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Professor Jack Lyons holds the established Chair of Logic and Rhetoric in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. His research integrates epistemology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science, with a special focus on process reliabilism and the epistemological implications of cognitive architecture.
- Current Position: Chair of Logic and Rhetoric, University of Glasgow
- Location: 69 Oakfield Ave, Glasgow
- Phone: x3706
- ORCID: 0000-0003-3012-5827
Research Interests: Lyons works at the intersection of epistemology and cognitive science, defending a version of process reliabilism and investigating how empirical findings can constrain epistemological theory. His interests include the nature of epistemic justification, evidence, perceptual and non-inferential justification, the internalism/externalism debate, and epistemic defeat. In philosophy of mind, he examines cognitive architecture, modularity, mental representation, perceptual experience, and the cognition/perception boundary.
Recent Publication Trends: From 2024–2025, Lyons has published on the epistemology of psychedelic experience and the relationship between perception and firsthand knowledge, demonstrating a sustained focus on how non-standard perceptual states challenge traditional epistemic theories. His 2022–2019 output centers on refining reliabilist responses to the generality problem, the structure of epistemic defeat, and the evidential role of perceptual experience.
Scientific Awards & Fellowships
- Cambridge Faculty Fellowship, Wolfson College (2017–2018)
- J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences’ Master Researcher Award (2014–2015)
- Multiple University of Arkansas research and teaching grants (2004–2015)
- NEH Summer Seminar participant, Brown University (2000)
Doctoral Supervision & Editorial Service
Lyons currently supervises doctoral projects on epistemic pitfalls of cognitive integration and metaphor, isomorphism, and representational content. He has served as Editor of Philosophical Topics (2014–present), Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology, Associate Editor for Episteme (2011–2016), and co-editor of special issues for Philosophical Issues and Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. He has organized international conferences on epistemology and cognition.
