Professor Jacob Stegenga

Jacob Stegenga is a Professor at NTU Singapore. Prior to joining NTU Stegenga taught in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. He has published widely in philosophy of science and philosophy of medicine, and is the author of Medical Nihilism, described as ‘a landmark work’, Care and Cure: An Introduction to Philosophy of Medicine, and a book to be published in 2026 titled Heart of Science. 

During his time in Hannover, Jacob Stegenga completed the writing of his forthcoming book Heart of Science (University of Chicago Press, 2026). The aim of this book is to place justification and justificatory practices at the centre of several important concepts and debates in general philosophy of science. The book includes chapters on values in science, scientific progress, norms of scientific assertion, fast science, scientific credit, and pursuit worthiness.