Professor Jack Lyons

  • Chair of Logic and Rhetoric (Philosophy)

telephone: x3706
email: Jack.Lyons@glasgow.ac.uk

69 Oakfield Ave, Glasgow

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3012-5827

Research interests

Professor Lyons' CV

ORCID

I work primarily in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science. Much of my research in epistemology is shaped by a substantive commitment to a form of process reliabilism, and a methodological conviction that empirical findings and theories can usefully constrain epistemological theorizing. I am interested in the nature of epistemic justification in general, also in evidence, perceptual justification, noninferential justification, the internalism/externalism debate, and epistemic defeat. In the philosophy of mind/cognitive science, I am currently mainly focused on cognitive architecture, modularity, the nature and forms of mental representation, perceptual experience, the cognition/perception distinction and related issues.

Publications

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Number of items: 39.

2024

Lyons, J. C. (2024) Factivity, hallucination, and justification. Synthese, 203(5), 166. (doi: 10.1007/s11229-024-04587-y)

2022

Lyons, J. C. (2022) Three grades of iconicity in perception. Asian Journal of Philosophy, 1(2), 50. (doi: 10.1007/s44204-022-00039-x)

Lyons, J. C. (2022) Cognitive diversity and the contingency of evidence. Synthese, 200(3), 202. (doi: 10.1007/s11229-022-03660-8)

2021

Carter, J. A. , Gordon, E. C., Kelp, C. , Lyons, J. C. and Simion, M. (Eds.) (2021) Epistemology. Philosophical Topics. 49(2) [Edited Journal]

Graham, P. J. and Lyons, J. C. (2021) The structure of defeat. In: Brown, J. and Simion, M. (eds.) Reasons, Justification, and Defeat. Oxford University Press, pp. 39-68. ISBN 9780198847205 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198847205.003.0003)

2020

Lyons, J. (2020) Two dogmas of empirical justification. Philosophical Issues, 30(1), pp. 221-237. (doi: 10.1111/phis.12182)

2019

Lyons, J. C. (2019) Algorithm and parameters: solving the generality problem for reliabilism. Philosophical Review, 128(4), pp. 463-509. (doi: 10.1215/00318108-7697876)

2018

Lyons, J. (2018) Perception and intuition of evaluative properties. In: Bergqvist, A. and Cowan, R. (eds.) Evaluative Perception. Series: Mind association occasional series. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198786054

2017

Lyons, J. and Ward, B. (2017) The New Critical Thinking: An Empirically Informed Introduction. Routledge: New York. ISBN 9781138687479

2016

Lyons, J. (2016) Epistemological problems of perception. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,

Lyons, J. (2016) Unconscious evidence. Philosophical Issues, 26(1), pp. 243-262. (doi: 10.1111/phis.12073)

Lyons, J. (2016) Goldman on evidence and reliability. In: McLaughlin, B. P. and Kornblith, H. (eds.) Goldman and his Critics. Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 9780470673850

Lyons, J. C. (2016) Experiential evidence? Philosophical Studies, 173(4), pp. 1053-1079. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-015-0540-z)

Lyons, J. C. (2016) Inferentialism and cognitive penetration of perception. Episteme, 13(1), pp. 1-28. (doi: 10.1017/epi.2015.60)

Lyons, J. C. (2016) Scepticism and Reliable Belief, written by José L. Zalabardo. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Isbn: 978-0-19-965607-3. International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 6(4), pp. 412-417. (doi: 10.1163/22105700-00503002)[Book Review]

Lyons, J. C. (2016) What we talk about when we talk about epistemic justification. Inquiry, 59(7-8), pp. 867-888. (doi: 10.1080/0020174X.2016.1200811)

2015

Reiland, I. and Lyons, J. (2015) The disunity of perception: an introduction. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 96(4), pp. 443-445. (doi: 10.1111/papq.12109)

Lyons, J. (2015) Seemings and Justification. Analysis, 75(1), pp. 153-164. (doi: 10.1093/analys/anu100)[Book Review]

Lyons, J. C. (2015) Unencapsulated modules and perceptual judgment. In: Zeimbekis, J. and Raftopoulos, A. (eds.) The Cognitive Penetrability of Perception. Oxford University Press, pp. 102-122. ISBN 9780198738916 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198738916.003.0004)

2014

Lyons, J. C. (2014) The epistemological import of morphological content. Philosophical Studies, 169(3), pp. 537-547. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-013-0240-5)

2013

Lyons, J. (2013) Sosa on reflective knowledge and Knowing Full Well. Philosophical Studies, 166(3), pp. 609-616. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-013-0202-y)

Lyons, J.C. (2013) Empiricism, Perceptual Knowledge, Normativity, and Realism: Essays on Wilfrid Sellars, by Willem A. deVries (ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Mind, 122(485), pp. 274-278. (doi: 10.1093/mind/fzt057)[Book Review]

Lyons, J. C. (2013) Should reliabilists be worried about demon worlds? Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 86(1), pp. 1-40. (doi: 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2012.00614.x)

2011

Lyons, J. (2011) Circularity, reliability, and the cognitive penetrability of perception. Philosophical Issues, 21(1), pp. 289-311. (doi: 10.1111/j.1533-6077.2011.00205.x)

Lyons, J. (2011) Precis of perception and basic beliefs. Philosophical Studies, 153(3), pp. 443-446. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-010-9606-0)

Lyons, J. (2011) Response to critics. Philosophical Studies, 153(3), pp. 477-488. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-010-9605-1)

2010

Lyons, J. (2010) Review of Athanassios Raftopoulos, Cognition and Perception: How Do Psychology and Neural Science Inform Philosophy? MIT Press, 2009, ISBN: 9780262013215. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 1, [Book Review]

2009

Lyons, J. (2009) Comments on Henry Jackman's "Transparency, Responsibility, and Self-Knowledge". Southwest Philosophy Review, 25(2), pp. 41-44. (doi: 10.5840/swphilreview200925232)

Lyons, J. C. (2009) Perception and Basic Beliefs: Zombies, Modules and the Problem of the External World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195373578 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373578.001.0001)

Lyons, J. C. (2009) Perception and virtue reliabilism. Acta Analytica, 24(4), pp. 249-261. (doi: 10.1007/s12136-009-0064-2)

2008

Lyons, J. C. (2008) Evidence, experience, and externalism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 86(3), pp. 461-479. (doi: 10.1080/00048400801886363)

2006

Lyons, J. C. (2006) In defense of epiphenomenalism. Philosophical Psychology, 19(6), pp. 767-794. (doi: 10.1080/09515080601001861)

2005

Lyons, J. C. (2005) Representational analyticity. Mind and Language, 20(4), pp. 392-422. (doi: 10.1111/j.0268-1064.2005.00293.x)

Lyons, J. (2005) Clades, Capgras, and perceptual kinds. Philosophical Topics, 33(1), pp. 185-206. (doi: 10.5840/philtopics20053317)

Lyons, J. (2005) Perceptual belief and nonexperiential looks. Philosophical Perspectives, 19(1), pp. 237-256. (doi: 10.1111/j.1520-8583.2005.00061.x)

2003

Lyons, J. C. (2003) Lesion studies, spared performance, and cognitive systems. Cortex, 39(1), pp. 145-147. (doi: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70087-X)

2001

Lyons, J.C. (2001) Carving the mind at its (not necessarily modular) joints. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 52(2), pp. 277-302. (doi: 10.1093/bjps/52.2.277)

Lyons, J. C. (2001) General rules and the justification of probable belief in Hume’s Treatise. Hume Studies, 27(2), pp. 247-277.

1997

Lyons, J. (1997) Testimony, induction and folk psychology. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 75(2), pp. 163-178. (doi: 10.1080/00048409712347771)

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Number of items: 39.

Articles

Lyons, J. C. (2024) Factivity, hallucination, and justification. Synthese, 203(5), 166. (doi: 10.1007/s11229-024-04587-y)

Lyons, J. C. (2022) Three grades of iconicity in perception. Asian Journal of Philosophy, 1(2), 50. (doi: 10.1007/s44204-022-00039-x)

Lyons, J. C. (2022) Cognitive diversity and the contingency of evidence. Synthese, 200(3), 202. (doi: 10.1007/s11229-022-03660-8)

Lyons, J. (2020) Two dogmas of empirical justification. Philosophical Issues, 30(1), pp. 221-237. (doi: 10.1111/phis.12182)

Lyons, J. C. (2019) Algorithm and parameters: solving the generality problem for reliabilism. Philosophical Review, 128(4), pp. 463-509. (doi: 10.1215/00318108-7697876)

Lyons, J. (2016) Epistemological problems of perception. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,

Lyons, J. (2016) Unconscious evidence. Philosophical Issues, 26(1), pp. 243-262. (doi: 10.1111/phis.12073)

Lyons, J. C. (2016) Experiential evidence? Philosophical Studies, 173(4), pp. 1053-1079. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-015-0540-z)

Lyons, J. C. (2016) Inferentialism and cognitive penetration of perception. Episteme, 13(1), pp. 1-28. (doi: 10.1017/epi.2015.60)

Lyons, J. C. (2016) What we talk about when we talk about epistemic justification. Inquiry, 59(7-8), pp. 867-888. (doi: 10.1080/0020174X.2016.1200811)

Reiland, I. and Lyons, J. (2015) The disunity of perception: an introduction. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 96(4), pp. 443-445. (doi: 10.1111/papq.12109)

Lyons, J. C. (2014) The epistemological import of morphological content. Philosophical Studies, 169(3), pp. 537-547. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-013-0240-5)

Lyons, J. (2013) Sosa on reflective knowledge and Knowing Full Well. Philosophical Studies, 166(3), pp. 609-616. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-013-0202-y)

Lyons, J. C. (2013) Should reliabilists be worried about demon worlds? Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 86(1), pp. 1-40. (doi: 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2012.00614.x)

Lyons, J. (2011) Circularity, reliability, and the cognitive penetrability of perception. Philosophical Issues, 21(1), pp. 289-311. (doi: 10.1111/j.1533-6077.2011.00205.x)

Lyons, J. (2011) Precis of perception and basic beliefs. Philosophical Studies, 153(3), pp. 443-446. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-010-9606-0)

Lyons, J. (2011) Response to critics. Philosophical Studies, 153(3), pp. 477-488. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-010-9605-1)

Lyons, J. (2009) Comments on Henry Jackman's "Transparency, Responsibility, and Self-Knowledge". Southwest Philosophy Review, 25(2), pp. 41-44. (doi: 10.5840/swphilreview200925232)

Lyons, J. C. (2009) Perception and virtue reliabilism. Acta Analytica, 24(4), pp. 249-261. (doi: 10.1007/s12136-009-0064-2)

Lyons, J. C. (2008) Evidence, experience, and externalism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 86(3), pp. 461-479. (doi: 10.1080/00048400801886363)

Lyons, J. C. (2006) In defense of epiphenomenalism. Philosophical Psychology, 19(6), pp. 767-794. (doi: 10.1080/09515080601001861)

Lyons, J. C. (2005) Representational analyticity. Mind and Language, 20(4), pp. 392-422. (doi: 10.1111/j.0268-1064.2005.00293.x)

Lyons, J. (2005) Clades, Capgras, and perceptual kinds. Philosophical Topics, 33(1), pp. 185-206. (doi: 10.5840/philtopics20053317)

Lyons, J. (2005) Perceptual belief and nonexperiential looks. Philosophical Perspectives, 19(1), pp. 237-256. (doi: 10.1111/j.1520-8583.2005.00061.x)

Lyons, J. C. (2003) Lesion studies, spared performance, and cognitive systems. Cortex, 39(1), pp. 145-147. (doi: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70087-X)

Lyons, J.C. (2001) Carving the mind at its (not necessarily modular) joints. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 52(2), pp. 277-302. (doi: 10.1093/bjps/52.2.277)

Lyons, J. C. (2001) General rules and the justification of probable belief in Hume’s Treatise. Hume Studies, 27(2), pp. 247-277.

Lyons, J. (1997) Testimony, induction and folk psychology. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 75(2), pp. 163-178. (doi: 10.1080/00048409712347771)

Books

Lyons, J. and Ward, B. (2017) The New Critical Thinking: An Empirically Informed Introduction. Routledge: New York. ISBN 9781138687479

Lyons, J. C. (2009) Perception and Basic Beliefs: Zombies, Modules and the Problem of the External World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195373578 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373578.001.0001)

Book Sections

Graham, P. J. and Lyons, J. C. (2021) The structure of defeat. In: Brown, J. and Simion, M. (eds.) Reasons, Justification, and Defeat. Oxford University Press, pp. 39-68. ISBN 9780198847205 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198847205.003.0003)

Lyons, J. (2018) Perception and intuition of evaluative properties. In: Bergqvist, A. and Cowan, R. (eds.) Evaluative Perception. Series: Mind association occasional series. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198786054

Lyons, J. (2016) Goldman on evidence and reliability. In: McLaughlin, B. P. and Kornblith, H. (eds.) Goldman and his Critics. Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 9780470673850

Lyons, J. C. (2015) Unencapsulated modules and perceptual judgment. In: Zeimbekis, J. and Raftopoulos, A. (eds.) The Cognitive Penetrability of Perception. Oxford University Press, pp. 102-122. ISBN 9780198738916 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198738916.003.0004)

Book Reviews

Lyons, J. C. (2016) Scepticism and Reliable Belief, written by José L. Zalabardo. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Isbn: 978-0-19-965607-3. International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 6(4), pp. 412-417. (doi: 10.1163/22105700-00503002)[Book Review]

Lyons, J. (2015) Seemings and Justification. Analysis, 75(1), pp. 153-164. (doi: 10.1093/analys/anu100)[Book Review]

Lyons, J.C. (2013) Empiricism, Perceptual Knowledge, Normativity, and Realism: Essays on Wilfrid Sellars, by Willem A. deVries (ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Mind, 122(485), pp. 274-278. (doi: 10.1093/mind/fzt057)[Book Review]

Lyons, J. (2010) Review of Athanassios Raftopoulos, Cognition and Perception: How Do Psychology and Neural Science Inform Philosophy? MIT Press, 2009, ISBN: 9780262013215. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 1, [Book Review]

Edited Journals

Carter, J. A. , Gordon, E. C., Kelp, C. , Lyons, J. C. and Simion, M. (Eds.) (2021) Epistemology. Philosophical Topics. 49(2) [Edited Journal]

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Supervision

  • Cox, Joshua
    Epistemic Pitfalls of Cognitive Integration
  • Reilly, John
    Metaphor, Isomorphism and the Explanation of Representational Content

Additional information

Editor:

  • Editor, Philosophical Topics 2014—present
  • Review Editor, Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology 2019-2020
  • Associate Editor, Episteme: A Journal of Individual and Social Epistemology 2011–2016
  • Co-editor (with Christoph Kelp, Ernest Sosa), special issue, Philosophical Issues 2016
  • Co-editor (with Indrek Reiland), special issue, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 2015

Conference organiser:

  • Epistemology and Cognition, Sept. 2016 at College of William and Mary (co-organizer, with
    Chris Tucker)
  • Bled Philosophical Conference, 2013, 2015 (U.S. organizer)

Honours and grants:

  • Cambridge Faculty Fellowship, Wolfson College, 2017-2018.
  • J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences' Master Researcher Award for 2014-2015
  • Research in Teaching Grant: Flipped classroom version of critical thinking class, University of Arkansas, 2015
  • Honors College Curriculum Development Grant (with faculty in Music, Psychology), University of Arkansas, 2011-12
  • Summer Research Stipend, University of Arkansas, 2011
  • Interdisciplinary Course Development Grant (with faculty in Music, Psychology), University of Arkansas, 2011
  • Summer Research Stipend, University of Arkansas, 2005 
  • Research Incentive Grant, University of Arkansas, 2004
  • Teaching Innovation Grant: Evolution and its Implications, University of Arkansas, 2004
  • Participant, NEH Summer Seminar, Brown University, "Thomas Reid on Perception, Knowledge, and Action", 2000
  • Web-Based Course Development Grant, Florida State University, 2000