Profile: Robin Scaife

BA Philosophy & Psychology, MA Philosophy , University of Sheffield

Ph.D. student - expected completion 2011

Biography

Robin Scaife did his BA and MA at the University of Sheffield, where he is currently undertaking a PhD. His thesis is concerned with the threat that empirical evidence poses to the psychological requirements posited by many theoretical accounts of free will.
He has presented conference papers on dual-process theory, empirically informed accounts of agency, and, the relationship between automaticity and free will. He has also co-authored a paper (with Jon Webber, Cardiff) on intentional side effects of action.

Research Interests

Robin's primary research interests are in Moral Psychology, the Philosophy of Psychology and Experimental Philosophy

Professional Activity

Robin is a founder member of Experimental Philosophy Group UK.

Experimental Philosophy Group UK Website

Contact

r.scaife@sheffield.ac.uk