Matthew Kinakin

Teaching Fellow

  • Philosophy
  • School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Contact details

Address

Street

Room 7.05

City
40 George Square, Edinburgh
Post code
EH8 9JX

Availability

  • Office hour: Tuesdays 11:00am - 12:30pm in 40 George Square, Room 7.05

Biography

Background

I joined the University of Edinburgh in 2024 as a Teaching Fellow. Prior to that, I was a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow where I also completed my PhD. 

Qualifications

Ph. D. Philosophy, The University of Glasgow

M. A., B. A. (Honours) Philosophy, The University of British Columbia  

Undergraduate teaching

Social Philosophy, 2024/2025

Moral Philosophy, 2024/2025

 

Advanced Topics in Philosophy (Affective Experience), 2025/2026, Year 4 Semester 1

Metaphysics, 2025/2026, Year 3 Semester 2

 

 

Postgraduate teaching

Normative Ethics, 2024/2025

Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, 2025/2026, Semester 1

The Social Mind, 2025/2026, Semester 2

 

Research summary

My research is in the philosophy of mind, value theory, and metaethics. At the moment, I am focusing primarily on the nature of affective experience (e.g. pain/pleasure) and its relation to things like value/disvalue, normativity, motivation, and knowledge. 

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