Lani Watson

See personal webpage: https://www.philosophyofquestions.com/
See Theology Faculty webpage: https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/lani-watson-0
2020-present |
Research Fellow, Oxford Character Project, University of Oxford |
2017-2020 |
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Edinburgh |
2016-2017 |
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, University of Oklahoma |
2015-2016 |
Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh |
2011-2015 |
PhD Philosophy, University of Edinburgh |
2010-2011 |
MSc Philosophy, University of Edinburgh |
2004-2007 | BA Philosophy, University of York |
2021 (forthcoming) |
Watson, L., The Right To Know: Epistemic Rights And Why We Need Them. London: Routledge. |
2021 (forthcoming) |
Watson, L., What is a Question. Philosophy. |
2020 |
Watson, L., Epistemic Rights in a Polarized World. Polarisation, Arrogance, and Dogmatism: Philosophical Perspectives, Routledge edited by Lynch, M. and Tanesini, A. |
2020 |
Watson, L., Vices of Questioning in Public Discourse. The Routledge Handbook of Vice Epistemology edited by Battaly, H. |
2020 |
Watson, L., ‘Knowledge is Power’: Barriers to Intellectual Humility in the Classroom. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Humility edited by Alfano, M, Lynch, M. and Tanesini, A. |
2019 |
Watson, L., Educating for Inquisitiveness: A Case Against Exemplarism for Intellectual Character Education. Journal of Moral Education 48(3): 303-315. |
2019 |
Watson, L., Educating for Good Questioning as a Democratic Skill. In: The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology edited by Miranda Fricker, Peter J. Graham, David Henderson and Nikolaj J.L.L. Pedersen. New York: Routledge, 437-446. |
2019 |
Watson, L. & Wilson, A. T., Review Essay: Exemplarist Moral Theory. Journal of Moral Philosophy 16: 755-767. |
2018 |
Watson, L., Educating for Good Questioning: A Tool for Intellectual Virtues Education. Acta Analytica 33(3): 353-370. |
2018 |
Watson, L., Systematic Epistemic Rights Violations in the Media: A Brexit Case Study. Social Epistemology 32(2): 88-102. |
2018 |
Watson, L., Curiosity and Inquisitiveness. In The Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology edited by Heather Battaly. New York: Routledge. |
2018 |
Watson, L., Educating for Curiosity. In The Moral Psychology of Curiosity edited by Ilhan Inan, Lani Watson, Dennis Whitcomb and Safiye Yigit. Rowman & Littlefield, 293-310. |
2016 |
Watson, L., Why Should We Educate For Inquisitiveness. In Intellectual Virtues and Education: Essays in Applied Virtue Epistemology edited by Jason Baehr. New York: Routledge, 38-53. |
2016 |
Watson, L., The Epistemology of Education. Philosophy Compass 11(3): 146-159. |
2015 | Watson, L., What Is Inquisitiveness. American Philosophical Quarterly 52(3): 273-288 |
My research focuses on questions and questioning, and their role in intellectual character, including intellectual virtues such as curiosity, inquisitiveness, and intellectual humility. I work primarily in applied social and virtue epistemology, including political and media epistemology, as well as the philosophy of education. I am currently working as a Research Fellow with the Oxford Character Project, examining the role of good and bad questioning and intellectual character in leadership across diverse industry sectors, including law, finance and technology. |