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Further Enquiries

Level 7, Napier Building
North Terrace Campus
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia

Email: Philosophy
Phone: +61 8 8303 5627
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 4341

Postgraduate Study in Philosophy

The Philosophy Department offers both a Masters and a PhD by research. These awards are intended for students who have already completed a substantial amount of philosophy at undergraduate level, normally to Honours level. They may be undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis.

Handbook

Details of the department's program are set out in our Postgraduate Handbook.

Download the Postgraduate Handbook 2009

How Do I Find Out More?

Information about admission to the PhD Program is available on the University website. Further inquiries should be directed to:

The Post-Graduate Coordinator

Philosophy DX 650 114

The University of Adelaide

South Australia 5005

voice:	(+61 8) 8303 5296
fax:	(+61 8) 8303 4341
email:	jennifer.mcmahon@adelaide.edu.au

For details of the kinds of research we carry out in Philosophy, please see our research page.

Postgraduate Research Projects

PhD/Masters Student	Area of Research
Kenneth Anderson	Happiness, Morality and Public Policy
Boris Balin	Naturalised Ethics: Human Nature and Our Human Values
Demetrios Basteras	The Origin of Paraconsistency in Ancient Greece
Glenn Carruthers	A Cognitive Model of Self-Consciousness
Julianna Csavas	Philosophy of Time
Matt Fisher	Society, Embodied Mind & the Neuroscience of Control: Towards a New Theory of Social Liberalism
Sam Helsham	Moral Cognition
Nicole Krzys	Schizophrenia and self monitoring: a dual deficit perceptual abnormality approach
Rosemary Lowry	Desire-Fulfilment Theories of Welfare
Kieren Nanasi	The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Infinity
John Mercier	The Logic of Negation
Elizabeth Schier	So What if Mary Didn't Know
Esther Speight	Medial Ethics: Autonomy and Chronic Condition Self-Management
Matthew Tieu	Cognitive neuroscience and moral psychology
Nicole Vincent	Responsibility, Compensation and Accident Law Reform
Mathew Wenham	The role of pleasure in happiness and well-being