Yihan Jiang
- Email: pr20yj@leeds.ac.uk
- Supervisor: Dr Juha Saatsi, Steven French
Profile
I am now in my third year of my PhD study, under the supervision of Juha Saatsi and Steven French. My primary research interest is in the metaphysics of science. My Ph.D. project aims to develop a biology-based Ontic Structural Realism by reconciling structure and process (as discussed in processual ontology). In my fully-fledged account, I aim to accommodate the metaphysics of mechanism, causation, biological objects, and potentially emergence. In the long run, I am interested in examining the metaphysical implications of Eastern Philosophy, e.g., Daoism and Buddhism, for the metaphysics of sciences.
I have presented my work at prestigious peer-reviewed conferences, including the 2023 annual conference of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science. I have one paper currently under review and several papers in preparation.
I would like to thank the Chinese Scholarship Council and the University of Leeds joint scholarship for financially supporting my study.
Research interests
- Philosophy of science
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of physics
- Philosophy of biology
Qualifications
- MA Philosophy (University of Leeds), with Distinction
- BA Translation (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Theoretical Philosophy