College: Fitzwilliam
Supervisor: Hasok Chang
Advisor: Marta Halina
Thesis topic: Philosophy of Experimentation and C.S. Peirce
Please feel free to email me at nrr32@cam.ac.uk.
For more information please visit my website, www.niallroe.com.
Selected research areas
- History and philosophy of scientific experimentation;
- C.S. Peirce;
- teleology and function in science (esp. biology);
- philosophy of statistics; and
- philosophy of law.
Publications
'Charles Peirce and Experimental Science'. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. (forthcoming)
'Trial and Error: Conceptual Development in Law and Science' A (yet untitled) paper on Susan Haack's Legal Pragmatism. (invited contribution, forthcoming).
'Metatheoretical Linguistics: A Philosopher's Guide'. Biolinguistics (with Konstantinos Voudouris, an extended review of Nefdt, R., 'The Philosophy of Theoretical Linguistics')
Teaching
Supervisor (Cambridge):
- HPS Part II Paper 5: Epistemology and Metaphysics of Science
- HPS Part IB: History and Philosophy of Science
Teaching Assistant:
- Formal Logic – University of Calgary
I have given invited guest lectures to undergraduate classes at the University of Calgary and the University of Cambridge, on Thomas Reid and on Charles Peirce respectively.
Selected awards and grants
Recipient of the 2024 Charles S. Peirce Society Essay Prize
I am the grateful recipient of the following funding awards:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship
- Cambridge Trust Scholarship
- Rausing, Williamson and Lipton Studentship for the PhD in History and Philosophy of Science
- J. William E. Mingo Memorial Scholarship
Service and other roles
Referee:
- Synthese
Organizer (or co-organizer) of the following weekly Cambridge groups:
- HPS Postgraduate Workshop
- Pragmatism Reading Group
- Philosophy of Experimentation Reading Group
- Purpose and Progress in Science Reading Group
Conference and seminar presentations
Please see my CV.
Prior education
- BA, Philosophy, University of Calgary – 2014
- MA, Philosophy, University of Calgary – 2016
- JD, Dalhousie University – Schulich School of Law – 2019
Professional experience
I practiced law with a global law firm in my home town of Calgary, Alberta. I remain a member of good standing with the Alberta Law Society (non-practicing status).
