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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1993

Journal Article

Hume, miracles, and the paranorrnal

Grey, William (1993). Hume, miracles, and the paranorrnal. Cogito, 7 (2), 100-105. doi: 10.5840/cogito19937223

Hume, miracles, and the paranorrnal

1987

Journal Article

Evolution and the meaning of life

Grey, William (1987). Evolution and the meaning of life. Zygon®, 22 (4), 479-496. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1987.tb00784.x

Evolution and the meaning of life

1986

Journal Article

A critique of deep ecology

Grey, William (1986). A critique of deep ecology. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 3 (2), 211-216. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5930.1986.tb00420.x

A critique of deep ecology

1980

Journal Article

Change and actuality

Godfrey-Smith, William (1980). Change and actuality. The Philosophical Quarterly, 30 (121), 350-355. doi: 10.2307/2219528

Change and actuality

1980

Journal Article

Travelling in time

Godfrey-Smith, William (1980). Travelling in time. Analysis, 40 (2), 72-73. doi: 10.1093/analys/40.2.72

Travelling in time

1979

Journal Article

Special relativity and the present

Godfrey-Smith, William (1979). Special relativity and the present. Philosophical Studies, 36 (3), 233-244. doi: 10.1007/bf00372628

Special relativity and the present

1979

Journal Article

The value of wilderness

Godfrey-Smith, William (1979). The value of wilderness. Environmental Ethics, 1 (4), 309-319. doi: 10.5840/enviroethics19791426

The value of wilderness

1979

Journal Article

Thoughts of objects

Godfrey-Smith, William (1979). Thoughts of objects. Monist, 62 (2), 223-237. doi: 10.5840/monist197962213

Thoughts of objects

1978

Journal Article

Prior and particulars

Godfrey-Smith, William (1978). Prior and particulars. Philosophy, 53 (205), 335-342. doi: 10.1017/s0031819100022385

Prior and particulars

1977

Journal Article

Beginning and ceasing to exist

Godfrey-Smith, William (1977). Beginning and ceasing to exist. Philosophical Studies, 32 (4), 393-402. doi: 10.1007/bf00368694

Beginning and ceasing to exist

1976

Journal Article

Names, Indices and Individuals

Godfrey-Smith, William (1976). Names, Indices and Individuals. Analysis, 37 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.2307/3327675

Names, Indices and Individuals

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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