David Mathers
I received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford in 2016 for a thesis in the philosophy of mind, specifically on the metaphysics of perceptual consciousness. My doctoral supervisor was Prof. John Hawthorne. Since receiving my DPhil I have been a teaching assistant at the University of Stirling and have had two academics papers accepted for publication. Copies of my papers and doctoral thesis can be found at https://oxford.academia.edu/DavidMathers
University of Oxford
Education
Doctoral
2011 – 2016
Philosophy
University of Oxford
Lower Undergraduate
2009 – 2011
BPhil, Philosophy
University of Oxford
Experience
Volunteer (plus some paid writing)
Giving What We Can
2022 – Present
Research Intern
Rethink Priorities
2021 – 2021
Superforecaster
Good Judgment Inc
2020 – Present
Tutor in Philosophy
University of Stirling
2018 – 2020
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Oxford
2014 – 2015
Publications
Against Block on Attention and Mental Paint
A HYBRID NAIVE REALIST - REPRESENTATIONALIST THEORY OF PHENOMENAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Against Sider on Fundamentality (Revised Version)
Naïve Realism and the Hallucination of Particulars
Against Sethi’s Response to the Argument from Hallucination
Transparency and the Hallucinatory Matching Thesis
A Challenge to the Phenomenal Intentionality Research Program [Under Review]
A Problem with Standard Counterexamples to Representationalism
Ethical Implications of Indeterminate Cases of Consciousness