Dr Alice Murphy

Lecturer in Philosophy

Researcher profile

Email

amlm2@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I joined the department as a lecturer in September 2025. My research falls within philosophy of science, especially imagination, creativity, and aesthetic values in science. I also focus on the epistemology of experiments, simulations, and thought experiments, and more recently, issues at the intersection of environmental science and environmental aesthetics. From January 2021 - August 2025, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the MCMP, LMU Munich. I received my PhD in October 2020 from the University of Leeds.

Selected publications

• Open access

  Imagination and Creativity in the Scientific Realm

  Murphy, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Imagination and Creativity. Kind, A. & Langkau, J. (eds.). Oxford University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Aesthetics and agency in experiments

  Murphy, A., Currie, A. & Walsh, K., 11 Oct 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  On the scenic beauty of Santiago: what does the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) know about aesthetics?

  Winckel, F. & Murphy, A., 21 Nov 2024, Seeing the Woods.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Open access

  Form and content: a defence of aesthetic values in science

  Murphy, A., 1 Jul 2023, In: Philosophy of Science. 90, 3, p. 669-685

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Introduction

  Murphy, A. & Ivanova, M., 2023, The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments. Ivanova, M. & Murphy, A. (eds.). Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Profound Experiments

  Murphy, A., 2023, The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments. Ivanova, M. & Murphy, A. (eds.). Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments

  Murphy, A. (Editor) & Ivanova, M. (Editor), 2023, Routledge.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology

• Open access

  The value of surprise in science

  French, S. & Murphy, A., 1 Jan 2023, In: Erkenntnis. 88, p. 1447-1466

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Imagination in science

  Murphy, A., 2 Jun 2022, In: Philosophy Compass. 17, 6, e12836.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Are beautiful theories better theories?

  Murphy, A., 27 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Metascience. 31, p. 37-40

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

 

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