Postgraduate students
Susan ALEXANDER - PhD (External)
Thesis Topic: "Problems in the philosophy of consciousness: The epistemological and conceptual problems of other minds"
Supervisors: Monima Chadha and Jakob Hohwy
Gerard AYNSLEY - PhD
Thesis Topic: "A garment that dresses virtue to advantage"
Supervisors: Justin Oakley and Dirk Baltzly
Craig BARRIE - PhD
Email: craigebarrie@gmail.com
Thesis topic: "Plato on Educating Citizens."
Supervisors: John Bigelow and Dirk Baltzly
Web: Student Profile
Paul BIEGLER - PhD (Bioethics)
Email: pbiegler@bigpond.net.au
Thesis topic: "Ethical Issues in the Prescription and use of Antidepressant Medication."
Supervisor: Justin Oakley
Web: Student Profile
Russell BLACKFORD - PhD
Email: russellblackford@bigpond.com
Thesis topic: "The philosophy of human enhancement."
Supervisor: Justin Oakley
Web: Student Profile
Thesis topic: "Platonic and Epicurean ethical and political doctrine."
Supervisors: Dirk Baltzly and Toby Handfield
Victor COLE - PhD (Bioethics)
Email: elcvmc@nus.edu.sg
Thesis topic: "Biotechnology and the Future of Natural Rights"
Supervisor: Justin Oakley
Web: Student Profile
Alicia CORAM - PhD
Thesis topic: (Philosophy of Mind)
Supervisor: Graham Oppy and Monima Chadha
Thesis topic: "Von List, Wittgenstein and Hitler: Oratorical Applications of the Picture Theory"
Supervisors: Graham Oppy and John Bigelow
Jill CRAIGIE - PhD
Thesis topic: "Examining the explanatory leap from brain studies to moral theory."
Supervisors: Jeanette Kennett and and Dirk Baltzly
Web: Student Profile
Sarah-Jane DEMPSEY - MA
Thesis Topic: "The devergance of multiple worlds"
Supervisors: John Bigelow and Monima Chadha
Danny EDWARDS - MA (Bioethics)
Email: danny.edwards@arts.monash.edu.au
Thesis topic: "Ethical Issues in the Marketing of Prescription Pharmaceuticals."
Supervisor: Justin Oakley
Mark EDWARDS - PhD
Thesis topic: " Lucretian Presentism: An internally consistent rival to four dimensionalism."
Supervisors: Graham Oppy and John Bigelow
Nick ELIOPOULOS - PhD
Thesis topic: "Civic Friendship in Plato's Political Philosophy."
Supervisors: Dirk Baltzly and Karen Green
Raphael FIORESE - PhD
Thesis topic: "Psycho-Physical Reduction and Mental Causation"
Supervisor: Graham Oppy, John Bigelow and Jakob Hohwy
Web: Student Profile
Rohan FRENCH - PhD
Thesis topic: "Translation and Modal Logic"
Supervisors: Graham Oppy and Lloyd Humberstone
Luke GANDOLFO - MA
Thesis topic: "Are internalist conditions necessary for warrant?"
Supervisors: John Bigelow and Aubrey Townsend
Leon LEONTYEV - MA
Email: Leon.Leontyev@arts.monash.edu.au
Thesis topic: "Making mental representations truth-apt."
Supervisors: Graham Oppy, Ian Gold, Jay Garfield (external) and John Heil (external).
Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of language, Epistemology.
Josh LUCZAK - MA - Affiliations Officer, Monash Philosophy Postgraduate Association (MPPA)
Email: Joshua.Luczak@arts.monash.edu.au
Thesis topic: "It's not size that matters it's how you use it: Infinite vs indefinitely large domains."
Supervisors: John Bigelow and Graham Oppy
Interests: Philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics.
Web: coming soon ....
Michael McGANN - PhD
Thesis topic: "Just Diversity and the Diversity of Justice."
Supervisors: Karen Green and Rob Sparrow
Interests: Political Philosophy, German Idealism (especially Hegel), and Philosophy of the Subject.
Web: Student Profile
Emilio MORA - MA
Thesis topic: "Justice in rectification"
Supervisors: Toby Handfield and Rob Sparrow
Ignasius NGARI - MA
Thesis topic: "Relation between states and religions: an effort to build a critical distance"
Supervisors: Karen Green and Toby Handfield
Akiva QUINN - MA
Thesis topic: "Gender, Law and Justice: Moral Attitudes towards Parenting"
Supervisors: Toby Handfield and Denise Cuthbert
Conrad RABL - PhD (Bioethics)
Thesis topic: "Virtue Ethics as a Practical Morality for Biomedical Practice."
Supervisor: Justin Oakley
Joel REICHER - MA
Thesis topic: "Higher order logic capable of proof by mathematical induction"
Supervisors: Graham Oppy and Lloyd Humberstone
Su ROGERSON - PhD
Thesis topic: "Curry's Paradox and the Logical Principle of Contraction."
Supervisor: Lloyd Humberstone
David ROWE - MA
Email: derow1@student.monash.edu.au
Thesis topic: "Truth and Truthmakers"
Supervisors: Karen Green and John Bigelow
Robert SIMPSON - MA - Secretary, Web Manager,Monash Philosophy Postgraduate Association (MPPA)
Thesis topic: "Philosophy in Religion"
Supervisors: Graham Oppy and Dirk Baltzly
Sergei STABILE - PhD
Thesis topic: tba
Supervisor: Karen Green
Brunton STEWART - PhD
Thesis topic: "Consciousness in Dennett: Explained or Ignored."
Supervisors: Graham Oppy and Ian Gold
Colin STREET - PhD
Email: castreet@optushome.com.au
Qualificatons: BA (Hons) Monash University
Thesis topic: "The Merits of Stoic Ethics in Modern Ethical Context."
Supervisors: Dirk Baltzly and Jeanette Kennett
David TEGART - PhD
Email: david_tegart@hotmail.com
Thesis topic: "Theories of meaning and the realism/anti-realism debate."
Supervisor: John Bigelow
Qualifications: BSc (Mathematics/Physics) Trinity College Dublin; MSc (Theoretical Physics)
Luke THOMPSON - PhD
Email: latho4@student.monash.edu.au
Thesis topic: "Varieites of Holism and the Justification of Deduction"
Supervisors: Karen Green and Lloyd Humberstone
Web: Student Profile
Shannon WEEKES - MA - President, Monash Philosophy Postgraduate Association (MPPA)
Thesis topic: "Catharine Macaulay's metaphysics of morals"
Supervisors: Karen Green and Dirk Baltzly