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Email: Philosophy
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Philosophy Research
The Philosophy Discipline at Adelaide has a vibrant research culture, and contributes to many areas of contemporary philosophy. If you are interested in doing research with us see our postgraduate page. You may also like to explore our staff pages for further details of teaching, research and publications.
Our research interests include:
| Aesthetics |
Value Theory, Imagination, Pleasure
Aesthetic judgment
Classical Aesthetics
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Jenny McMahon
Gamble / McMahon
Jenny McMahon |
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Philosophy of Art
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Jenny McMahon |
| Philosophy of Biology |
Philosophy of Microbiology, Explanation in the Biological Sciences |
Pamela Lyon |
| Cognitive Science |
Foundations of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
Neurocomputational Models of Cognition
Theories of Perception
Cognitive Biology
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Philip Gerrans
O'Brien / Opie
Jon Opie
Opie / Lyon
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| Epistemology |
Self Knowledge, Memory
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Jordi Fernandez |
| Kant |
Aesthetics
Epistemology, Moral Theory
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McMahon / Gamble
Denise Gamble |
| Philosophy of Language |
Semantic Realism, Linguistic Meaning & Understanding
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Denise Gamble |
| Legal Philosphy |
Philosophy of Criminal Law, Challenges to Liberal Legal Theory
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Denise Gamble |
| Logic |
Paraconsistent Logic, Impossible Pictures
Deontic Logic
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Chris Mortensen
Jennie Louise |
| Philosophy of Mind |
Consciousness, Mental Representation, Self
Rationality, Weakness of Will, Self-deception
Naturalised Theories of Mind
Nature of Mind
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O'Brien / Opie
Louise / Fernandez
Andrew Gleeson
Pamela Lyon
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Metaphysics
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Mental Causation, Program Explanation
The Determinable-Determinate Relation
Reduction and Emergence
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Jordi Fernandez
Jordi Fernandez
Opie / Fernandez |
| Moral Philosophy |
Metaethics, Normative Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics
Consequentialism, Applied Ethics (esp. Medical Ethics)
Naturalised Theories of Ethics and Value
Bioethics, Personhood, Moral Status of Non-Human Animals
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Cullity / Gleeson
Jennie Louise
Gerard O'Brien
Denise Gamble |
| Social & Political Philosophy |
Liberalism, Paternalism, Game Theory
Contemporary Theories of Justice, History of Political Thought | Jennie Louise
Philip Gerrans | | Philosophy of Science |
Philosophy of Physics, Space and Time, Quantum Theory
Scientific Knowledge and Method, Theories of Explanation
Explanation in the Biological Sciences
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Mortensen / Nerlich
Jon Opie
Pamela Lyon
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