George Kwasi Barimah, M.Phil.

Research Project

The Epistemic and Moral Dimensions of Testimony in Scientific Research

CV

Since 11/2020
Doctoral Candidate at the DFG Research Training Group 2073 Integrating Ethics and Epistemology of Scientific Research, Leibniz Universität Hannover

02/2020 – 08/2020
Research Assistant at the Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana, Ghana. Project: The Normative Gap in African Health Care Practice: The Case for an African-Grounded Curriculum of Clinical Bioethics, funded by The Wellcome Trust

2018
Research Assistant at the Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana, Ghana. Project: Frameworks of Attitudes Towards Mental Health Disorders in Contemporary Ghana, in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK, funded by NeuroGene, Oxford

2016 – 2018
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Philosophy, University of Ghana (Department of Philosophy and Classics), Legon

2010 – 2014
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Classics and Political Science, University of Ghana, Legon

Further Qualifications

Since 03/2020
Fellow in the New York University-University of Ghana Research Integrity Training Program

2021 – 2022 Member of the organising committee for the International Conference on Engaging Ethics and Epistemology in Science (EES 2022)

Publications

Barimah, George K. (2022): “Second-order assessment of scientific expert claims and sharing epistemic burdens in science communication”. Episteme 1–17.

Conference Talks

2019
“A case for ‘unity in duality, duality in unity’ in Kwame Gyekye’s account of the relationship between the sunsum and okra: The example of dreams”, Dreams and Dreaming: African Perspectives II (West Africa), Department of Philosophy, University of York / Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana, Ghana.

Teaching

• Seminar (2019): “Contemporary Metaphysics” (Year 4), Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.
• Seminar (2019): “Existentialism” (Year 3), Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.
• Seminar (2018): “Philosophy of Aristotle” (Year 3), Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.
• Seminar (2018): “Philosophy and Literature” (Year 3), Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.
• Seminar (2015-2016): “Problems of Philosophy” (Year 2), Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.
• Seminar (2015-2016): “Further Elements of Formal Logic” (Year 3), Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.
• Seminar (2014-2015): “Philosophical Questions” (Year 1), National Service (Teaching Assistant), Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.
• Seminar (2014-2015): “Elements of Formal Logic” (Year 2), National Service (Teaching Assistant), Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.