Name Carrie Jenkins | Role Philosopher | |
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Main interests epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mathematics Areas of interest Philosophy of language, Philosophy of logic, Philosophy of mathematics, Epistemology, Metaphysics Institution | ||
Carrie ichikawa jenkins knowing our own hearts self reporting and the science of love
Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins holds a Canada Research Chair and is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. She is also a Professor at the Northern Institute of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen. Her primary research areas are epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mathematics. She is one of the principal editors of the journal Thought.
Contents
- Carrie ichikawa jenkins knowing our own hearts self reporting and the science of love
- WWU Philosophy Club Diversity Panel Part 1
- Education and career
- Research areas
- Selected publications
- References
WWU Philosophy Club Diversity Panel--Part 1
Education and career
Jenkins holds BA, MPhil and PhD degrees in philosophy from Trinity College, Cambridge.
She has held teaching and research positions at the University of St Andrews, the Australian National University, the University of Michigan and the University of Nottingham. She was head of the department of philosophy at the University of Nottingham from 2010 to 2011.
Jenkins was awarded a Canada Research Chair by the Canadian Government in 2011.
Jenkins is also a member of the philosophy-themed musical group The 21st Century Monads.
Jenkins became involved in a dispute with Brian Leiter, a professor at the University of Chicago and then editor of the Philosophical Gourmet Report. His e-mailed remarks about Jenkins led to hundreds of philosophers refusing to provide data for the report, and ultimately led to his stepping down as its editor.
Research areas
Jenkins is the author of Grounding Concepts: An Empirical Basis for Arithmetical Knowledge, published in 2008 by Oxford University Press.
Grounding Concepts has been described as an ‘important book’, ‘an original treatment of the epistemology of arithmetic that is clearly articulated and carefully argued’, and a 'key work' in its field. Reviewers have said that ‘at each step Jenkins offers new ideas, or interesting twists of the traditional ones, or exciting polemics and criticism’, and that "Grounding Concepts" ‘adds a genuinely new option to the philosophical landscape.’
Jenkins has also published over thirty articles in philosophical journals and edited volumes. In 2013, she was a keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association.
Jenkins’s work on the philosophy of flirting has been described as ‘ground-breaking’. She is currently leading a research project on the metaphysics of romantic love and is well-known as a defender of polyamory.