Ether Lin | Xi Lin

Hi! I am an MSc Philosophy of Science student at Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to that, I studied MMathPhil Mathematics and Philosophy at Balliol College, University of Oxford. My research interests lie broadly in the general philosophy of science, with a particular focus on the sociology of science, classification, conceptual changes, conceptual engineering, rationality and relativism. I’m also interested in philosophy of Wittgenstein, social philosophy, philosophy of mathematics, logic, and 20th-century analytic philosophy. My current research focuses on the use of conceptual engineering in philosophy of science.

Some neighbouring interests in sociology: identitarianism (incl. identity politics), sociology of knowledge, and Pierre Bourdieu.

Research Interests

General Philosophy of Science, Sociology of Science, Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Social Philosophy, Conceptual Engineering.

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