Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett PhD (York)

Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett

Department of Philosophy
Reader in Philosophy
Head of Research

Contact details

Email
e.l.sullivan-bissett@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
ERI Building
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Birmingham
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UK

I am a Reader in Philosophy working primarily in the philosophy of mind and psychology.

Qualifications

  • BA in Philosophy (York, 2009)
  • MA in Philosophy (York, 2010)
  • PhD in Philosophy (York, 2014)

Teaching

At Birmingham I have taught the undergraduate modules Logic Through Language, Key Readings, Topics in the Philosophy of Religion, and Fantastic Beasts and How to Understand Them. I have also taught the postgraduate module Epistemology.

Postgraduate supervision

I am currently supervising PhD students in the areas of delusion formation and implicit bias. I welcome enquires from potential PhD students interested in research in philosophy of mind and psychology, epistemology, and philosophy of biology.


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Research

I work primarily on issues in philosophy of mind and psychology, specifically belief and its connection to truth, monothematic delusion, and implicit bias. I am also interested in biological approaches to what are characteristically thought to be normative questions in philosophy of mind and epistemology.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Ichino, A & Sullivan-Bissett, E 2024, '', Erkenntnis.

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2024, '', Synthese, vol. 204, 157.

Sullivan-Bissett, E & Rush, M 2023, '', British Journal of Aesthetics.

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2023, '', Philosophical Psychology.

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2022, '', The Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 85-100.

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2022, '', European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 5-24.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2024, . in T Lombrozo & N Van Leeuwen (eds), Oxford Handbook on the Cognitive Science of Belief. Oxford Handbooks, Oxford University Press.

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2023, . in E Schwitzgebel & J Jong (eds), The Nature of Belief. Oxford University Press.

Noordhof, P & Sullivan-Bissett, E 2023, . in P Henne & S Murray (eds), Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Action. 1st edn, Advances in Experimental Philosophy, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 87–111.

Book/Film/Article review

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2022, '', Philosophical Psychology.

Comment/debate

Palafox-Harris, E & Sullivan Bissett, E 2025, '', European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 155-180.

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2025, '', Philosophia.

Sullivan-Bissett, E & Noordhof, P 2024, '', Neuroethics, vol. 17, no. 1, 17.

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2022, '', Asian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 2022, 33.

Other contribution

Sullivan-Bissett, E 2024, . MIT Press.

Expertise

  • Nature of belief and connection to the truth
  • Delusions
  • Implicit bias

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