Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My doctoral thesis is concerned with the things we do with mathematics - in particular, our use of mathematics to represent and explain the non-mathematical world. I am particularly interested in how these special mathematical kinds of representation and explanation relate to other kinds of representation and explanation and whether our world-oriented use of mathematics can tell us anything about what mathematical objects are like.
I have other interests too, of varying degrees of separation from the above:
Philosophy of science: I'm interested in representation and explanantion more generally, especially the role of ampliative reasoning in science, counterfactual/modal dependence and mechanistic theories of explanation and epistemic representation. I'm also interested in interest-relativity, especially as it pertains to explanation and the laws of nature.
Philosophy of mathematics & set theory: fictionalism, Frege and the neo-Fregeans, justification in mathematics and set-theory and Penelope Maddy's philosophy of mathematics.
Social philosophy: the relationship between 'analytic' political philosophy's methodology and first-order theories and structural explanations in social theory
Information for students
In 2016/17, I will be the GTA for Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics and Ethics I. Office hours TBA.
I've previously been a GTA for Elementary Logic, Gender & Philosophy, Political Philosophy 1, Philosophy of Science and Methodology.
Biographical details
Education
MPhil/PhD Philosophy, King's College London, 2013 -
MA Philosophy, King’s College London, 2012 – 2013 (Distinction)
MA (Hons) Philosophy, University of Glasgow, 2008 - 2012 (First Class)
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Research output
- 1 Article
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On Constraints, Context, and Spatiotemporal Explanation
Knox, E. & Heron, J-H., 1 Sept 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: PHILOSOPHY AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Activities
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15th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science
John Heron (Participant)
7 Aug 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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'Union: Gender' A&H Workshop Series
John Heron (Speaker)
26 Jun 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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KCL-HU Graduate Workshop
John Heron (Speaker)
22 May 2014 → 23 May 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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AHRC Doctoral Studentship
John Heron (Recipient)
1 Oct 2013 → 1 Oct 2016Activity: Other › Types of Award - Prize (including medals and awards)
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University of Reading Masters-Level Philosophy Conference
John Heron (Speaker)
16 Jan 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Thesis
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Mathematics and the world: Explanation and representation
Author: Heron, J., 2018Supervisor: Papineau, D. C. (Supervisor) & Knox, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Prizes
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AHRC Research Preparation Studentship
Heron, John (Recipient), 1 Oct 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Frances Melville Medal and Prize
Heron, John (Recipient), 1 Jun 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)