Arif Ahmed (philosopher)

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Arif Mohuiddin Ahmed MBE is a philosopher at the University of Cambridge, where he became a fellow of Gonville and Caius College in 2015,[1] university reader in philosophy in 2016,[2] and Nicholas Sallnow-Smith College Lecturer in 2019.[3] His interests in philosophy include decision theory and religion, from an atheist and libertarian point of view.[1]

At Cambridge, he has been an advocate for tolerance of diverse political views, in reaction to the university administration's cancellation of an invitation to the politically conservative academic Jordan Peterson.[4][5][6]

Ahmed was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to education.[7]

Books[]

Ahmed is the author of the books Saul Kripke (Continuum Books, 2007), which analyses the philosophy of Saul Kripke,[8] and Evidence, Decision and Causality (Cambridge University Press, 2014), which defends evidential decision theory and critiques causal decision theory.[9]

He is the editor of:

  • Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations: A critical guide (2010)[10]
  • Newcomb's Problem (2018)[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Arif Ahmed". Gonville and Caius College. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Arif Ahmed". Cambridge Faculty of Philosophy. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Investing in teaching". Once a Caian. No. 19. 2019.
  4. ^ Quinn, Ben (10 December 2020). "Cambridge University urged to re-invite rightwing academic Jordan Peterson". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Whitworth, Damian (5 December 2020). "The Cambridge professor fighting 'academic McCarthyism': Freedom of speech is fragile, Arif Ahmed tells Damian Whitworth". The Times.
  6. ^ Turner, Camilla (9 December 2020). "Cambridge University dons win free speech row, defeat new 'authoritarian' rules".
  7. ^ "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B15.
  8. ^ Reviews of Saul Kripke: Anton Petrenko, Phil. in Rev., [1], [2]
  9. ^ Reviews of Evidence, Decision and Causality: James M. Joyce, J. Phil., doi:10.5840/jphil2016113413; H. Orri Stefánsson, Phil. of Sci., doi:10.1086/684183; Paul Weirich, Notre Dame Phil. Rev., [3]
  10. ^ Reviews of Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations: David Macey, Phil. Rev., [4]; George Lazaroiu, Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, [5].
  11. ^ Reviews of Newcomb's Problem: J. Dmitri Gallow, Economics & Philosophy, doi:10.1017/S0266267119000178; Jack Spencer, Notre Dame Phil. Rev., [6]

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