Philosophy, University of Otago  
     
 

Philosophy Postgraduates

 

Current Students

Paul Broadbent

Research Interests Philosophy of language, metaethics
Doctoral Thesis McDowell's Realism
Supervisor Alex Miller
Email:

bropa487@student.otago.ac.nz

 

Unsal Cimen

Research Interests Early modern philosophy, feminist philosophy, ancient philosophy
Doctoral Thesis The Role of Mathematics in Francis Bacon's Philosophy
Supervisors Peter Anstey and Alan Musgrave
Email: cimun704@student.otago.ac.nz

 

Hannah Clark-Younger

Research Interests  
Doctoral Thesis Imperative Logic
Supervisors Charles Pigden, Josh Parsens
Email: hannah.clark-younger@otago.ac.nz

 

 

James Darcy

Research Interests Metaphysics: philosophy of time, modality, metametaphysics
Master's Thesis

Is presentism a viable theory of time?

Supervisors Zach Weber, Raamy Majeed, Heather Dyke
Email: jpdarcy89@gmail.com

 

Claire Gallop

Research Interests Bioethics, Autonomy and Consent
Doctoral Thesis

How the notion of respect for autonomy is used in health care and bioethics

 

Supervisors Martin Wilkinson (Auck, Pols), Andrew Moore and Neil Pickering (Bioethics)
Email: chjgallop@gmail.com

 

Juan Manuel Gomez

Research Interests Aesthetics, 18th century Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophical Societies, Scottish Enlightenment, Early Modern Philosophy
Doctoral Thesis The Philosophy of George Turnbull
Supervisors Peter Anstey and Charles Pigden
Email: gomju504@student.otago.ac.nz

 

 

Mike McLeod

 

Research Interests Metaphysics, modality, metaphilosophy and philosophical methodology
Thesis What is methodological naturalism?
Supervisors

James Maclaurin, Andrew Moore

Email:

mikedmcleod@gmail.com

 

Kirsten Walsh

Research Interests Philosophy of Science, Early Modern Natural Philosophy, History of Science, Epistemology.
Doctoral Thesis Newton's Methodology
Supervisors Peter Anstey and Alan Musgrave
Email: walki303@student.otago.ac.nz

 

Daniel Wee

Research Interests Philosophy of language, Rule-following, Normativity, Metaphilosophy -- particularly on philosophy's role and its perceived tension with science, Metaethics
Doctoral Thesis Is it conceptually possible for a lifelong solitary individual to follow rules and have a language?
Supervisors

Alex Miller and Colin Cheyne

Email: weeda337@student.otago.ac.nz

 

Lucy Weston-Taylor

Lucy Weston-Taylor Research Interests Looking at language from a philosophy of biology standpoint.
MastersThesis  
Supervisors James Maclaurin and Josh Parsons
Email: weslu310@student.otago.ac.nz