Jessica Leech Curriculum Vitae

Contact Details Address: Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, 45 Victoria St., Sheffield, S3 7QB. E-mail: [email protected]

Education Doctorat és Lettres in Philosophy (equivalent to PhD), mention très honorable. Thesis title: The Varieties of Modality: Kantian Prospects for a Relative Account. Thesis topics: Relative modality and Kantian modality. Supervisors: Professor Fabrice Correia (Geneva), Professor Bob Hale (Sheffield). Examiners: Chair: Professor Kevin Mulligan (Geneva). Professor John Divers (Leeds), Professor Pascal Engel (Geneva), Professor Bob Stern (Sheffield). Co-tuition with University of Geneva & University of Sheffield, Sept. 2008– Aug. 2011

Philosophy MPhilStud: London Master of Philosophical Studies Dissertation: Modalising the Copula King’s College London, Sept. 2005 – July 2008

Philosophy BA(hons), MA Dissertation: The Distinction between Self and World in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason King’s College, University of Cambridge, Oct. 2002 – June 2005

Current Employment Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sept. 2012 onwards

Previous Employment Junior Research Fellow, King's College, Cambridge. Sept. 2011 – Aug. 2012.

Philosophy Supervisor, University of Cambridge. Sept. 2011 – June 2012. Papers: 1B Metaphysics and Mind, 1B Logic, 1A Metaphysics and Epistemology.

Doctorante and Assistante FNS to Prof. Fabrice Correia: Nov. 2007 – Aug. 2011. Research Project: The Theory of Essence. Université de Genève.

Philosophy Tutor, King’s College London, Oct. 2006 – Mar. 2007. Courses: Year 1 BA Epistemology and Metaphysics .

1 Areas of Specialisation Philosophy of Modality (relevant and related areas of metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of logic and philosophy of language) Philosophy of Kant (metaphysics and epistemology)

Areas of Competence Metaphysics, Philosophical Logic, Epistemology

Publications “The Varieties of (Relative) Modality” forthcoming in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly “Logic and the Laws of Thought” forthcoming in Philosopher’s Imprint “Making Modal Distinctions: Kant on the possible, the actual, and the intuitive understanding” forthcoming in Kantian Review “Baking with Kant and Bradley”, with Thomas, E. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies , 19:1 (2013) “Kant’s Modalities of Judgment” The European Journal of Philosophy. 20:2 (2012) 60-284 “‘Creationism’ and the Contingent A Priori ” Ratio XXIII 2 June 2010. “Modal Rationalism” Dialectica 65:1, 2011 (book symposium on Hossack (2007) The Metaphysics of Knowledge) . “Genevan Ruminations on The Metaphysics of Knowledge ”, with Correia, F. and Molyneaux, M., Dialectica 65:1, 2011 (book symposium on Hossack (2007) The Metaphysics of Knowledge) . “Formal Objects and the Argument from Knowledge”, in Reboul, A. ed. Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Kevin Mulligan , http://www.philosophie.ch/kevin/festschrift/ 2011.

Talks and Presentations 2013 “Why Modal Categories” Cambridge Kant Workshop, University of Cambridge, Sept. “Relative Necessity Reformulated” with Bob Hale, MIMOSA workshop, University of Nottingham, July “Kant on intuitive understanding and the concept of possibility”, BSHP annual conference, University of York, April (Invited) “Logic and the laws of thought”, departmental seminars at the Universities of York and Nottingham, Jan. 2012 “Essence and Mere Necessity”, departmental seminars at the Universities of Glasgow, St. Andrews, Stirling and Edinburgh, Nov. “Essence and Mere Necessity”, workshop on Time and Modality, University of Birmingham, Sept. “Baking with Kant and Bradley”, with Emily Thomas (Cambridge), UKKS Annual Conference: Kant and the British Idealists, 29-30 Aug. “Metaphysical Necessity: Some Lessons from Kant”, Kant and Modality Conference, Humboldt University Berlin, 5-7 July. “Kantian Modality and Kant’s Modality”, History of Necessity Workshop, Leeds, 17-18 May. “Intellectual Intuition and the Concept of Possibility”, ChiPhi centre for the History of Philosophy Workshop in German Idealism, Sheffield, 9 Mar.

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2010 “The Varieties of Relative Modality”, 1st Institute of Philosophy/Northern Institute of Philosophy Graduate Conference, Aberdeen, 16-18 July. Commentary on “Understanding Names”, Fiora Salis, Barcelona-Geneva Graduate Workshop, Geneva, 2-3 June. 2009 “Kant and Modal Judgment”, Days of Judgment Workshop, Leiden University, 25-27 Sept. Commentary on “Abilities and the semantics of ‘can’”, Barbara Vetter, Phloxshop II: Modality, Humboldt University, Berlin, 9-11 Sept. 2009. “Kant and Modal Judgment”, 15 th eidos workshop, Geneva, 30-31 May. 2008 “Modality and Knowledge: some thoughts on the co-extensionality of some useful distinctions”, Phileas cycle of lectures, Geneva, 28 Nov. “’Creationism’ and the Contingent A Priori ”, 9 th eidos workshop “A Metaphysical Miscellany”, Geneva, 22-23 Oct. Commentary on “Philosophical Thought Experiments as Conceptual Explorations”, Christian Nimtz, Concepts and their Analysis Workshop, Zürich University, 5-6 Sept. Commentary on “A Pragmatic Non-Millian View of Propositional Attitude Ascriptions”, Gemma Celestino, at the Fifth Geneva-Barcelona Workshop, 4-5 June. 2007 Commentary on “The Meaning of ‘Ouch’ and ‘Oops’: Explorations in the Theory of Meaning as Use”, David Kaplan, at David Kaplan Workshop, University of Berne, 24 Sept. “Modalising the Copula”, Graduate Conference, University of Geneva, May. “Modalising the Copula”, Graduate Workshop in Modality, University of Bristol, May. 2006 “Why is a fool not necessarily an ignoramus: Knowing how and knowing that”, KCL Philosophy Department retreat, Cumberland Lodge, Oct. “Logical Puzzles” (with Nils Kürbis), Philosophy Outreach Programme, schools in Bromley, April.

Services to the Profession Organisation of Conferences and Workshops Co-organiser of the 16 th eidos workshop “Modality / The Experience of Time”, Geneva, 17-18 Nov., 2009 Organiser of the 9 th eidos workshop “A Metaphysical Miscellany”, Geneva, 22-23 Oct., 2008. Co-organiser of the eidos Metaphysics Conference, University of Geneva, July 2008 (over 90 delegates). Journals Member of Dialectica editorial committee, 2008 - 2013 Referee work for Kantian Review , Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy, European Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, Mind, Oxford University Press.

3 Languages English Mother tongue French Intermediate German Intermediate

Grants 4 year PhD scholarship, 2007-2011, Swiss National Science Foundation, Professor Boursier scheme AHRC Research Preparation Master’s Scheme, full award, 2005-2007

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