Åsa Maria Wikforss#
| Membership Number: | 5188 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www2.philosophy.su.se/wikforss |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2008 Professor in Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
- 2004 - 2008 Researcher in theoretical philosophy, Stockholm University
- 1997 - 2003 Post-doc in theoretical philosophy, Stockholm University
- 2000, 01 - 2000, 12 Parental leave
- 1999, spring semester, Visiting Professor, Oxford University
- 1996, 08 - 1997, 08 Parental leave
Fields of Scholarship
- Philosophy of mind and language
- Normativity of meaning and content
- Semantic externalism
- Concepts
- Understanding
- Natural kind terms
- Nature of belief
- Epistemology
- Epistemic reasons
- Knowledge of other minds
- Self-knowledge
Honours and Awards
- Member of The Royal Academy of Science, Sweden (since June 2018)
- Member of the Swedish Academy (starting December 2019)
