Stephen Laurence

PhD (Rutgers University)

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Professor of Philosophy

Director of the Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies

s.laurence@sheffield.ac.uk
9 Mappin Street

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Stephen Laurence
School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities
9 Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DT
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Stephen came to Sheffield in February 2000. He has also taught at the University of Manchester, Hampshire College, London School of Economics, and the University of Hull. Stephen's main research interests are in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and cognitive science. Some of the issues that interest him in these areas are: the nature of concepts, the nativism/empiricism debate, and philosophical methodology.

Publications

Books

  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2023) The Innate Mind: Volume 3: Foundations and the Future.
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2008) .
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2007) Creations of the mind. Oxford University Press, USA.
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2007) . Oxford University Press.
  • Simpson T, Stich S, Carruthers P & Laurence S (2007) . Oxford University Press.
  • Simpson T, Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2005) . Oxford University PressNew York.

Edited books

  • Margolis E & Laurence S (Ed.) (2015) The Conceptual Mind: New Directions in the Study of Concepts. MIT Press.
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (Eds.) (2008) The Innate Mind: Foundations and the Future. OUP.
  • (Ed.) (2007) . Oxford University PressOxford.
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (Eds.) (2007) The Innate Mind: Culture and Cognition. OUP.
  • (Ed.) (2007) ..
  • (Ed.) (2000) . University of Illinois Press.
  • Laurence S & Macdonald C (Ed.) (1998) Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics. Blackwell.

Journal articles

  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2024) . Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 47.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2023) . Cognition, 240.
  • Barrett HC, Bolyanatz A, Broesch T, Cohen E, Froerer P, Kanovsky M, Schug MG & Laurence S (2021) . Cognitive Science, 45(6).
  • Curtin CM, Barrett HC, Bolyanatz A, Crittenden AN, Fessler DMT, Fitzpatrick S, Gurven M, Kanovsky M, Kushnick G, Laurence S , Pisor A et al (2020) . Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(5), 415-429.
  • Barrett HC, Bolyanatz A, Crittenden AN, Fessler DMT, Fitzpatrick S, Gurven M, Henrich J, Kanovsky M, Kushnick G, Pisor A , Scelza BA et al (2016) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(17), 4688-4693.
  • Fessler DMT, Holbrook C, Kanovsky M, Clark Barrett H, Bolyanatz AH, Gervais MM, Gurven M, Henrich J, Kushnick G, Pisor AC , Stich S et al (2016) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1823), 20152628-20152628.
  • Fessler DMT, Barrett HC, Kanovsky M, Stich S, Holbrook C, Henrich J, Bolyanatz AH, Gervais MM, Gurven M, Kushnick G , Pisor AC et al (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1813), 20150907-20150907.
  • House BR, Silk JB, Henrich J, Barrett HC, Scelza BA, Boyette AH, Hewlett BS, McElreath R & Laurence S (2013) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110(36), 14586-14591.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2013) In defense of nativism. Philosophical Studies, 165.2, 693-718.
  • Barrett HC, Broesch T, Scott RM, He Z, Baillargeon R, Wu D, Bolz M, Henrich J, Setoh P, Wang J & Laurence S (2013) . Proc Biol Sci, 280(1755), 20122654.
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2012) Abstraction and the Origin of General Ideas. Philosophers' Imprint, 12.19, 1-22.
  • Clark Barrett H, Stich S & Laurence S (2012) . Top Cogn Sci, 4(3), 379-386.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2011) . Mind and Language, 26(5), 507-539.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2011) . Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34(3), 139-140.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2010) . Behav Brain Sci, 33(2-3), 219-220.
  • Barrett HC, Laurence S & Margolis E (2008) . Journal of Cognition and Culture, 8(1-2), 1-22.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2008) . Cognition, 106(2), 924-939.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2007) . Nous, 41(4), 561-593.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2007) , ix-xii.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2003) . Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback), 103(1), 299-323.
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2003) . Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 67(2), 253-282.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2003) . Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society, 103(1), 299-323.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2002) . Philosophical Quarterly, 52(206), 55-65.
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2002) . Cognition, 86(1), 25-55.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2001) . Analysis, 61(272), 293-302.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2001) . Analysis, 61(272), 293-302.
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2001) . The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 52, 217-276.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2001) Boghossian on analyticity. ANALYSIS, 61(4), 293-302.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1999) . Analysis, 59(264), 321-327.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1999) . Analysis, 59(264), 321-327.
  • Laurence S, Margolis E & Dawson A (1999) Moral Realism and Twin Earth. Facta Philosophica, 1(1), 135-165.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1999) Where the regress argument still goes wrong: Reply to Knowles. ANALYSIS, 59(4), 321-327.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1998) . The Journal of Philosophy, 95(5), 255-255.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1998) Multiple Meanings and the Stability of Content. Journal of Philology, 95(5), 255-263.
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (1997) . Analysis, 57(1), 60-66.
  • Laurence S (1996) . Mind: a quarterly review of philosophy, 105, 269-301.

Book chapters

  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2023) Introduction, Innate Mind Volume 3 Foundations and the Future (pp. 1-14).
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2023) Linguistic Determinism and the Innate Basis of Number, Innate Mind Volume 3 Foundations and the Future (pp. 139-169).
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2015) Concept Nativism and Neural Plasticity In Margolis E & Laurence S (Ed.), The Conceptual Mind: New Directions in the Study of Concepts (pp. 117-147). The MIT Press
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2012) The Scope of the Conceptual In Margolis E, Samuels R & Stich S (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Cognitive Science (pp. 291-317). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Stich S & Laurence S (2011) , Collected Papers, Volume 1 (pp. 191-213). Oxford University Press
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2008) , The Innate Mind, Volume 3 (pp. 3-14). Oxford University PressNew York
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2007) Linguistic Determinism and the Innate Basis of Number In Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich SP (Ed.), The Innate Mind, Volume 3: Foundations and the Future: v. 3 (pp. 139-169). Oxford University Press, USA
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2005) Number and Natural Language In Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (Ed.), The Innate Mind: Structure and Content (pp. 216-235). Oxford University Press
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2003) Concepts In Stich SP & Warfield TA (Ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind (pp. 190-213). Wiley-Blackwell
  • Laurence S (2003) Is Linguistics a Branch of Psychology? In Barber A (Ed.), Epistemology of Language (pp. 69-106). Clarendon Press
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (1999) Concepts and Cognitive Science In Margolis E & Laurence S (Ed.), Concepts: Core Readings (pp. 3-81). The MIT Press
  • Laurence S (1998) Convention-Based Semantics and the Development of Language In Carruthers P & Boucher J (Ed.), Language and Thought: Interdisciplinary Themes (pp. 201-217). Cambridge Univ Press
  • Stich SP & Laurence S (1994) Intentionality and Naturalism In French PA, Uehling TE & Wettstein HK (Ed.), Midwest Studies in Philosophy, v 19: Philosophical naturalism (pp. 159-182). University of Notre Dame Press

Dictionary or encyclopaedia entries

  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2006) . In Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics Elsevier.
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2006) . In Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics Elsevier.
Professional activities and memberships

He is Director of the interdisciplinary . He also directed the and the .

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