What motivates Australasian philosophers?
These videos feature Australasian philosophers discussing what got them interested in philosophy, what they are working on and includes advice about pursuing a career in philosophy.
Louise Richardson-Self
Chong-Ming Lim
Louise graduated with her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sydney in 2014, and was a Research Affiliate with the University of Sydney and Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Wollongong from 2014-2015, before joining the University of Tasmania in 2015.
Chong-Ming’s research interests centre, broadly, on issues in moral and political philosophy. His current research — supported by two grants — (i) explores our ethical and political obligations to remember wrongdoing, and (ii) attempts to vindicate some radical and uncivil aspects of political resistance.
Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky
Stephanie Gibbons
Paul-Mikhail is a Filipinx philosopher working on topics in conceptual engineering, metalinguistic disagreement, and the critical philosophy of race and gender.
Stephanie has an interest in Ancient Philosophy, especially Plato’s late metaphysics. She teaches a range of undergraduate courses, including introductory logic and critical thinking. She also has an ongoing interest in issues of academic integrity.
Heather Dyke
Tracy Llanera
Heather specialises in metaphysics, in particular, the philosophy of time. She defends the B-theory of time according to which there is no distinction between past, present and future, and no flow of time, independently of any perceiver.
Llanera works at the intersection of social and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, feminist philosophy, and pragmatism, specializing on the topics of nihilism, extremism, conversion, and the politics of language and resilience.