Golwg o Gampws Singleton a’r bae gyferbyn o’r awyr

Dr Rob Fraser

Lecturer in Philosohy

Politics Philosophy and International Relations

+44 (0) 1792 513510

r.k.fraser@abertawe.ac.uk

Dolenni Ymchwil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1475-1863

Trosolwg

Mae Rob yn ddarlithydd mewn Athroniaeth ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Yn y gorffennol, bu ganddo swyddi addysgu ym Mhrifysgol Bryste, Prifysgol Leeds, Prifysgol Manceinion a Phrifysgol Caerhirfryn. Cwblhaodd gymrodoriaeth ôl-ddoethurol yr Academi Brydeinig ym Mhrifysgol Leeds yn 2019, ar ôl iddo gwblhau ei PhD ym Mhrifysgol Manceinion yn 2015. Ei feysydd arbenigedd ymchwil yw metaffiseg, epistemoleg, athroniaeth iaith ac athroniaeth mathemateg. Mae'n ymddiddori'n benodol mewn sut mae mathemateg yn hwyluso cynrychioli ac egluro'r byd ffisegol, beth yw maes pwnc mathemateg a sut mae gwybodaeth fathemategol yn bosib:

Meysydd Arbenigedd

Metaffiseg
Epistemoleg
Athroniaeth Iaith
Athroniaeth Mathemateg
Athroniaeth Gwyddoniaeth

Cyhoeddiadau

Uchafbwyntiau Ymchwil

Fraser, R. (2024). The Social Reality of Virtual Worlds. Metaphysics, 7(1), 85-98.
https://doi.org/10.5334/met.156, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68392
Fraser, R. (2022). No Grounds for Fictionalism. Philosophical Studies, 179(12), 3679-3687.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-022-01855-w, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68391
Fraser, R. (2021). Unification and mathematical explanation. Philosophical Studies, 178(12), 3923-3943.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-021-01631-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68390
Fraser, R. (2021). Platonic Relations and Mathematical Explanations. The Philosophical Quarterly, 71(3), 623-644.
https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqaa053, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68389
Fraser, R. & Saatsi, J. (2021). Mathematics and Explanatory Generality: Nothing but Cognitive Salience. Erkenntnis, 86(5), 1119-1137.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-019-00146-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68388

Holl Ymchwil

Erthyglau Cylchgronau

Assadian, B. & Fraser, R. (2024). The individuation of mathematical objects. Synthese, 205, 6
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-024-04814-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68644
Fraser, R. (2024). The Social Reality of Virtual Worlds. Metaphysics, 7(1), 85-98.
https://doi.org/10.5334/met.156, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68392
Fraser, R. (2022). No Grounds for Fictionalism. Philosophical Studies, 179(12), 3679-3687.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-022-01855-w, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68391
Fraser, R. (2021). Unification and mathematical explanation. Philosophical Studies, 178(12), 3923-3943.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-021-01631-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68390
Fraser, R. & Saatsi, J. (2021). Mathematics and Explanatory Generality: Nothing but Cognitive Salience. Erkenntnis, 86(5), 1119-1137.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-019-00146-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68388
Fraser, R. (2021). Platonic Relations and Mathematical Explanations. The Philosophical Quarterly, 71(3), 623-644.
https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqaa053, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68389
Fraser, R. (2021). The uncanny accuracy of God's mathematical beliefs. Religious Studies, 57(2), 333-352.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412519000283, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68383
Fraser, R. (2015). Heavy Duty Platonism. Erkenntnis, 80(6), 1255-1270.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-015-9723-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10670-015-9723-4
Fraser, R. & Liggins, D. (2015). Good weasel hunting. Synthese, 192(10), 3397-3412.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0711-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0711-7
Fraser, R. (2015). What ‘the number of planets is eight’ means. Philosophical Studies, 172(10), 2757-2775.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-015-0443-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-015-0443-z

Penodau Llyfrau

Fraser, R. (2016). Semantic Assumptions in the Philosophy of Mathematics. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (pp. 43-65). Springer International Publishing
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31644-4_4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68382

Goruchwyliaeth

Overcoming Christ or Rediscovering Christ (cyfredol)

MA

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Paddy Mcqueen

Modiwlau a Addysgir

HUP105 Critical Reasoning

This module introduces students to the core elements of critical reasoning: how to identify, construct and analyse arguments; what makes an argument valid and sound; common errors in reasoning; and the basics of propositional logic. In studying these topics, students will cultivate core critical reasoning skills and apply these in analysing real-world textual examples.
HUP127 Fundamental Issues in Philosophy

. This module explores philosophical attempts to understand the world and our place within it. It does this by examining key questions and debates about the nature of reality (metaphysics) and our ability to understand it (epistemology). These issues include: how do objects persist through time, even when they undergo significant change? What is the relationship between the mind and the body? Can we experience the world in itself or is our knowledge of the world necessarily shaped by our language, culture and/or body? When are we justified in believing the things that we do?
HUP243 Philosophy of the Enlightenment

This module explores key philosophical ideas as they developed through the age of the Enlightenment. The primary aim is to introduce students to major Enlightenment philosophers in order to see how their theories reflected and contributed to the social and intellectual developments of the time. This will also reveal how their ideas shaped, and to continue to shape, Western philosophy and society more generally. We will examine debates about, among other things, the nature of truth, knowledge, reality, God and the self. The philosophers addressed include Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant. We will also consider critiques of the Enlightenment, including romantic, feminist and critical race perspectives.
HUP243A Philosophy of the Enlightenment

This module explores key philosophical ideas as they developed through the age of the Enlightenment. The primary aim is to introduce students to major Enlightenment philosophers in order to see how their theories reflected and contributed to the social and intellectual developments of the time. This will also reveal how their ideas shaped, and to continue to shape, Western philosophy and society more generally. We will examine debates about, among other things, the nature of truth, knowledge, reality, God and the self. The philosophers addressed include Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant. We will also consider critiques of the Enlightenment, including romantic, feminist and critical race perspectives.
HUP319 Reality and Cognition: Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology

This module equips students with contemporary philosophical concepts and methods for thinking deeply about the nature of reality, and our capacity to make cognitive contact with it. It then invites them to apply these to topics of philosophical concern, including: the metaphysics of time; the metaphysics of gender; the metaphysics of disability; epistemic injustice; the metaphysics of virtual worlds; and the epistemology and metaphysics of science and mathematics.

Dr Rob Fraser

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Cyfeiriad ebost

Dolenni Ymchwil

Trosolwg

Meysydd Arbenigedd

Cyhoeddiadau

Uchafbwyntiau Ymchwil

Holl Ymchwil

Erthyglau Cylchgronau

Penodau Llyfrau

Goruchwyliaeth

Overcoming Christ or Rediscovering Christ (cyfredol)

Modiwlau a Addysgir

HUP105 Critical Reasoning

HUP127 Fundamental Issues in Philosophy

HUP243 Philosophy of the Enlightenment

HUP243A Philosophy of the Enlightenment

HUP319 Reality and Cognition: Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology