Overview
Background
Honorary Research Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Queensland (Brisbane); BA (Hons) and MA degrees from the Australian National University (Canberra); PhD in Philosophy from Cambridge University. Before joining the Philosophy Department at the University of Queensland taught at the Australian National University, Temple University (Philadelphia) and the University of New England (Armidale). Courses taught include environmental philosophy, bioethics, and metaphysics. Research interests include applied ethics, in particular environmental philosophy, and metaphysics. Research (and other) publications can be viewed (and in many cases downloaded) from https://uq.academia.edu/WGrey
In 2007 participated in Al Gore's Climate Change Leadership Program in Melbourne and qualified as a Climate Leader with The Climate Project, whose Australian branch was established in in conjunction with the Australian Conservation Foundation.
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, Australian National University
- Masters (Research), Australian National University
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Research interests
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Environmental Philosophy
Anthropocentrism; obligations to the future
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Metaphysics
Existence in time, metaphysics of time
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Epistemology
The left and right hemispheres of our brain experience the world, and process that experience, in strikingly different ways. Epistemology is dominated by the left hemisphere. Right hemisphere epistemology may provide some useful corrective insights into a number of philosophical puzzles
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History of philosophy
Bergson's theory of duration
Works
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2023
Book Chapter
Gaia theory - reflections on life in the universe
Grey, William (2023). Gaia theory - reflections on life in the universe. One Year After James Lovelock (1919-2022). (pp. 137-171) edited by Charles Tandy. Ann Arbor, MI, United States: Ria University Press.
2012
Book Chapter
A fortunate academic life
Grey, William (2012). A fortunate academic life. Death and anti-death, volume 10: ten years after John Rawls (1921-2012). (pp. 95-100) edited by Charles Tandy and Jack Lee. Palo Alto, CA, United States: Ria University Press.
2012
Book Chapter
Playing God
Grey, W. (2012). Playing God. The encyclopedia of applied ethics. (pp. 468-473) edited by Ruth Chadwick. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373932-2.00224-6
2010
Journal Article
Gaia theory: Reflections on life on earth
Grey, William (2010). Gaia theory: Reflections on life on earth. Australian Review of Public Affairs.
2010
Book Chapter
Evolution and the meaning of life
Grey, William (2010). Evolution and the meaning of life. Intelligent Design and Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. (pp. 435-452) edited by John S. Wilkins. Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate.
2010
Book Chapter
Climate change and obligations to the future
Grey, William (2010). Climate change and obligations to the future. Sustainability and quality of life. (pp. 157-169) edited by Jack Lee. Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.: Ria University Press.
2009
Journal Article
Philosophical issues in ecology: Recent trends and future directions
Colyvan, Mark, Linquist, Stefan, Grey, William, Griffiths, Paul E., Odenbaugh, Jay and Possingham, Hugh P. (2009). Philosophical issues in ecology: Recent trends and future directions. Ecology and Society, 14 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.5751/ES-03020-140222
2009
Book Chapter
Last man arguments
Grey, William (2009). Last man arguments. The encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy. (pp. 40-41) edited by J. Baird Callicott and Robert Frodeman. Detroit, U.S.A.: Macmillan Reference.
2009
Book Chapter
Sylvan, Richard
Grey, William (2009). Sylvan, Richard. The encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy. (pp. 298-299) edited by J. Baird Callicott and Robert Frodeman. Detroit, U.S.A.: Macmillan Reference.
2008
Book Chapter
The Ethics of Enhancement
Grey, William and Grote, Bill (2008). The Ethics of Enhancement. Death And Anti-Death, Volume 6: Thirty Years After Kurt Godel (1906-1978). (pp. 101-126) edited by Charles Tandy. California, U.S.A.: Ria University Press.
2008
Book Chapter
The value of wilderness
Grey, William (2008). The value of wilderness. Moral Issues in Business. (pp. 418-423) edited by William H. Shaw, Vincent Barry and Spiro Panagiotou. Scarborough: Nelson Education.
2007
Conference Publication
Ecological Problems and Environmental Education for the 21st Century
Grey, W. (2007). Ecological Problems and Environmental Education for the 21st Century. International Conference for Ecology Education, Tamkang University (Tamsui Campus), Taiwan, 25-26 May 2007. Taiwan: College of Education, Tamkang University, Taiwan.
2007
Journal Article
Persons and personification
Grey, W., Hall, W. and Carter, A. (2007). Persons and personification. American Journal of Bioethics, 7 (1), 57-58. doi: 10.1080/15265160601064264
2006
Book Chapter
Time wounds all heels
Grey, William (2006). Time wounds all heels. Death and anti-death: Twenty years after de Beauvoir, thirty years after Heidegger. (pp. 165-180) edited by Charles Tandy. California, United States: Ria University Press.
2005
Journal Article
Design constraints for the post-human future
Grey, William (2005). Design constraints for the post-human future. Monash Bioethics Review, 24 (2), 10-19. doi: 10.1007/BF03351431
2003
Book Chapter
The Harm of Death
Grey, W. (2003). The Harm of Death. Death and Anti-Death. Volume 1 One hundred years after N.F. Federov (1829-1903). (pp. 359-376) edited by C. Tandy. California: Ria University Press.
2003
Journal Article
Ethical issues in a-life: cyber gods as moral monsters?
Thiel, Inari, Bergmann, Neil W. and Grey, William (2003). Ethical issues in a-life: cyber gods as moral monsters?. Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, 1 (1), 14-20.
2003
Book Chapter
Diachronic obligation
Grey, William (2003). Diachronic obligation. Time and Ethics: essays at the intersection. (pp. 219-235) edited by Heather Dyke. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
2003
Conference Publication
A Case for Investigating the Ethics of Artificial Life?
Thiel, Inari, Bergmann, Neil W. and Grey, William (2003). A Case for Investigating the Ethics of Artificial Life?. ACAL2003: The First Australian Conference on Artificial Life, Canberra, Australia, 6-7 December, 2003. Canberra: The University of New South Wales.
2002
Journal Article
Ethical dilemmas confronting dentists in Queensland, Australia
Porter, S. A. T. and Grey, W. L. (2002). Ethical dilemmas confronting dentists in Queensland, Australia. Australian Dental Journal, 47 (3), 241-248. doi: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2002.tb00336.x
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Contested Concepts: The Salience of Metaphysics to Bioethical Debate.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker
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2011
Master Philosophy
Procedural fairness in a multicultural state
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Julian Lamont
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
A contextual approach for ethical analysis in clinical genetics
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
Seeds of Opportunity: Towards a Sustainable, Consultative and Ethically Justified Use of Genetically Modified Plants
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall
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Doctor Philosophy
ESTABLISHING ELEMENTAL ETHICS
Principal Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Hume and Human Error
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Deborah Brown
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
An Examination of the Presence and Role of Plato in the Work of Jacques Derrida
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marguerite La Caze
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Human Emotionality: Ontogenesis, Metaphysics and Expression
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Deborah Brown
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Addiction Neuroethics: The Promises and Perils of Neuroscience Research on Addiction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
RESPECT FOR THE WORLD: UNIVERSAL ETHICS AND THE MORALITY OF TERRAFORMING
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Damian Cox
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Master Philosophy
The Ethics of the Discovery, Ownership & Use of Human Genes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Julian Lamont
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Media
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- Genethics
- Metaphysics of time
- Paranormal phenomena
- Philosophy
- Psychic phenomena
- Time and metaphysics
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