Mazviita Chirimuuta

Mazviita Chirimuuta is a British philosopher of science primarily working in topics of neuroscience and colour perception within the realism / anti-realism debate. She is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, having previously held positions at Monash University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Pittsburgh.

Education and career Chirimuuta completed her undergraduate studies in philosophy and psychology at the University of Bristol, continuing on to complete a PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2004 on visual neuroscience.

Awards and honours In 2025, Chirimuuta's book The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience (2024) was awarded the Lakatos Award by the London School of Economics and Political Science, awarded for excellent contribution to the philosophy of science. The Brain Abstracted is also the recipient of the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize from The Royal Institute of Philosophy.