- torfinn.huvenes@uib.no
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- Visitor address
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Sydnesplassen 12-13
5007 Bergen - Postal address
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P.O. Box 7805NO-5020 BergenNorway
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Short info
My background is in philosophy of language and epistemology, but I am interested in a wide range of topics in logic, metaethics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and political philosophy.
I am also the department research coordinator and the leader of the Bergen Logic Group.
I am also the department research coordinator and the leader of the Bergen Logic Group.
Research
Most of my research to date has focused on questions about disagreement. Some of the questions I am interested in have to do with the nature of disagreement. This includes questions like the following:
- What does it take for us to disagree?
- Are there different kinds of disagreement?
- Can we disagree without any of us being wrong?
However, I am also interested in the role that disagreement plays in different philosophical debates. This includes questions like the following:
- What is the epistemic and practical significance of disagreement?
- To what extent is disagreement about taste different from moral disagreement?
- To what extent is moral disagreement different from scientific disagreement?
The fact that questions about disagreement are relevant to a many different areas of philosophy, is one of the things that I find attractive about disagreement as a research topic. I am currently particularly interested in questions related to political disagreement.
More information about my published research is available on my website.
Publications
Academic article
- Zahle, Julie; Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen (2024). Examen philosophicum fra allmenndannelse til ekspertdannelse. (external link)
- Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen (2024). The exactness of communication. (external link)
- Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen (2022). Individuation by agreement and disagreement. (external link)
- Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen; Stokke, Andreas (2022). Context as knowledge. (external link)
- Ball, Derek; Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen (2022). A puzzle about accommodation and truth. (external link)
- Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen; Stokke, Andreas (2016). Information centrism and the nature of contexts. (external link)
- Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen (2015). Epistemic modals and credal disagreement. (external link)
- Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen (2014). Disagreement without error. (external link)
- Dimmock, Paul; Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen (2014). Knowledge, conservatism, and pragmatics. (external link)
- Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen (2012). Varieties of disagreement and predicates of taste. (external link)