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I am a PhD student and member of the Nature of Representation research group, headed by Professor Robbie Williams, and funded by the European Research Council.

My research focusses on the philosophy of generative linguistics, the nature of language and linguistic expressions and the notion of mental representation in cognitive science. I also like thinking about scientific realism, social kinds and slurs.

I did my first degree in philosophy at Sheffield, then the B.Phil at Oxford (a two year Master's). After that came a second Master's degree - this time in linguistics - from Paris Diderot, before moving to Leeds in 2013.

CONFERENCE: MENTAL REPRESENTATION IN LINGUISTICS

University of Leeds, 26-27 May 2016

Hosted by the Nature of Representation Group (Leeds), and supported by the Analysis Trust.

Aim: To bring together linguists and philosophers to discuss the characterisation of human cognition involved in contemporary linguistic theorising and the disputed role in the theory of attributions of mental states with representational content.

Georges Rey (Maryland), TBA

David Adger (QMU), “Representation, derivation and syntactic structure”

Frances Egan (Rutgers), “A deflationary account of mental representation in linguistics"

John Collins (UEA), “What does a syntactic representation represent?”

Ianthi Tsimpli (Cambridge), TBA

Wolfram Hinzen (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), “On method in the study of mental representation”

Registration is free but space is limited. Please email philosophy.linguistics.conf@gmail.com if you wish to attend. Please state if you would like to attend the conference dinner on the evening of Thursday 26 May. Postgraduate attendance is supported by the Analysis Trust. Postgraduate students from outside Leeds are eligible to apply for a grant of up to £70 to cover a maximum of 50% of the cost of registration, accommodation and evening meals. Grants will be attributed on a first-come, first-served basis.