Philosophy Staff

	Keith Horton, Lecturer Keith works mainly in moral and political philosophy. Much of his research focuses on the moral implications of global poverty. These include implications at a personal level (concerning whether individuals should give to aid agencies, for example, and if so how much) and at a more political level (concerning whether there is such a thing as global justice, for example, and if so what it implies concerning responsibilities for responding to extreme poverty). office: 19.1091 \| p: 4221 4069 \| e: khorton@uow.edu.au \| personal page
	Patrick McGivern, Lecturer and Program Convenor Patrick works primarily in philosophy of science and philosophy of cognition. His research focuses on questions about the structure of explanation in science, and related problems concerning causation, reduction, laws of nature, and the use of models in science. He is also interested in arguments about reduction and emergence in philosophy of mind, along with various questions about the relationship between cognition and computation. office: 19.1097 \| p: 4221 5676 \| e: patrickm@uow.edu.au \| personal page
	David Neil, Lecturer David works in the area of applied ethics, particularly at the intersection of applied ethics and political theory. The general theme connecting his specific academic interests is the question of how liberal democracies should deal with ethical controversies. His recent work has been concerned mainly with medical ethics and issues relating to biotechnology. office: 19.1085 \| p: 4221 4068 \| e: dneil@uow.edu.au \| personal page
	David Simpson, Senior Lecturer David’s work is the philosophy of language (with a special interest in pragmatics), epistemology, and the history of philosophy. Within the history of philosophy, he concentrates on Plato, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein. office: 19.1101 \| p: 4221 3620 \| e: dsimpson@uow.edu.au \| personal page
	Sarah Sorial, Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Sarah’s research specialization is primarily at the intersection of political philosophy and philosophy of law. The focus of the current ARC funded research is free speech and political violence. Other recent publications are concerned with deliberative democracy and issues in rights theory. Sarah has recently published a book, Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence: Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism (Routledge). office: 67.217A \| p: 4221 5034 \| e: sarahs@uow.edu.au \| personal page

Honorary Research Fellows

John Burgess, Honorary Research Fellow

John’s work is primarily in philosophical logic and applied philosophy. He currently has a rather large project going in which he is trying to show that various supposedly pathological features of language and thought – false theories, vagueness, ambiguity, arbitrariness in definitions, circularity in definitions – are not just tolerable but are essential tools if our language and thought are to do the jobs we want of them.

e: jburgess@uow.edu.au

Denise Russell, Honorary Research Fellow

Denise’s research interests include: environmental philosophy, animals and ethics, epistemology, philosophy of psychology/psychiatry and feminist philosophy. Denise is the founding editor of the journal Animal Ethics: Philosophical and ethical issues related to human/animal interactions and author of the book Women, Madness and Medicine published by Polity Press in 1995, reprinted 1998. In 2010 Pluto Press, London published her book, Who Rules the Waves? Piracy, Overfishing and Mining the Oceans. This work examines a range of contemporary concerns including indigenous sea rights and the position of sea gypsies. It presents a critical analysis of the Law of the Sea and proposals for a new form of ocean governance.

e: deniser@uow.edu.au

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March 20, 2011 at 10:04 am

	Keith Horton, Lecturer Keith works mainly in moral and political philosophy. Much of his research focuses on the moral implications of global poverty. These include implications at a personal level (concerning whether individuals should give to aid agencies, for example, and if so how much) and at a more political level (concerning whether there is such a thing as global justice, for example, and if so what it implies concerning responsibilities for responding to extreme poverty). office: 19.1091 \| p: 4221 4069 \| e: khorton@uow.edu.au \| personal page
	Patrick McGivern, Lecturer and Program Convenor Patrick works primarily in philosophy of science and philosophy of cognition. His research focuses on questions about the structure of explanation in science, and related problems concerning causation, reduction, laws of nature, and the use of models in science. He is also interested in arguments about reduction and emergence in philosophy of mind, along with various questions about the relationship between cognition and computation. office: 19.1097 \| p: 4221 5676 \| e: patrickm@uow.edu.au \| personal page
	David Neil, Lecturer David works in the area of applied ethics, particularly at the intersection of applied ethics and political theory. The general theme connecting his specific academic interests is the question of how liberal democracies should deal with ethical controversies. His recent work has been concerned mainly with medical ethics and issues relating to biotechnology. office: 19.1085 \| p: 4221 4068 \| e: dneil@uow.edu.au \| personal page
	David Simpson, Senior Lecturer David’s work is the philosophy of language (with a special interest in pragmatics), epistemology, and the history of philosophy. Within the history of philosophy, he concentrates on Plato, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein. office: 19.1101 \| p: 4221 3620 \| e: dsimpson@uow.edu.au \| personal page
	Sarah Sorial, Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Sarah’s research specialization is primarily at the intersection of political philosophy and philosophy of law. The focus of the current ARC funded research is free speech and political violence. Other recent publications are concerned with deliberative democracy and issues in rights theory. Sarah has recently published a book, Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence: Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism (Routledge). office: 67.217A \| p: 4221 5034 \| e: sarahs@uow.edu.au \| personal page

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