Staff profile

I joined the department in 2014, having previously held research posts in Heidelberg, Tilburg, and Amsterdam. As an undergrad I started off as an English major, but quickly got hooked on logic and philosophy and that's where I've made my career. After completing an MA in philosophy at University of Wisconsin, I did my Ph.D. in logic at University of Amsterdam. My dissertation, Modalities in Medieval Logic, combined two of my biggest academic and non-academic interests: logic and medieval history. In 2017 I co-founded the Durham centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, of which I am currently a co-director.

Outside of logic, I have been doing research in medieval onomastics (the study of names) since I was in high school, and a culmination of that interest is the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources project, of which I am the Editor-in-Chief.

When not doing logic or names, I can generally be found watching sci fi and drinking beer with my husband, hanging out with my young daughter, doing medieval re-creation/re-enactment, or writing speculative fiction. I am also the head instigator of the site SFFReviews.com, a review site for short science fiction and fantasy.

Current PhD Students

• Zekiye Goz, linguistic creativity and artificial intelligence
• Wei Xie, universal grammar and tense

Research Supervision

I am available for, and interested in, supervising students, at any level, in any of the following areas:

• Logic (mathematical, philosophical, modal, etc.)
• Philosophy of language, esp. philosophy of fiction
• Philosophy of logic
• Philosophy of mathematics
• Medieval philosophy, esp. logic/philosophy of language
• Informal argumentation
• Human and machine reasoning

• Mathematical Logic
• Medieval Logic
• Modal Logic
• Onomastics
• Philosophical Logic
• Philosophy of Fiction
• Philosophy of Language

• 2017: Radio Interview: Interview on "Hannah Kate's Bookshelf", North Manchester Radio FM.
• 2017: Podcast Interview: Interview on "Philosophobia" podcast series.
• 2015: Magazine Interview: Interview in 3:AM magazine's "End Times" series of philosopher interviews; now available at https://316am.site123.me/articles/dynamic-epistemology?c=end-times-archive

Book review

• Review of Peter Adamson, Medieval Philosophy, History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, volume 4 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019), xxii+637pp
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2020). Review of Peter Adamson, Medieval Philosophy, History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, volume 4 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019), xxii+637pp. Philosophical Quarterly, 70(281), 890-892. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqaa014
• Review of Robin Wilson and Amirouche Moktefi, eds., The Mathematical World of Charles L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019), xiv+266pp.
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2019). Review of Robin Wilson and Amirouche Moktefi, eds., The Mathematical World of Charles L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019), xiv+266pp. British Society for Literature and Science. Advance online publication.
• Review of Ana María Mora-Márquez, The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification: The Discussions and Their Origin and Development. (Investigating Medieval Philosophy 10.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015. Pp. 256. $142. ISBN: 978-900-429867-5
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2017). Review of Ana María Mora-Márquez, The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification: The Discussions and Their Origin and Development. (Investigating Medieval Philosophy 10.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015. Pp. 256. $142. ISBN: 978-900-429867-5. Speculum, 92(4), 1223-1225. https://doi.org/10.1086/693663
• Review of Donna Thornton and Kevin Murray, Bibliography of Publications on Irish Placenames
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2017). Review of Donna Thornton and Kevin Murray, Bibliography of Publications on Irish Placenames. Peritia, 27, 306-307.
• Book Review: Jean Buridan, Treatise on Consequences. Translated with an introduction by Stephen Read, editorial introduction by Hubert Hubien. New York: Fordham University Press, 2015, pp. 185. ISBN 978-0-8232-5718-8 (hardback), $45
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2016). Book Review: Jean Buridan, Treatise on Consequences. Translated with an introduction by Stephen Read, editorial introduction by Hubert Hubien. New York: Fordham University Press, 2015, pp. 185. ISBN 978-0-8232-5718-8 (hardback), $45. Studia Logica, 104(6), 1319-1323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-016-9693-9
• Maloney, Thomas S., ed. Logica, or Summa Lamberti. Notre Dame : Notre Dame Press, 2015. pp. xlix, 442. $64.00 (paperback) $64.00 (ebook). ISBN : 978-0-268-03535-8 (paperback) 978-0-268-08699-2 (ebook)
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2016). Maloney, Thomas S., ed. Logica, or Summa Lamberti. Notre Dame : Notre Dame Press, 2015. pp. xlix, 442. $64.00 (paperback) $64.00 (ebook). ISBN : 978-0-268-03535-8 (paperback) 978-0-268-08699-2 (ebook). The Medieval Review : TMR.. Advance online publication, Article 16.05.04.
• Book Review: Articulating Medieval Logic by Terence Parsons
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2016). Book Review: Articulating Medieval Logic by Terence Parsons. Philosophical Quarterly, 66(263), 432-435. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqv061
• Review of Brian P. Copenhaver, with Calvin G. Normore and Terence Parsons, Peter of Spain: Summaries of Logic: Text, Translation, Introduction, and Notes
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2016). Review of Brian P. Copenhaver, with Calvin G. Normore and Terence Parsons, Peter of Spain: Summaries of Logic: Text, Translation, Introduction, and Notes. Vivarium, 54(1), 113-116. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685349-12341315
• Review of Marko Malink, Aristotle's Modal Syllogistic
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2014). Review of Marko Malink, Aristotle’s Modal Syllogistic. Metascience, 23(3), 573-579.
• Review of Luca Castagnoli, Ancient Self-Refutation: The Logic and History of the Self-Refutation Argument from Democritus to Augustine
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2013). Review of Luca Castagnoli, Ancient Self-Refutation: The Logic and History of the Self-Refutation Argument from Democritus to Augustine. Logical Analysis & History of Philosophy Philosophiegeschichte Und Logische Analyse., 16, 398-402.
• Review of Michael J. Fitzgerald, Albert of Saxony Questiones circa logicam (Twenty-Five Disputed Questions on Logic)
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2011). Review of Michael J. Fitzgerald, Albert of Saxony Questiones circa logicam (Twenty-Five Disputed Questions on Logic). Speculum, 83(3), 719-720.

Chapter in book

• Whether Something Known by You is Uncertain to You: A Puzzle in Paul of Venice
  
  Uckelman, S. (2024). Whether Something Known by You is Uncertain to You: A Puzzle in Paul of Venice. In J. Kaukua, V. Lähteenmäki, & J. Toivanen (Eds.), Mind and Obligation in the Long Middle Ages (pp. 83-105). Brill.
• William of Sherwood
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2024). William of Sherwood. In E. N. Zalta & U. Nodelman (Eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Christine Ladd-Franklin
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2023). Christine Ladd-Franklin. In A. L. Stone & L. Moland (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197558898.013.16
• Kinds of Arguments
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2021). Kinds of Arguments. In R. Cross & J. Paasch (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315709604
• Bathsua Makin and Anna Maria van Schurman: Education and the Metaphysics of Being a Woman
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2018). Bathsua Makin and Anna Maria van Schurman: Education and the Metaphysics of Being a Woman. In E. Thomas (Ed.), Early modern women on metaphysics. (pp. 95-110). Cambridge University Press.
• Medieval Logic
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2017). Medieval Logic. In A. Malpass & M. A. Marfori (Eds.), The history of philosophical and formal logic : from Aristotle to Tarski. (pp. 71-99). Bloomsbury.
• What's in a Name? History and Fantasy in Game of Thrones
  
  Uckelman, S. L., Murphey, S., & Percer, J. (2017). What’s in a Name? History and Fantasy in Game of Thrones. In B. A. Pavlac (Ed.), Game of Thrones versus history : written in blood. (pp. 241-250). Wiley.
• Obligationes
  
  Dutilh Novaes, C., & Uckelman, S. L. (2016). Obligationes. In C. Dutilh Novaes & S. Read (Eds.), Cambridge Companion to Medieval Logic (pp. 370-395). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107449862.016
• Logic in the 13th Century
  
  Uckelman, S. L., & Lagerlund, H. (2016). Logic in the 13th Century. In S. Read & C. Dutilh Novaes (Eds.), Cambridge Companion to Medieval Logic (pp. 119-141). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107449862.006
• Dialectical Self-Refutation and Nāgārjuna's Discussion in Six Points (ṣaṭkoṭiko vādaḥ)
  
  Kellner, B., & Uckelman, S. L. (2015). Dialectical Self-Refutation and Nāgārjuna’s Discussion in Six Points (ṣaṭkoṭiko vādaḥ). In G. Paul (Ed.), Logic In Buddhist Scholasticism: From Philosophical, Philological, Historical and Comparative Perspectives (pp. 101-134). Lumbini International Research Institute.
• A Medieval Epistemic Puzzle
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2014). A Medieval Epistemic Puzzle. In Z. Christoff, P. Galeazzi, N. Gierasimczuk, A. Marcoci, & S. Smets (Eds.), LIRa Yearbook (pp. 301-316). Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation.
• What is Dialogical About Dialogical Logic?
  
  Alama, J., & Uckelman, S. L. (2012). What is Dialogical About Dialogical Logic?. In H. Jales Ribeiro (Ed.), Inside Arguments: Logic and the Study of Argumentation (pp. 207-222). Cambridge Scholars Publication.
• Making Logic Explicit
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2012). Making Logic Explicit. In J. Jans (Ed.), Humanities Perspectives (pp. 25-27). Tilburg University.
• A Dynamic Epistemic Logic Approach to Modeling Obligationes
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2011). A Dynamic Epistemic Logic Approach to Modeling Obligationes. In D. Grossi, S. Minica, B. Rodenhäuser, & S. Smets (Eds.), LIRa Yearbook (pp. 147-172). Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation.
• The Ontological Argument
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2011). The Ontological Argument. In M. Bruce & S. Barbone (Eds.), Just the Argument: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy (pp. 25-27). Wiley.
• Reasoning About the Trinity: A Modern Formalization of a Medieval System of Trinitarian Logic
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2010). Reasoning About the Trinity: A Modern Formalization of a Medieval System of Trinitarian Logic. In A. Schumann (Ed.), Logic in Religious Discourse (pp. 216-239). Ontos Verlag.
• Dynamic Logic
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2010). Dynamic Logic. In J. Williamson & F. Russo (Eds.), Key Terms in Logic. Continuum.
• Jean Buridan
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2010). Jean Buridan. In J. Williamson & F. Russo (Eds.), Key Terms in Logic. Continuum.

Conference Paper

• Self-Regulated Sample Diversity in Large Language Models
  
  Liu, M., Frawley, J., Wyer, S., Shum, H. P. H., Uckelman, S. L., Black, S., & Willcocks, C. G. (2024). Self-Regulated Sample Diversity in Large Language Models. In Proceedings of the 2024 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (pp. 1891–1899). Association for Computational Linguistics.
• William of Sherwood on Necessity and Contingency
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2020). William of Sherwood on Necessity and Contingency. In N. Olivetti, R. Verbrugge, S. Negri, & G. Sandu (Eds.), Advances in modal logic.. College Publications.
• Beyond Formality: The Role of the Dialectical Context in Medieval Logic
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2017). Beyond Formality: The Role of the Dialectical Context in Medieval Logic. In L. Cesalli, F. Goubier, & A. De Libera (Eds.), Formal approaches and natural language in medieval logic : proceedings of the XIXth European Symposium of Medieval Logic and Semantics, Geneva, 12-16 June 2012. (pp. 469-483). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/m.tema-eb.4.2017109
• The Logic of Where and While in the 13th and 14th Centuries
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2016). The Logic of Where and While in the 13th and 14th Centuries. In L. Beklemishev, S. Demri, & A. Máté (Eds.), Advances in modal logic. (pp. 535-550). College Publications.
• Reasoning about Obligations in Obligationes: A Formal Approach
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2014). Reasoning about Obligations in Obligationes: A Formal Approach. In R. Goré, B. Kooi, & A. Kurucz (Eds.), Advances in modal logic. Volume 10. (pp. 553-568). College Publications.
• The Reception of St. Anselm's Logic in the 20th and 21st Centuries
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2012). The Reception of St. Anselm’s Logic in the 20th and 21st Centuries (G. Gasper & I. Logan, Eds.). Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
• Dialogue Games for Classical Logic (short paper)
  
  Alama, J., Knoks, A., & Uckelman, S. L. (2011). Dialogue Games for Classical Logic (short paper). In M. Giese & R. Kuznets (Eds.), Technical Report IAM-11-002 (pp. 82-86). Universität Bern.
• Obligationes as Formal Dialogue Systems
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2011). Obligationes as Formal Dialogue Systems (T. Ågotnes, Ed.). IOS Press.
• Computing with Concepts, Computing with Numbers: Llull, Leibniz, & Boole
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2010). Computing with Concepts, Computing with Numbers: Llull, Leibniz, & Boole. In F. Ferreira, B. Löwe, E. Mayordomo, & L. . M. Gomes (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 427-437).
• A Simple Semantics for Aristotelian Apodeictic Syllogistics
  
  Uckelman, S. L., & Johnston, S. (2010). A Simple Semantics for Aristotelian Apodeictic Syllogistics (L. Beklemishev & V. Goranko, Eds.). College Publications.
• Three 13th-Century Views of Quantified Modal Logic
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2008). Three 13th-Century Views of Quantified Modal Logic (C. Areces & R. Goldblatt, Eds.).
• Jacob Lorhard's Ontology: A 17th Century Hypertext on the Reality and Temporality of the World of Intelligibles
  
  Øhrstrøm, P., Schärfe, H., & Uckelman, S. L. (2008). Jacob Lorhard’s Ontology: A 17th Century Hypertext on the Reality and Temporality of the World of Intelligibles. In P. Eklund & O. Haemmerlé (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 74-87).
• Historical and conceptual foundations of diagrammatical ontology
  
  Øhrstrøm, P., Uckelman, S. L., & Schärfe, H. (2007). Historical and conceptual foundations of diagrammatical ontology. In S. Polovina, R. Hill, & U. Priss (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 374-386).
• A response to the case against compositionality: Universal sufficient applicability conditions
  
  Friedemann, S. L. (2002). A response to the case against compositionality: Universal sufficient applicability conditions (D. W. Shrader, Ed.). Oneonta Philosophy Studies.

Doctoral Thesis

• Modalities in Medieval Logic
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2009). Modalities in Medieval Logic [Thesis]. University of Amsterdam. http://www.illc.uva.nl/Research/Publications/Dissertations/DS-2009-04.text.pdf

Journal Article

• Fiction Writing as Philosophical Methodology
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2024). Fiction Writing as Philosophical Methodology. Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 28(3 - Special Issue: 13th Principia International Symposium), 453-475. https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2024.e98571
• What Logical Consequence Could, Could Not, Should, and Should Not Be
  
  Uckelman, S. (2024). What Logical Consequence Could, Could Not, Should, and Should Not Be. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 98(1), 255–275. https://doi.org/10.1093/arisup/akae011
• Lorhard, Ramus, and Timpler and “The Birth of Ontology”
  
  Øhrstrøm, P., & Uckelman, S. L. (2022). Lorhard, Ramus, and Timpler and “The Birth of Ontology”. Journal of Knowledge Structures & Systems, 3(2), 48-56.
• Fictional Modality and the Intensionality of Fictional Contexts
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2022). Fictional Modality and the Intensionality of Fictional Contexts. The Australasian Journal of Logic, 19(4), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.26686/ajl.v19i4.7542
• What Problem Did Ladd-Franklin (Think She) Solve(d)?
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2021). What Problem Did Ladd-Franklin (Think She) Solve(d)?. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 62(3), 527-552. https://doi.org/10.1215/00294527-2021-0026
• Against the Theistic Multiverse
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2020). Against the Theistic Multiverse. Kriterion: Journal of Philosophy, 34(4), 1-14.
• Names Shakespeare Didn't Invent: Imogen, Olivia, and Viola Revisited
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2019). Names Shakespeare Didn’t Invent: Imogen, Olivia, and Viola Revisited. Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 67(3), 153-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/00277738.2018.1490518
• Contradictions, Impossibility, and Triviality: A Response to Jc Beall
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2019). Contradictions, Impossibility, and Triviality: A Response to Jc Beall. The Journal of Analytic Theology, 7, 544-559. https://doi.org/10.12978/jat.2019-7.180000200213
• Normative and Descriptive Rationality: From Nature to Artifice and Back
  
  Besold, T. R., & Uckelman, S. L. (2018). Normative and Descriptive Rationality: From Nature to Artifice and Back. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 30(2), 331-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/0952813x.2018.1430860
• Against Truth-Conditional Theories of Meaning: Three Lessons from the Language(s) of Fiction
  
  Uckelman, S. L., & Chan, P. (2016). Against Truth-Conditional Theories of Meaning: Three Lessons from the Language(s) of Fiction. Res Philosophica, 2(93), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.11612/resphil.2016.2.93.4
• Többnyelvű névtani lexikográfia: a Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources elnevezésű nemzetközi szótári projekt
  
  Uckelman, S. L., & Slíz, M. (2015). Többnyelvű névtani lexikográfia: a Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources elnevezésű nemzetközi szótári projekt. Névtani Értesítõ, 37, 203-220.
• The Logic of Categorematic and Syncategorematic Infinity
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2015). The Logic of Categorematic and Syncategorematic Infinity. Synthese, 192(8), 2361-2377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0670-z
• Sit Verum Obligationes and Counterfactual Reasoning
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2015). Sit Verum Obligationes and Counterfactual Reasoning. Vivarium, 53(1), 90-113. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685349-05301005
• A Curious Dialogical Logic and Its Composition Problem
  
  Uckelman, S. L., Alama, J., & Knoks, A. (2014). A Curious Dialogical Logic and Its Composition Problem. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 43(6), 1065-1100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-013-9307-1
• Medieval Disputationes de obligationibus as formal dialogue systems
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2013). Medieval Disputationes de obligationibus as formal dialogue systems. Argumentation, 27(2), 143-166.
• Finnegan's Wake: An Interpretation
  
  Prior, A. N., & Uckelman, S. L. (2013). Finnegan’s Wake: An Interpretation. Philinq : Philosophical Inquires., 1(1), 211-214.
• A quantified temporal logic for ampliation and restriction
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2013). A quantified temporal logic for ampliation and restriction. Vivarium, 51(1-4), 485-510. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685349-12341259
• Arthur Prior and medieval logic
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2012). Arthur Prior and medieval logic. Synthese, 188(3), 349-366.
• Prior on an Insolubilium of Jean Buridan
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2012). Prior on an Insolubilium of Jean Buridan. Synthese, 188(3), 487-498.
• Interactive logic in the Middle Ages
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2012). Interactive logic in the Middle Ages. Logic and Logical Philosophy, 21(3), 439-471.
• Deceit and Indefeasible Knowledge: The Case of Dubitatio
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2011). Deceit and Indefeasible Knowledge: The Case of Dubitatio. Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics, 21(3/4), 503-519.
• Logic and the Condemnations of 1277
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2010). Logic and the Condemnations of 1277. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 39, no. 2, 201-227.
• John Buridan's Sophismata and Interval Temporal Semantics
  
  Uckelman, S. L., & Johnston, S. (2010). John Buridan’s Sophismata and Interval Temporal Semantics. Logical Analysis & History of Philosophy Philosophiegeschichte Und Logische Analyse., 13, 133-147.
• The Ontological Argument and Russell's Antinomy
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2010). The Ontological Argument and Russell’s Antinomy. Logic and Logical Philosophy, 18, nos. 3-4, 309-312.
• Anselm's Logic of Agency
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2009). Anselm’s Logic of Agency. Logical Analysis & History of Philosophy Philosophiegeschichte Und Logische Analyse., 12, 248-268.
• Modal and temporal logics for abstract space-time structures
  
  Uckelman, S. L., & Uckelman, J. (2007). Modal and temporal logics for abstract space-time structures. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 38, 673-681.

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Lambert of Auxerre
  
  Uckelman, S. (2024, April 4). Lambert of Auxerre [Online Article]. Online Archive.

Other (Print)

• Medieval destinations: Lumbini
  
  Uckelman, S. L. (2014). Medieval destinations: Lumbini. Tournaments Illuminated.