Stephen Laurence

PhD (Rutgers University)

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Professor of Philosophy

Director of the Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies

s.laurence@sheffield.ac.uk

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Stephen Laurence
School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities
45 Victoria Street
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Stephen came to ºù«Ӱҵ in February 2000. He has also taught at the University of Manchester, Hampshire College, London School of Economics, and the University of Hull. Stephen's main research interests are in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and cognitive science. Some of the issues that interest him in these areas are: the nature of concepts, the nativism/empiricism debate, and philosophical methodology.

Publications

Books

  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2023) The Innate Mind: Volume 3: Foundations and the Future. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2008) . RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2007) Creations of the mind. Oxford University Press, USA. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2007) . Oxford University Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Simpson T, Stich S, Carruthers P & Laurence S (2007) . Oxford University Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Simpson T, Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2005) . Oxford University PressNew York. RIS download Bibtex download

Edited books

  • Margolis E & Laurence S (Ed.) (2015) The Conceptual Mind: New Directions in the Study of Concepts. MIT Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (Eds.) (2008) The Innate Mind: Foundations and the Future. OUP. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (Ed.) (2007) Creations of the Mind: Essays on Artifacts and Their Representation. OUP. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (Eds.) (2007) The Innate Mind: Culture and Cognition. OUP. RIS download Bibtex download
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  • (Ed.) (2000) . JSTOR. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Macdonald C (Ed.) (1998) Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics. Blackwell. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2024) . Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 47. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2023) . Cognition, 240, 105583-105583. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Barrett HC, Bolyanatz A, Broesch T, Cohen E, Froerer P, Kanovsky M, Schug MG & Laurence S (2021) . Cognitive Science, 45(6). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Curtin CM, Barrett HC, Bolyanatz A, Crittenden AN, Fessler DMT, Fitzpatrick S, Gurven M, Kanovsky M, Kushnick G, Laurence S , Pisor A et al (2020) . Evolution and Human Behavior. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Barrett HC, Bolyanatz A, Crittenden AN, Fessler DMT, Fitzpatrick S, Gurven M, Henrich J, Kanovsky M, Kushnick G, Pisor A , Scelza BA et al (2016) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(17), 4688-4693. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fessler DMT, Holbrook C, Kanovsky M, Clark Barrett H, Bolyanatz AH, Gervais MM, Gurven M, Henrich J, Kushnick G, Pisor AC , Stich S et al (2016) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1823), 20152628-20152628. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fessler DMT, Barrett HC, Kanovsky M, Stich S, Holbrook C, Henrich J, Bolyanatz AH, Gervais MM, Gurven M, Kushnick G , Pisor AC et al (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1813), 20150907-20150907. RIS download Bibtex download
  • House BR, Silk JB, Henrich J, Barrett HC, Scelza BA, Boyette AH, Hewlett BS, McElreath R & Laurence S (2013) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110(36), 14586-14591. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2013) In defense of nativism. Philosophical Studies, 165.2, 693-718. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Barrett HC, Broesch T, Scott RM, He Z, Baillargeon R, Wu D, Bolz M, Henrich J, Setoh P, Wang J & Laurence S (2013) . Proc Biol Sci, 280(1755), 20122654. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clark Barrett H, Stich S & Laurence S (2012) . Top Cogn Sci, 4(3), 379-386. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2012) Abstraction and the Origin of General Ideas. Philosophers' Imprint, 12.19, 1-22. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2011) . Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34(3), 139-140. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2011) . Mind and Language, 26(5), 507-539. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2010) . Behav Brain Sci, 33(2-3), 219-220. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2008) . Cognition, 106(2), 924-939. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Barrett HC, Laurence S & Margolis E (2008) . Journal of Cognition and Culture, 8(1-2), 1-22. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2007) . Nous, 41(4), 561-593. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2003) . Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback), 103(1), 299-323. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2003) . Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 67(2), 253-282. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2003) . Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society, 103(1), 299-323. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2002) . Cognition, 86(1), 25-55. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2002) . Philosophical Quarterly, 52(206), 55-65. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2001) . Analysis, 61(272), 293-302. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2001) . The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 52, 217-276. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2001) . Analysis, 61(272), 293-302. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2001) Boghossian on analyticity. ANALYSIS, 61(4), 293-302. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1999) . Analysis, 59(264), 321-327. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S, Margolis E & Dawson A (1999) Moral Realism and Twin Earth. Facta Philosophica, 1(1), 135-165. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1999) . Analysis, 59(264), 321-327. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1999) Where the regress argument still goes wrong: Reply to Knowles. ANALYSIS, 59(4), 321-327. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1998) . The Journal of Philosophy, 95(5), 255-255. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (1998) Multiple Meanings and the Stability of Content. Journal of Philology, 95(5), 255-263. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (1997) . Analysis, 57(1), 60-66. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S (1996) . Mind: a quarterly review of philosophy, 105, 269-301. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2023) Introduction, The Innate Mind: Volume 3: Foundations and the Future (pp. 1-14). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2023) Linguistic Determinism and the Innate Basis of Number, The Innate Mind: Volume 3: Foundations and the Future (pp. 139-169). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2015) Concept Nativism and Neural Plasticity In Margolis E & Laurence S (Ed.), The Conceptual Mind: New Directions in the Study of Concepts RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2012) The Scope of the Conceptual In Margolis E, Samuels R & Stich S (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Cognitive Science (pp. 291-317). New York: Oxford University Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Stich S & Laurence S (2011) , Collected Papers, Volume 1 (pp. 191-213). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (2008) , The Innate Mind, Volume 3 (pp. 3-14). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2007) Linguistic Determinism and the Innate Basis of Number In Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich SP (Ed.), The Innate Mind, Volume 3: Foundations and the Future: v. 3 (pp. 139-169). Oxford University Press, USA RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (2005) Number and Natural Language In Carruthers P, Laurence S & Stich S (Ed.), The Innate Mind: Structure and Content (pp. 216-235). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2003) Concepts In Stich SP & Warfield TA (Ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind (pp. 190-213). Wiley-Blackwell RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S (2003) Is Linguistics a Branch of Psychology? In Barber A (Ed.), Epistemology of Language (pp. 69-106). Clarendon Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S & Margolis E (1999) Concepts and Cognitive Science In Margolis E & Laurence S (Ed.), Concepts: Core Readings (pp. 3-81). The MIT Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Laurence S (1998) Convention-Based Semantics and the Development of Language In Carruthers P & Boucher J (Ed.), Language and Thought: Interdisciplinary Themes (pp. 201-217). Cambridge Univ Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Stich SP & Laurence S (1994) Intentionality and Naturalism In French PA, Uehling TE & Wettstein HK (Ed.), Midwest Studies in Philosophy, v 19: Philosophical naturalism (pp. 159-182). University of Notre Dame Press RIS download Bibtex download

Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries

  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2006) . In Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics Elsevier. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Margolis E & Laurence S (2006) . In Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics Elsevier. RIS download Bibtex download
Professional activities and memberships

He is Director of the interdisciplinary . He also directed the and the .