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Patrick Dawson
Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow
Interests: temporal metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of physics
Project: Hard Presentism – Truth, Physics, and Metaphysics in a Three-Dimensional World
Interests: temporal metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of physics
Project: Hard Presentism – Truth, Physics, and Metaphysics in a Three-Dimensional World
Interests: philosophy of language and mind, joint action and communication
Project: Communication and Institution
Interests: philosophy of science, feminist philosophy, and social epistemology
Project: Challenges in Public Engagement and Science Communication – The Philosophy of Fruitful Interactions
Interests: gender and feminism in architectural practice, representations of architecture and their relationship to architectural experience
Project: Gender Equity in Irish Architecture – Where are Ireland’s Women Architects?
Interests: Early Modern religious dissent and the development of political concepts
Project: European Women and Religious Dissent (EuWoRD) – The Advent of Modernity and the Democratic Public Sphere
UCD Philosophy is ranked among the Top 100 Departments of Philosophy worldwide (QS World University Rankings 2017, 2018, 2023 and 2024)