Ariel Melamedoff

I am an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) and University College London. I have broad interests in the history of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, especially as these concern the foundations of science. My primary research is in early modern European philosophy, focusing on the work of Mary Shepherd, David Hume, and Baruch Spinoza.

My main project is on Mary Shepherd. I argue that her philosophy is best read in the context of the tradition of metaphysical emergentism. I am working on a book titled Mary Shepherd and the Foundations of Science that explores the implications of this metaphysics for the methods and aims of scientific research.

I completed a PhD at NYU in 2024, after an M.A. in Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and a B.A. in Political Science at the University of Winnipeg.