Toby Friend
PhD
Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics of Science; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Physics.
Education
- PhD, History and Philosophy of Science, University College London
- MPhilStud, Birkbeck, University of London
- MA, University College London
- Bachelors in Engineering, University of Glasgow
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics of Science; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Physics.
Current Research
I work on the metaphysics of laws of nature and causation.
Courses
- Dispositions & Conditionals (PHI 634)
- Philosophy of Science (PHI 321)
- Metaphysics (PHI 329)
- In 2025: Philosophy of Physics (PHI 325); Formal Epistemology (PHI 434)
Selected Publications
- Friend, T. (forthcoming) “Soft Control: furthering the case for Modified Interventionist Theory”, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.
- Friend, T., (2024) “Structural Equations and Analysis of Dispositions”, Ergo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy 10:57. https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.5194
- Friend, T., (2024) “Madhyamaka and Ontic Structural Realism”, Asian Journal of Philosophy, 3:38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44204-024-00146-x
- Friend, T. and Kimpton-Nye, S. (2023) Dispositions and Powers, Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009118910