | |||||||||
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Peer Reviewed Journals
| R.Stout; (2012) 'What someone's behaviour must be like if we are to be aware of their emotions in it'. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 11 (2):135-148. [Details] |
| R. Stout; (2010) 'Review of Mendosa's Anti-Externalism'. Philosophical Quarterly, 60 (240):656-658. [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (2010) 'Seeing the anger in someone's face'. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 84 :29-43. [Details] |
| Stout, R; (2010) 'What you know when you know an answer to a question'. Nous, 44 (2):392-402. [Details] |
| Stout, R; (2004) 'Internalising Practical Reasons'. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 44 (3):229-243. [Details] |
| Stout, R; (2003) 'Decontaminating our view of the mind'. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 11 (4):265-275. [Details] |
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| Stout, R.; (2002) 'Ryle's Behaviourism'. Revue Internationale De Philosophie, 219 :37-49. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (2002) 'The right structure for a causal theory of action'. Facta Philosophica, 4 (1):11-24. [Details] |
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| Stout, R.; (2003) 'Behaviourism'. Think, 2 (3):38-43. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (1998) 'The Evolution of Theoretically Useful Traits'. Biology and Philosophy, 13 :529-540. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (1998) 'Descartes' Hidden Argument for the Existence of God'. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 6 (2):155-168. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (1997) 'Processes'. Philosophy, 72 :19-27. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout R; (2002) 'Living Without Free WIll'. Tls-The Times Literary Supplement, 5201 :12-12. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout R; (2001) 'The Possibility of Practical Reason'. Tls-The Times Literary Supplement, 5127 :12-12. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout; (2001) 'Kathy Lennon's Philosophy of Mind'. Philosophical Books, 42 :228-229. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout R; (1999) 'David Armstrong's A WOrld of States of Affairs'. Philosophy, 74 :130-134. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout R; (1997) 'Robert Brandom's Making it Explicit'. Mind, 106 :341-345. [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1999) 'The World of We'. Times Literary Supplement, 5016 :35-35. [Details] | |||||||||
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Conference Publications
| Rowland Stout; (2011) What Behaviour must be like if we can see feelings in it Actions as Processes [Details] |
| R. Stout; (2010) Can you see someone's emotions dispassionately . In: Rasmus Jensen eds. Intersubjectivity and Empathy workshop Dublin Royal Institute, [Details] |
| R.Stout; (2010) Two kinds of action . In: Jennifer Hornsby eds. Dispositions and Agency CSMN Oslo, [Details] |
| R. Stout; (2009) Processes as continuants . In: Joseph Diekemper eds. Aporo Workshop on Ontology and Metaphysics ueen's University Belfast, [Details] |
| Stout R; (2008) What you cause when you write a letter . In: Stoutland eds. Agency and Action Uppsala, [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (2007) Reasons-responsive mechanisms Selfhood, normativity and control Nijmegen, [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (2005) Decoding the genetic code code Functions in Biology Catania Sicily, [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (2004) Internalising practical reasons Irish Philosophical Club Annual Conference Ballymascanlon, [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (2004) Internalist and externalist models of teleological explanation Teleology: Ancient and Modern University of Edinburgh, [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (2004) Des rationality lead a double life? Cork Roundtable on Rationality University College Cork, [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (2000) What is a way of behaving Action University of Manchester, [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (2000) Norms in Action Pragmatics and Pragmatisms University of London School of Advanced Study, [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1999) The priority of processes over events Process Pragmatism Nijmegen, [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1997) Understanding Other People - the application of simulation theroy to the ethics of care Mount Sinai-Oxford Colloquium on Bioethics Mount Sinai New York, [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1995) Processes Australasian Association of Philosophy ANU Canberra, [Details] | |||||||||
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Guest Lectures
| Rowland Stout; (2009) What you cause when you do something. University of Keele Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture: Guest Lectures [Details] |
Invited Lectures
| R. Stout; (2010) Fighting Back. University of Manchester: Invited Lectures [Details] |
Electronic Publication
| Stout, R.; (2002) What you know when you know how someone behaves. Electronic Publication [Details] |
| Stout, R.; (2001) Acting and Causing. Electronic Publication [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Rowland Stout; (2001) Do you really know what you are doing. Book Reviews [Details] |
| Stout, R.; (2001) Review of Lennon et al (eds.), The Philosophy of Mind. Book Reviews [Details] |
| Stout, R.; (1999) Review of Armstrong, D., A World of States of Affairs. Book Reviews [Details] |
| Stout, R.; (1997) Review of Brandom, R., Making it Explicit. Book Reviews [Details] |
Reviews
| Rowland Stout; (2002) Don't blame me if I shoot the pianist. Reviews [Details] |
Research Seminars
| Rowland Stout; (2007) What you know when you know the answer to a question. University of Warwick Research Seminars: Research Seminars [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (2005) Belief and Judgement. University of Edinburgh Invited Speaker Series: Research Seminars [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (2005) Belief and Judgement. NUI Maynooth: Research Seminars [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (2002) In Defence of Philosophcial Behaviourism. UCD Philosophy Invited Speaker Seminars: Research Seminars [Details] |
| Stout, R.; (2002) Internal Norms. Research Seminars [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (2001) Rules in Action. Warwick Graduate Group: Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (2001) Laws in Action. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (2000) Norms in Action. University of Durham Research seminars: Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (2000) What is a Way of Behaving?. Bolton Institute Research seminars: Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (1999) Reply to Julie Jack on explicit and implicit knowledge. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1995) Action and Perception. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1995) Processes. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1995) The Disjunctive Approach to Action. University of New England, Armidale: Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1994) Justification and dynamic rationality. University of Oxford Normativity Workshop (Merton College): Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1993) An inclusive disjunctive approach to action. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1992) Inclusive disjunctivism about experience. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Rowland Stout; (1991) Controlled behaviour. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (1999) The Life of a Process. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (1999) The Life of a Process. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; (1998) Does Justification need justification?. Research Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
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Working Paper
| Rowland Stout; (1988) A connectionist model of representation in action. University of Leeds Working Papers series: Working Paper [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (1988) A distributed representation of the task of getting around a cluttered room. Working Paper [Details] |
Research Papers
| Rowland Stout; (2002) Internal Norms. University of Liverpool Research seminars: Research Papers [Details] |
| Rowland Stout; (1995) Processes. Research Papers [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2008. Title: IRCHSS Senior Research Fellowship |
| Year: 2000. Title: Arts and Humanities Research Board (UK) grant |
Associations
| Association: Aristotelian Society, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: British Philosophical Association, Function/Role: |
Conference Contributions
| Stout, R.; Processes,. [N/A], 1995, Australasian Association of Philosophy, ANU, * . |
| Stout, R.; Understanding Other People: the application of Simulation Theory to the ethics of care,. [N/A], 1997, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, Mount Sinai Oxford Colloquium on Bioethics, * . |
| Stout, R.; Externalist justification of action,. [N/A], Oxford University Workshop on Externalism and Normativity. 27/10/98, * . |
| Stout, R.; The Priority of Processes over Events,. [N/A], University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, Pragmatics and Processes conference.20/5/99,, * . |
| Stout, R.; What is a Way of Behaving?,. [N/A], University of Manchester, Actions conference, 21/5/2000, * . |
| Stout, R.; Norms in Action,. [N/A], University of London School of Advanced Study Philosophy Programme Pragmatics and Pragmatisms conference.10/3/2000,, * . | |||||||||
| Stout, R.; The life of a process,. [N/A], University of St Andrews Arche Metaphysics conference. 16/6/2000,, * . | |||||||||
| Stout; (2004) Internalising Practical Reasons. [Plenary Lecture], Irish Philosophical Club annual conference, Ballymascanlon , 28-FEB-04 - 29-FEB-04. | |||||||||
| Stout; (2004) Does rationality lead a dynamic life?. [Plenary Lecture], Cork Roundtable Workshop on Rationality, Univeristy of Cork , 24-MAR-04 - 25-MAR-04. | |||||||||
| Stout; (2004) Internalising Pracical Reasons. [Plenary Lecture], Aristotelian Society, University of London , 24-MAY-04 - 24-MAY-04. | |||||||||
| Stout; (2004) Inernalist and externalist models of the releological explanation of action. [Plenary Lecture], Teleology, Ancient and Modern, University of Edinburgh , 16-AUG-04 - 18-AUG-04. | |||||||||
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Employment
| Employer: South Bank University, London Position: Research Assistant and Lecturer |
| Employer: University of Leeds Position: Research Fellow |
| Employer: Merton College and Keble College, Oxford Position: Stipendiary Lecturer |
| Employer: Oriel College, University of Oxford Position: Tutorial Fellow |
| Employer: University of Manchester Position: Senior Lecturer |
Education
| Year 1991 Institution: University of Oxford Qualification: D.Phil Subject: --none-- |
| Year 1987 Institution: University of Oxford Qualification: B.Phil Subject: --none-- |
| Year 1983 Institution: University of Sussex Qualification: MSc Subject: |
| Year 1980 Institution: Oxford University, UK Qualification: BA Subject: |
Other Activities
| Admin responsibilities: I am Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies |