Associate Professor William Grey
Associate Professor

William Grey

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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

Applied ethics Philosophy Philosophy and Religious Studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, Australian National University
  • Masters (Research), Australian National University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Research interests

  • Neuroepistemology

    The left and right hemispheres of our brain experience the world, and process that experience, in strikingly different ways. Western epistemology is dominated by the left hemisphere; right hemisphere modes of attention provide some useful corrective insights into a number of philosophical puzzles.

  • Environmental Philosophy

    Anthropocentrism; obligations to the future; climate change

  • Metaphysics

    Fundamental issues concerning time, existence and identity

Search Professor William Grey’s works on UQ eSpace

51 works between 1976 and 2023
All (51) Journal Article (33) Book Chapter (16) Conference Publication (2)

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2002

Book Chapter

Preface

Grey, W. L. (2002). Preface. Can Death Be a Harm to the Person Who Dies?. (pp. ix-ix) edited by H Tristam Engelhardt Jr and Stuart F Spicker. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.

Preface

2001

Journal Article

Review of David T. Ozar and David J. Sokol. Dental Ethics at Chairside: Professional Principles and Practice

Grey, W.L. (2001). Review of David T. Ozar and David J. Sokol. Dental Ethics at Chairside: Professional Principles and Practice. Monash Bioethics Review, 20 (2), 45-47.

Review of David T. Ozar and David J. Sokol. Dental Ethics at Chairside: Professional Principles and Practice

2001

Book Chapter

Playing God

Grey, William (2001). Playing God. The concise encyclopedia of the ethics of new technology. (pp. 335-339) edited by Ruth F. Chadwick. San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press.

Playing God

2001

Journal Article

Guest Editor's introduction

Grey, W. (2001). Guest Editor's introduction. Business and Professional Ethics Journal, 20 (1), 3-4.

Guest Editor's introduction

2001

Journal Article

Guest Editor's Introduction

Grey, W.L. (2001). Guest Editor's Introduction. Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 8 (2), 3-4.

Guest Editor's Introduction

2000

Journal Article

Metaphor and meaning

Grey, William (2000). Metaphor and meaning. Minerva: An Internet Journal of Philosophy, 4.

Metaphor and meaning

2000

Journal Article

Gasking's proof

Grey, W. (2000). Gasking's proof. Analysis, 60 (268), 368-370. doi: 10.1111/1467-8284.00257

Gasking's proof

2000

Book Chapter

Right to die or duty to live? The problem of Euthanasia

Grey, William (2000). Right to die or duty to live? The problem of Euthanasia. Death, dying, and bereavement. (pp. 270-283) edited by Donna Dickenson, Malcolm Johnson and Jeanne Samson Katz. London: Sage Publications.

Right to die or duty to live? The problem of Euthanasia

2000

Book Chapter

A critique of deep green theory

Grey, William L. (2000). A critique of deep green theory. Beneath the Surface: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Deep Ecology. (pp. 43-58) edited by Eric Katz, Andrew Light and David Rothenberg. Cambridge Mass: MIT Press.

A critique of deep green theory

1999

Journal Article

Epistemic evolution

Grey, William L. (1999). Epistemic evolution. Cogito, 13 (3), 165-169.

Epistemic evolution

1999

Journal Article

Right to die or duty to live? The problem of euthanasia

Grey, William L. (1999). Right to die or duty to live? The problem of euthanasia. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 16 (1), 19-32. doi: 10.1111/1468-5930.00105

Right to die or duty to live? The problem of euthanasia

1999

Journal Article

Troubles with time travel

Grey, W. (1999). Troubles with time travel. Philosophy, 74 (287), 55-70. doi: 10.1017/S0031819199001047

Troubles with time travel

1999

Journal Article

Metaphysics

Grey, William L. (1999). Metaphysics. The Skeptic, 19 (1), 46.

Metaphysics

1999

Journal Article

Epicurus and the harm of death

Grey, William (1999). Epicurus and the harm of death. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 77 (3), 358-364. doi: 10.1080/00048409912349121

Epicurus and the harm of death

1999

Journal Article

Pathological belief

Grey, William L. (1999). Pathological belief. Cogito, 13 (1), 61-66.

Pathological belief

1998

Journal Article

Ockham, Hume and epistemic wisdom

Grey, William (1998). Ockham, Hume and epistemic wisdom. Philosophy Now, 21, 25-28.

Ockham, Hume and epistemic wisdom

1997

Journal Article

Time and becoming

Grey, William and Carfax Publishing (1997). Time and becoming. Cogito, 11 (3), 215-220. doi: 10.5840/cogito199711344

Time and becoming

1996

Journal Article

Possible persons and the problems of posterity

Grey W. (1996). Possible persons and the problems of posterity. Environmental Values, 5 (2), 161-179. doi: 10.3197/096327196776679366

Possible persons and the problems of posterity

1995

Journal Article

Deviant epistemologies

Grey, William and Carfax Publishing (1995). Deviant epistemologies. Cogito, 9 (1), 61-67. doi: 10.5840/cogito19959147

Deviant epistemologies

1993

Journal Article

Anthropocentrism and deep ecology

Grey, William (1993). Anthropocentrism and deep ecology. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 71 (4), 463-475. doi: 10.1080/00048409312345442

Anthropocentrism and deep ecology

Past funding

  • 2012 - 2014
    ResTeach Funding 2012 0 FTE School of HPRC
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Values and ethics in professional conduct in dentistry: an examination of ethical values and ethical change
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant

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Supervision history

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  • Bioethics
  • Climate change
  • Deviant beliefs
  • Environmental ethics
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Genethics
  • Metaphysics of time
  • Paranormal phenomena
  • Philosophy
  • Psychic phenomena
  • Time and metaphysics

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