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Alex Moran is an Assistant Professor at Bilkent University starting Fall 2025. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge (2019), a BPhil from Oxford (2014), and a BA from University College London (2012). His research focuses on metaphysics, philosophy of mind, meta-ethics, and the history of philosophy. He has held fellowships including the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (Oxford, 2019-2022), IRC Research Fellowship (Trinity College Dublin, 2022-2023), and SNSF Research Fellowship (Université de Fribourg, 2023-2025). He is also a Research Associate at Stockholm University for his project on contingent grounding and the mind-body problem.
Education:
- PhD, University of Cambridge (2019)
- BPhil, University of Oxford (2014)
- BA, University College London (2012)
Research interests include metaphysical grounding, perceptual experience (naïve realism), physicalism, and early analytic philosophy. His current projects explore contingent grounding physicalism and the disclosive nature of sensory experience, with a book under contract with Oxford University Press. He also writes popular philosophy, including a trade book In Praise of Mischief (Reaktion Press).
Awards include the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship and recognition in the Philosophy of Memory Essay Prize (runner-up, 2022). His work appears in journals like Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, and Inquiry. Beyond academia, he publishes poetry and is working on a novel, while engaging in music and boxing.
