Dr Robert A Davies
Research Associate and Associate Lecturer

Profile

Biography

I have been a member of the Department of Philosophy at York since 2021, having worked on a number of research projects at the Department since 2019. I completed my PhD at the University of York in 2017 after completing my MA here.

Departmental roles

Department Management Team

Memberships

• Secretary, Philosophy of Memory Organisation (2024–Present)
• Steering Committee Member, Philosophy of Memory Organisation (2017-Present)
• Honorary Researcher, Complex Trauma Institute (2021-Present)

Editorial duties 

• Journal Manager, Mind & Language 

Research

Overview

My research has primarily been in the philosophy of mind, with a particular interest in memory and self-knowledge, and a focus on traumatic intrusion. I’m also interested in dreams and cognitive biases. I have worked on a number of projects around the topic of complex trauma and other topics including corporate decision-making.

Projects

• Dreams, nightmares, and complex trauma

Research group(s)

• Mind and Reason
• Institute of Mental Health Research at York

Collaborators

Outside of the Department, I engage with several philosophers of memory globally through the Philosophy of Memory Organization, and have an ongoing collaboration with a member of staff at St. Paul’s University in Canada.

Supervision

I am interested in supervising students working in philosophy of mind, especially memory and self-knowledge, those working in social/political epistemology, and on trauma.

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Cognitive Anomalies, Decision-Making, and Democracy (3rd year)
• Knowledge and the Social Sciences (2nd Year)

Other teaching

Modules taught previously include: 

• Memory and Trauma (3rd year advanced project)
• Cognitive Anomalies, Decision-Making, and Democracy (MA)
• Beginning Philosophical Research (1st Year)