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Emily Caddick Bourne is a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, with a focus on aesthetics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language. Her research particularly investigates questions at the intersection of these areas, including various philosophical problems related to nature and fiction. She is the author of 'Time and Fiction' (Oxford University Press, 2016) and has also edited 'The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy' (Routledge, 2018). Bourne's research topics include the personification in video games, representation, agency, narrative understanding, fictionalism, and folk psychological states, as well as Newcomb's problem. She completed her BA at Newnham College, Cambridge from 2004 to 2007, followed by an MPhil (2007-2008) and a PhD (2008-2011) in Philosophy. Prior to joining Manchester in September 2019, she served as a Jacobsen Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London (2011-2014) and held roles at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education (2011-2016) as both Academic Director and Teaching Officer, alongside being a Visiting Lecturer and Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire.
University of Manchester • Manchester, England
Lecturer in Philosophy, teaching and conducting research in aesthetics, metaphysics, and philosophy of language.
Birkbeck, University of London • London, England
Conducted research in the Institute of Philosophy.
University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education • Cambridge, England
Oversaw academic programs and taught courses in philosophy.
University of Hertfordshire • Hertfordshire, England
Lectured and conducted research in philosophy.
Includes MSc in Advanced Electrical Power Systems and MSc in Communications and Signal Processing.