Dr Doug Hardman

Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Poole House P328, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the Faculty of Science & Technology. Prior to joining Bournemouth University, I completed a PhD at the University of Southampton exploring the placebo effect in general practice medicine.

Research

My research is interdisciplinary, with three main strands: (i) the psychology and philosophy of medicine, (ii) situated cognition, and (iii) the philosophy of cognitive science.

Methodologically, I specialise in ethnography and investigative ordinary language philosophy.

Favourites

Hardman, D., 2024. On having control over our actions. Philosophical Investigations, 47 (2), 165-177.
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Hardman, D. and Hutchinson, P., 2022. Investigative Ordinary Language Philosophy. Philosophical Investigations.
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Hardman, D. and Hutchinson, P., 2021. Where the ethical action is. Journal of Medical Ethics.
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Hardman, D., Geraghty, A.W.A., Lown, M. and Bishop, F.L., 2020. Subjunctive medicine: Enacting efficacy in general practice. Social Science & Medicine, 245.
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Journal Articles

Hardman, D., 2025. Wittgenstein's method is simple: ‘Describe language-games!’. Philosophical Investigations.
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Ongaro, G., Hardman, D. and Deschenaux, I., 2024. Why the extended mind is nothing special but is central. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 23 (4), 841-863.
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Hardman, D., 2024. On having control over our actions. Philosophical Investigations, 47 (2), 165-177.
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Hardman, D., 2024. A Fictionalist Account of Open-Label Placebo. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: a forum for bioethics and philosophy of medicine.
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Hardman, D., 2024. Return of the evil genius. Philosophical Investigations, 47 (1), 24-31.
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Alcock, M., Wiener, J.M. and Hardman, D., 2024. Searching in an unfamiliar environment: a phenomenologically informed experiment. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
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Hardman, D. and Miller, F., 2024. A worthwhile wager: the ethics of open-label placebo treatment in clinical practice. Journal of Medical Ethics.
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Hardman, D. and Hutchinson, P., 2023. Rules, practices and principles: Putting bioethical principles in their place. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.
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Hardman, D., 2023. Pretending to care. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49 (7), 506-509.
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Hardman, D. and Hutchinson, P., 2023. Whose models? Which representations? A response to Wagner. Journal of Medical Ethics.
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Hardman, D., 2023. Unintentional deception still deceives. Journal of Medical Ethics.
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Hutchinson, P., Zielinska, A.C. and Hardman, D., 2022. Editorial Introduction: Praxeological Gestalts – Philosophy, Cognitive Science and Sociology Meet Gestalt Psychology. Philosophia Scientiae, 26 (3), 5-19.
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Hardman, D. and Hutchinson, P., 2022. Investigative Ordinary Language Philosophy. Philosophical Investigations.
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Hardman, D., 2022. Three Simple Rules for Good Cognitive Science. Cognitive Science, 46 (7), e13172.
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Hardman, D. and Hutchinson, P., 2022. Bioethics to the rescue! A response to Emmerich. Journal of Medical Ethics.
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Hardman, D., 2022. Manufacturing the placebo effect. Philosophical Investigations.
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Hardman, D. and Hutchinson, P., 2021. Where the ethical action is. Journal of Medical Ethics.
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Woods, N. and Hardman, D., 2021. ‘It’s just absolutely everywhere’: understanding LGBTQ experiences of queerbaiting. Psychology & Sexuality.
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Hardman, D., Hutchinson, P. and Ongaro, G., 2020. Questioning the Consensus on Placebo and Nocebo Effects. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
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Hardman, D. and Hutchinson, P., 2020. Cultivating the dispositions to connect: an exploration of therapeutic empathy. Medical Humanities, 46 (4), 525-531.
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Hardman, D. and Ongaro, G., 2020. Subjunctive medicine: A manifesto. Soc Sci Med, 256, 113039.
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Hardman, D., Geraghty, A.W.A., Lown, M. and Bishop, F.L., 2020. Subjunctive medicine: Enacting efficacy in general practice. Social Science & Medicine, 245.
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Hardman, D. and Howick, J., 2019. The friendly relationship between therapeutic empathy and person-centred care. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 7 (2).
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Ainsworth, B., Hardman, D. and Thomas, M., 2019. The importance of differentiating behavioural and psychological treatment effects from placebo in respiratory interventions. European Respiratory Journal, 53 (4).
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Hardman, D.I., Geraghty, A.W.A., Howick, J., Roberts, N. and Bishop, F.L., 2019. A discursive exploration of public perspectives on placebos and their effects. Health Psychology Open, 6 (1).
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Hardman, D.I., Geraghty, A.W.A., Lewith, G., Lown, M., Viecelli, C. and Bishop, F.L., 2018. From substance to process: A meta-ethnographic review of how healthcare professionals and patients understand placebos and their effects in primary care. Health (United Kingdom).
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Chapters

Hardman, D., 2019. Complementary and Alternative Medicine. International Encyclopedia of Ethics. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Reports

Hardman, D. and Bishop, F.L., 2018. The importance of logic when choosing how to approach a systematic review: Lessons from a meta-ethnography of how healthcare professionals and patients understand placebos and their effects in primary care. Sage.
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