Ema Sullivan-Bissett is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. Her research concerns the nature of belief and its connection to truth, as well as delusional beliefs and how they are formed. Her publications include 'A Defence of Owens' Exclusivity Objection to Beliefs Having Aims' (2013), Philosophical Studies, vol. 163, no. 2, pp. 452-7 (with Paul Noordhof), 'Implicit Bias, Confabulation, and Epistemic Innocence' (2015), Consciousness and Cognition, vol. 33, pp. 548-60, 'Biological Function and Epistemic Normativity' (forthcoming), Philosophical Explorations, and 'Aims and Exclusivity' (forthcoming), European Journal of Philosophy.
Helen Bradley received her PhD in Philosophy at the University of York in 2016 under the supervision of Peter Lamarque. Her research concerns the philosophy of depiction and the relation, and significance, of artistic style to our experience of pictures. Her publications include 'Reducing the Space of Seeing-In' (2014), British Journal of Aesthetics, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 409-24, and 'The Pursuit of Fiction: An interview with Peter Lamarque' (2013), Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 2-16.
Paul Noordhof is Anniversary Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. His main research interests are in the philosophy of mind, action theory, and metaphysics. His work in the philosophy of mind mainly focuses upon the nature and explanatory character of consciousness. His publications include 'A Defence of Owens' Exclusivity Objection to Beliefs Having Aims' (2013), Philosophical Studies, vol. 163, no. 2, pp. 452-7 (with Ema Sullivan-Bissett), 'The Essential Instability of Self-Deception' (2009), Social Theory and Practice, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 45-71, 'Self-Deception, Interpretation and Consciousness' (2003), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 75-100, and 'Believe What You Want' (2001), Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol 101, no. 3, pp. 247-65.