Chair: Joe Cunningham (Heythrop)
joe.cunningham at bups.org



Hi I'm Joe and my job consists in the general running of the society, organising our quarterly conferences, and barking orders at the general officers on the committee. I go to Heythrop College, University of London, and will graduate in 2008. My main philosophical interests lie in the fields of Epistemology, Metaethics, and the philosophy of Kant. My favourite philosophers are John McDowell, Jonathan Dancy, and Immanuel Kant (funnily enough). Any problems drop me a line at chair@bups.org.

Amanda Montgomery (Dundee)
amanda.montgomery at bups.org



Hi, my name is Amanda and I'm an undergraduate student at Dundee University. My main interests at the moment lie in personal identity, aesthetics and interpretation, especially focussing on the crossover between philosophy and contemporary visual arts. I'm a great supporter of philosophy for children and in my spare time can usually be found reading or in the studio making odd, unsellable sculptures. I like to think I'm approachable, so please feel free to contact me regarding anything, or stop for a chat at the next conference.

Matteo Russo (Essex)
matteo.russo at bups.org



Hi I'm Matt, I'm a first year undergraduate from the University of Essex, bringing fresh blood and new vitality to BUPS. My role in the BUPS is that of General Officer, I will be representing the society and promoting it at conferences and throughout academic philosophy departments. My philosophical interests include existentialism, phenomenology and the philosophy of psychology; if I had to pick, I'd side more with the continental side of things, although i don't think the distinction exists at all in reality.

Nakul Krishna (Oxford)
nakul.krishna at bups.org



Hey, I'm Nakul and I'm a finalist at Exeter College, Oxford, where I'm doing Philosophy, Politics and Economics. I'm interested in pretty much every aspect of Ancient Philosophy, especially Aristotle. I'm also interested in Rawls, philosophical liberalism and the history of political thought. More generally, I like being pedantic. When not doing philosophy or being pedantic, I like to go hiking.

Duncan Crowe (Cambridge)
duncan.crowe at bups.org



Hi, I'm Duncan and I'm one of the BUPS general officers. I'm a second year philosopher at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge though I originally come from Glasgow. My main interests in philosophy are the philosophy of mind and ethics, but there's a wide range of topics I'm happy to rant about which fall outside these areas. I'm particularly interested in evolutionary accounts of morality, and the philosophical consequences of such accounts. Outside philosophy my interests include psychology, politics (Lib Dems), history, rowing (badly) and preaching the bad news (Atheism).

Oystein Sjotveit (Durham)
oystein.sjotveit at bups.org



Hey, I'm Øystein Sjøtveit and I'm a General Officer here at BUPS. This is my third and last year studying philosophy at the University of Durham. Philosophy is one of my great passions and my interests range from metaphyics to language, mind, some dabbling in more modern european philosophy and a great interest in ancient philosophers, but most of all, just a big Hume fan really. How much expertise I can lay claim to is debatable, but I will jump into a discussion in any field, as long as its not concerning the significance of a footnote from a guide to the introduction to early Kantian thinking. I am trying to uphold a committment (to an irrational extent I have been told) to Non-cartesian (substance) dualism, which is not always easy surrounded by a pac of trained physicalist. My dissertation topic is the Ontology of Lanuage.

Sophie Erskine (Cambridge)
sophie.erskine at bups.org



Hi, I'm Sophie Erskine and I'm a General Officer for BUPS; I'm about to go into my third year at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, where I'll be taking modules in metaphysics, plato, political philosophy and 'modern' philosophy (Kant, Hegel and Nietzsche!). Like some others of the committee, I'm very interested in the continental tradition - me and Matt hope to engender an anti-analytic revolution one day! Outside of philosophy (gasp!), I love music, films, sports and literature; one day I hope to write a book that will change the world, but we'll see how that goes.. Feel free to ask me anything, philosophy-related or otherwise - I'll be happy to help!

Leah Wilkinson(UCL)
leah.wilkinson at bups.org



Hi, I'm Leah and I've just finished my second undergraduate year at University College London. My main interests include philosophy of psychology (particularly the philosophy of psychoanalysis) personal identity, philosophy of science, and political philosophy (especially the recent, back-biting 'luck egalitarianism' stuff). I'd love to explore Eastern philosophy in more depth, so if you're willing to banter about that, do get in touch. In my spare time, I lie around reading philosophy books, writing and tunelessly strumming my guitar.

Web Officer: Edmund Hair (Cambridge)
edmund.hair at bups.org



Hi, I'm Ed Hair, a final-year student from Trinity Hall, Cambridge; and also the BUPS Web Officer. Alongside an interest in many computer-related things, I also harbour a passion for political philosophy - in particular international justice, contemporary liberalism, anything to do with Rawls and anything relating to the paradox of democracy. Other philosophical interests include defending anomalous monism (scandalous I know), metaethics, philosophy of religion and the philosophy of science (grue). Beyond philosophy, I'm a keen (although pretty rubbish) tennis player, a stalwart Chelsea fan and also a very strict vegetarian. I'm happy to be contacted about anything to do with the website or anything philosophical.

Schools Liaison Officer: Akosua Bonsu (Heythrop)
akosua.bonsu at bups.org



(Coming soon...)

Twelve Project: Alex Milner (Manchester)
alex.milner at bups.org



Hi I'm Alex, my main job is to provide advice and support for other societies as well as general organisation etc. of BUPS. I go to the University of Manchester and will graduate (hopefully) 2008. My main philosophical interests are contemporary metaphysics and phenomenology (obviously we all know that all philosophy is incredible).

BJUP Editor: Andrew Stephenson (Oxford)
andrew.stephenson at bups.org



Hi, my name’s Andrew Stephenson. Having been an active member of the undergraduate committee for the last two years or so, I have now graduated and moved on to postgrad work. Now I take very much a back seat and watch how things are going from afar, chipping in now and then to offer help or advice. My main job is with BUPS’ sister journal, the BJUP. From issue 2_(1) until 2_(4) I will be the editor. This means co-ordinating publication, gathering papers and sending them off to our slowly growing review board of working academics from around the country – veteran PhDs, Doctors, and Professors. As regards my philosophical interests, I hope that they are very wide. Primarily I am interested in cultivating the dialogue between the so-called analytic and Continental traditions.

BJUP Sub-Editor: Ryan Dawson (Cambridge)
ryan.dawson at bups.org



As sub-editor of the journal, my primary responsibility is copyediting papers and helping get the work into a state ready for publication. This may sound quite easy and in comparison to what other members of the committee do, it probably is. Though you would probably be surprised by what kind of issues come up in preparing an issue of the journal. Issues of style and grammar can often get quite sticky. Much more difficult than grammar is the questions of measuring whether certain remarks are appropriate for an undergraduate journal. It's very important that the profile of the journal continue to rise and for this it has to be able to impress academics that read it. (For this reason papers are reviewed by a number of academics that offer us our services out of the kindness of their hearts.)