I'm a philosopher at Deakin University, and have previously held research fellowships in the UK (I'm an honorary Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire), Denmark and the US.
My areas of research include personal identity, philosophy of death and remembrance, 19th and 20th century European philosophy (especially the work of Søren Kierkegaard) and moral psychology.
As well as The Conversation, I'm a regular contributor to New Philosopher and pop up from time to time on The Drum, 774 Melbourne, 3RRR, Radio National, The Age, and other places.
Jan 28, 2017 06:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Hey, remember 2016? When all those beloved celebrities kept dying and we couldnt wait for the year to be over? Were now less than a month into 2017 and a week into Donald Trumps presidency, and the internet finds itself...
The argumentum ad whingeum: an idea whose time can't pass quick enough
Apr 19, 2016 04:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The marketplace of ideas is usually less a showroom for shiny new models and more of a cheery Op Shop. So its a big deal when a genuinely new argument is spotted in the wild even, or perhaps especially, when it comes from...