Curriculum Vitae#

J Adam Carter — Professor of Philosophy, University of Glasgow; Co‑Director, COGITO Epistemology Research Centre. Specialisation: epistemology (virtue/social/know‑how) and philosophy of action. Research Output: 10+ books and ~140 peer‑reviewed publications (≈100 journal articles + 40+ chapters), including in the discipline’s top journals (PPR, Noûs, Mind, Journal of Philosophy).



Books (OUP/CUP, select). A Telic Theory of Trust (OUP, 2024); Autonomous Knowledge (OUP, 2022); Stratified Virtue Epistemology: A Defence (CUP, 2023); forthcoming: Epistemology in the Subpersonal Vale (OUP); Knowing How and Learning How (CUP, with T. Kearl)



Journal Articles (select). “Trust and Trustworthiness,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (2023); “What the Tortoise Should Do,” Noûs (2024, with L. M. Titus); “Varieties of Cognitive Integration,” Noûs (2020, with J. Kallestrup); “Virtue Epistemology for the Zetetic Turn,” Mind (forth., 2025, with C. Willard‑Kyle); “Easy Practical Knowledge,” The Journal of Philosophy (forth., 2025, with T. Kearl).



Editorial & field leadership. Co‑Editor, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (from Jan 2025; ~50 submissions/year; acceptance <5%); Co‑Editor, Cambridge University Press Elements: Epistemology; Co‑Chair, OUP–British Society for the Theory of Knowledge book series (full series contract secured 2023; first volume by Ernest Sosa under contract for 2026); Co‑Director, European Consortium for Knowledge & Information Research (ECKIR), an 8‑university network facilitating large‑scale collaborations across Europe; Area Editor, Ergo; Editorial Boards: Philosophical Quarterly, International Journal of Philosophical Studies.



Edited volumes & special issues. 16 edited books/journal issues, including the 40‑chapter Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement (2024).



Recognition & impact. Winner, Philosophical Quarterly International Essay Prize (2019/2021); paper selected for The Philosophers’ Annual (2018). 90+ invited talks in 21 countries (50+ plenaries/named lectures). Research cited in a UN General Assembly report (advisory work for the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Thought).



Service & governance. Treasurer & Board Member, British Society for the Theory of Knowledge (BSTK); appointed Member, APA Committee on Lectures, Publications & Research; Chair, APA Berger Prize Editorial Committee; Chair, APA/PDC Prize for Excellence & Innovation in Philosophy Programs.



Funding (select).

ERC Advanced Grant “KNOW-HOW” grant (€2,480,625 / ~£2.09M, 2025–2030)

AHRC “Digital Knowledge” grant (£980,602, PI, 2022–26)

AHRC “Expanding Autonomy” grant (£974,052, Co-I, 2022–26)

Leverhulme Trust Project Grant “Virtue Epistemology of Trust” (£254,871, PI, 2020–23)

Leverhulme Visiting Professorship (£27,569, PI, 2022)

British Academy Small Grant (£10,000, PI w/ Kelp)

Erasmus Mundus Design Measures Grant (€55,000 / ~£47,000, Co-I, 2022)



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