Prof Graham Oppy - Researcher Profile

Biography

I am Professor of Philosophy, and Head of the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies (SOPHIS) at Monash. I am also Chair of Council of the Australasian Association of Philosophy. I was elected Fellow of the Australian Academcy of Humanities in 2009.

I have a BSc./BA (Hons) from Melbourne, and a PhD from Princeton. My dissertation was on semantics for propositional attitude ascriptions (philosophy of language).  Some of my early publications were in the areas of philosophy of language and aesthetics. Most of my recent publications have been in philosophy of religion (though I have also published in metaphysics and philosophy of science).

I came to Monash in 1996 after a period as an ARC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Philosophy Program in the Research School for Social Sciences (RSSS) at the Australian National University (ANU). I published a book on ontological arguments as an outcome of my ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship.

I am on the editorial boards of: Annales Philosophici, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, Philo, Philosophy Compass, Religious Studies and Sophia.

I have held a number of ARC Project Grants. In particular, I had a large grant for a project on the history of philosophy in Australia and New Zealand that has issued in: a companion to philosophy in Australia and New Zealand, a book of interviews with philosophers in Australia and New Zealand, a book of public lectures by philosophers in Australia and New Zealand, and a two-volume history of philosophy in Australia and New Zealand (all co-edited with Nick Trakakis).

Other large grants on which I have been a CI include a project on Bayesian statistical inference, a project on critical thinking pedagogy, and a project on neglected problems about time. The project on Bayesian statistical inference led to the publication of a major paper on MML (in the British Journal for Philosophy of Science); the project on critical thinking pedagogy led to various publications, and to the creation of an innovative creative thinking unit; the project on neglected problems in time will eventually yield a book (currently still in process).

I currently hold a large grant for a project on multi-faith dialogue, involving philosophers from a wide range of different religious traditions. This project will eventually lead to the publication of a five-volume work on inter-faith dialogue (edited with Nick Trakakis).

Apart from my book on ontological arguments, I have also written a book on arguments about the existence of God, a book on infinity, a short introduction to philosophy of religion, and (with Michael Scott) a textbook on philosophy of religion. I am contracted to write a book on naturalism and religion; and, for some years, I have been working on a book on divine attributes. With Nick Trakakis, I edited a five-volume History of Western Philosophy of Religion; and I am currently editing a handbook of contemporary philosophy of religion.

My major research interest has been in arguments about the existence of God. More generally, I have tackled a range of topics in philosophy of religion (including various questions about divine attributes, creationism, the epistemology of religious belief, and spirituality and healthcare). I have published most on: ontological arguments; cosmological arguments; Pascals' wager; and arguments from evil.

Other topics on which I have published include: the two-envelope paradox; the Turing Test; future individuals; new atheism; slingshot arguments; pantheism; the definition of art; supervenience; eschatology; two-dimensional time; omnipotence; teleological arguments; gods; minimalism about truth; minimalism about truth-aptness; local realism; causal models; norms of assertion; and resemblance nominalism.

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Research & Supervision Interests

Philosophy of Religion: arguments about the existence of God, divine attributes, religious disagreement, epistemology of religious belief

Metaphysics: time, cause, infinity, ontology, truth

Philosophy of Science: philosophy of physics, philosophy of mathematics

Epistemology: disagreement, Bayesian inference

Keywords

Pascal's wager, arguments about the existence of god, arguments from evil, cosmological arguments, creationism, epistemology of religious belief, gods, infinity, multi-faith dialogue, omnipotence, ontological arguments, philosophy in australia and new zealand, philosophy of religion, religious disagreement, teleological arguments

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Princeton University

Year awarded: 1990

MA

Institution: Princeton University

Year awarded: 1989

BSC/BA (HONS)

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1985

Publications

Books

Oppy, G.R., Trakakis, N. (eds), 2012, The Antipodean Philosopher, Volume 2: Interviews with Austraian and New Zealand Philosophers, Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland, USA.

Oppy, G., Trakakis, N. (eds), 2011, The Antipodean Philosopher Volume 1: Public Lectures on Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand, Lexington Books, Plymouth, UK.

Oppy, G., Trakakis, N. (eds), 2010, A companion to philosophy in Australia and New Zealand, Monash University Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.

Oppy, G.R., Trakakis, N. (eds), 2010, A companion to philosophy in Australia and New Zealand, Monash University Publishing, Clayton, Australia.

Oppy, G., Scott, M., 2010, Reading Philosophy of Religion, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

Oppy, G.R., Trakakis, N. (eds), 2009, The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, volumes 1-5, Acumen, Durham, UK.

Oppy, G.R., 2006, Arguing About Gods, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA.

Oppy, G.R., 2006, Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA.

Book Chapters

Oppy, G.R., 2013, Western Philosophy, in The Routledge Companion to Theism, eds Charles Taliaferro, Victoria S. Harrison, Stewart Goetz, Routledge, New York, pp. 11-22.

Oppy, G.R., 2012, Arguments for the existence of God, in The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Philosophy, eds John Marenbon, Oxford University Press, Oxford United Kingdom, pp. 687-704.

Oppy, G.R., 2012, God, in The Continuum Companion to Metaphysics, eds Neil A Manson and Robert W Barnard, Continuum International, London United Kingdom, pp. 245-267.

Oppy, G.R., 2012, Maydole on ontological arguments, in Ontological Proofs Today, eds Miroslaw Szatkowski, Ontos Verlag, Heusenstamm, Germany, pp. 445-468.

Oppy, G.R., 2012, Philosophy, in Oxford Textbook of Spirituatlity in Healthcare, eds Mark Cobb, Christina M. Puchalski and Bruce Rumbold, Oxford University Press, New York USA, pp. 77-82.

Oppy, G.R., 2012, Response to Maydole, in Ontological Proofs Today, eds Miroslaw Szatkowski, Ontos Verlag, Heusenstamm, Germany, pp. 487-499.

Oppy, G.R., 2012, Science, religion and infinity, in The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity, eds J B Stump and Alan G Padgett, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden MA USA, pp. 430-440.

Oppy, G., 2011, Anselm and the ontological argument, in Philosophy of Religion: The Key Thinkers, eds Jeffrey J. Jordan, Continuum International, London UK, pp. 22-43.

Oppy, G., 2011, God and infinity: directions for future research, in Infinity: New Research Frontiers, eds Michael Heller and W. Hugh Woodin, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 233-254.

Oppy, G., 2011, 'New Atheism' versus 'Christian Nationalism', in The Relationship of Philosophy to Religion Today, eds Paolo Diego Bubbio and Philip Andrew Quadrio, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle Upon Tyne UK, pp. 118-153.

Oppy, G., 2011, O'Connor's cosmological argument, in Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, eds Jonathan L. Kvanvig, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 166-186.

Oppy, G., 2011, Uber die Aussichten erfolgreicher Beweise fur Theismus oder Atheismus, in Gottesbeweise von Anselm bis Godel, eds Joachim Bromand and Guido Kreis, Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin, pp. 599-642.

Oppy, G., 2010, Evolution vs creationism in Australian schools, in The Australian Book of Atheism, eds Warren Bonett, Scribe, Melbourne VIC Australia, pp. 139-153.

Oppy, G., 2009, Anselm's first argument, in Death and Anti-Death Volume 7: Nine Hundred Years After St. Anselm (1033-1109), eds Charles Tandy, Ria University Press, United States, pp. 275-296.

Oppy, G., 2009, Anslem's first argument, in Death and anti-death, eds Charles Tandy, Ria University Press, Palo Alto, USA, pp. 275-296.

Oppy, G.R., 2009, Gods, in Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, Volume Two, eds Jonathan Kvanvig, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 231-250.

Oppy, G.R., Trakakis, N., 2009, Late-Twentieth-Century atheism, in The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, volume 5, eds Graham Oppy and Nick Trakakis, Acumen Publishing, Durham, UK, pp. 301-312.

Oppy, G.R., 2009, What I believe, in 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why we are Atheists, eds Russell Blackford and Udo Schuklenk, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, USA, pp. 50-56.

Oppy, G.R., 2007, Natural Theology, in Alvin Plantinga, eds Deane-Peter Baker, Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 15-47.

Oppy, G.R., 2007, Norms of Assertion, in Truth and Speech Acts: Studies in the Philosophy of Language, eds Dirk Greimann and Geo Siegwart, Routledge, New York, pp. 226-249.

Oppy, G.R., Trakakis, N., 2007, Religious Language Games, in Realism and Religion: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives, eds Andrew Moore and Michael Scott, Ashgate, Oxford, pp. 103-129.

Oppy, G.R., 2007, The Ontological Argument, in Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues, eds Paul Copan and Chad Meister, Wiley-Blackwell, USA, pp. 112-126.

Oppy, G.R., 2004, God, God* and God', in Faith and Reason: Friends or Foes in a New Millenium?, eds Anthony Fisher and Hayden Ramsay, ATF Press, Hindmarsh SA Australia, pp. 171-186.

Oppy, G.R., 2004, La Nominalisme Austere de la Ressemblance, in La Structure du Monde: Objets, Proprietes, Etats de Choses, eds J-M. Monnoyer, Libraire Philosophique J Vrin, Paris, pp. 609-632.

Journal Articles

Oppy, G.R., 2012, Pruss, motivational centrality, and probabilities attached to possibility premises in modal ontological arguments, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion [P], vol 4, issue 2, Akademos Press, Metronolitan University Praaue, pp. 65-85.

Oppy, G., 2011, Critical notice of J.P. Moreland's Consciousness and the Existence of God: A Theistic Argument, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion [P], vol 3, issue 1, Akademos Press, Sulikow Poland, pp. 193-212.

Oppy, G., 2011, Objection to a simplified ontological argument, Analysis [P], vol 71, issue 1, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 105-106.

Oppy, G., 2011, On behalf of the fool, Analysis [P], vol 71, issue 2, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 304-306.

Oppy, G., 2011, Perfection, near-perfection, maximality and Anselmian Theism, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion [P], vol 69, issue 2, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 119-138.

Oppy, G., 2010, Craig's Kalam cosmology, Philo [P], vol 12, issue 2, Philosophy Documentation Centre, US, pp. 200-216.

Oppy, G., 2010, Disagreement, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion [P], vol 68, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 183-199.

Oppy, G., 2010, Epistemological foundations for Koons' cosmological argument?, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion [P], vol 2, issue 1, Wydawnictwo WAM, Krakow, Poland, pp. 107-125.

Oppy, G., 2010, The shapes of causal reality, Philosophia Christi. Series 2 [P], vol 12, issue 2, Evangelical Philosophical Society, US, pp. 279-285.

Oppy, G., 2010, Uncaused beginnings, Faith and Philosophy [P], vol 27, issue 1, Society of Christian Philosophers, USA, pp. 61-71.

Oppy, G.R., 2009, Cosmological arguments, Nous [P], vol 43, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, USA, pp. 31-48.

Butchart, S.J., Forster, D.J., Gold, I., Bigelow, J.C., Korb, K.B., Oppy, G.R., Serrenti, S., 2009, Improving critical thinking using web based argument mapping exercises with automated feedback, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology [E], vol 25, issue 2, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), Australia, pp. 268-291.

Oppy, G.R., 2009, Pruss's ontological arguments, Religious Studies [P], vol 45, issue 3, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 355-363.

Oppy, G.R., 2009, Reply to Richard Davis, Philosophia Christi. Series 2 [P], vol 11, issue 2, Evangelical Philosophical Society, La Miranda, CA, USA, pp. 423-435.

Oppy, G.R., 2009, What the problem with Russell isn't, New Blackfriars [P], vol 90, issue 1030, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, pp. 680-686.

Oppy, G.R., 2008, Higher-Order Ontological Arguments, Philosophy Compass, vol 3, issue 5, Blackwell, Maiden, MA, pp. 1066-1078.

Oppy, G.R., 2008, Paley's Argument Revisited: Reply to Schupbach, Philosophia Christi, vol 10, issue 2, Evangelical Philosophical Society, La Miranda CA, pp. 443-450.

Oppy, G.R., 2008, Review: 'Rethinking the ontological Argument: A Neoclassical Theistic Response, Mind, vol 117, issue 467, Oxford University Press, Oxford U.K., pp. 690-693.

Handfield, T., Twardy, C., Korb, K.B., Oppy, G.R., 2008, The Metaphysics of Causal Models: Where's the Biff?, Erkenntnis, vol 68, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 149-168.

Oppy, G.R., 2007, Atheism: A Retrospective, Philo, vol 10, issue 1, Centre for Inquiry, Amhrest, New York, pp. 35-58.

Dowe, D.L., Gardner, S.L., Oppy, G.R., 2007, Bayes not bust! Why simplicity is no problem for Bayesians, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, vol 58, issue 4, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 709-754.

Oppy, G.R., 2007, Maydole's Modal Perfection Argument (Again), Philo, vol 10, issue 1, Center for Inquiry, Amherst, New York, pp. 1-13.

Oppy, G.R., 2007, More than one Flaw: Reply to Millican, Sophia, vol 46, issue 3, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 293-302.

Oppy, G.R., 2006, Review: 'The Divine Lawmaker', by John Foster, Faith and Philosophy, vol 23, issue 1, Society of Christian Philosophers, Wilmore, USA, pp. 111-116.

Oppy, G.R., 2006, review: 'Logic and Theism' by J.H. Sobel, Philosophy, vol 9, issue 1, Centre for Inquiry, Amherst, NY, pp. 73-91.

Oppy, G.R., 2006, review: 'the non-esistence of god' by Nicholas Everitt', Philsophical books, vol 49, issue 2, Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 187-189.

Oppy, G.R., 2005, Omnipotence, Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, vol LXXI, issue 1, International Phenomenological Society, USA, pp. 58-84.

Oppy, G.R., 2005, Reply to Trakakis and Nagasawa, Ars Disputandi, vol 5, issue 5, Igitur, Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services, Utrecht The Netherlands, pp. 1-5.

Oppy, G.R., 2004, Arguments from moral evil, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol 56, issue 2-Mar, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 59-87.

Oppy, G.R., 2004, Can we describe possible circumstances in which we would have most reason to Believe that Time is Two-Dimensional?, Ratio, vol XVII, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 68-83.

Oppy, G.R., 2004, Facing facts?, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol 82, issue 4, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 621-643.

Oppy, G.R., 2004, Faulty reasoning about default principles in cosmologial arguments, Faith and Philosophy, vol 21, issue 2, Society of Christian Philosophers, USA, pp. 242-249.

Oppy, G.R., 2004, Maydole's 2QS5 Arguement, Philo, vol 7, issue 2, Centre for Inquiry, Amherst New York NY USA, pp. 201-209.

Oppy, G.R., 2004, Review 'The Rationality of Theism', ed. by P. Copan and P. Moser, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol 82, issue 3, O.U.P., Oxford, pp. 535-538.

Oppy, G.R., 2004, Review: 'God and Design', ed. by N. Manson, Sophia, vol 43, issue 1, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, Netherlands, pp. 127-131.

Nagasawa, Y., Oppy, G.R., Trakakis, N., 2004, Salvation in Heaven ?, Philosophical Papers, vol 33, issue 1, Philosophical Papers, South Africa, pp. 97-119.

Oppy, G.R., 2003, Creatism on trial, Sophia, vol 6, issue 1, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot Hampshire UK, pp. 156-171.

Oppy, G.R., 2003, From the Tristram Shandy paradox to the christmas Shandy paradox: reply to Oderberg, Ars Disputandi, vol 3, Roquade Electronic Publishing Services for Scientists, Utrecht University Netherlands, pp. 1-24.

Oppy, G.R., 2003, Sceptical theism and evidential arguments from evil, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol 81, issue 4, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 496-516.

Oppy, G.R., Dowe, D.L., 2003, The Turing Test, The Stanford Enyclopedia of Philosophy, vol 1(on-line), The Metaphysics Research Lab., Stanford USA, pp. 1-26.

Oppy, G.R., 2003, The devilish complexities of divine simplicity, Philo, vol 6, issue 1, The Center for Inquiry, Amherst USA, pp. 10-22.

Oppy, G.R., 2002, Arguing about The Kalam cosmological argument, Philo, vol 5, issue 1, Centre for Inquiry, Amherst USA, pp. 34-61.

Oppy, G.R., 2002, More than a flesh wound: reply to David Oderberg, Ars Disputandi, vol 2, Roquade Electronic Publishing Services for Scientists, Utrecht University, pp. 1-11.

Oppy, G.R., 2002, Paley's argument for design, Philo, vol 5, issue 2, Centre for Inquiry, Amherst USA, pp. 161-173.

Oppy, G.R., 2002, Review: 'New Essays on the A Priori' ed. by P. Boghossian & C Peacocke, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol 80, issue 3, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 384-386.

Oppy, G.R., 2002, The Tristram Shandy paradox: A Response to David S. Oderberg, Philosophia Christi, vol 4, issue 2, Evangelical Philosophical Society, Biola University La Mirada CA, pp. 337-350.

Moore, T., Oppy, G.R., 2002, Writing instruction online: a case study from a first-year philosophy subject, New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics, vol 8, Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, Auckland New Zealand, pp. 99-108.

Oppy, G.R., 2001, On the lack of true philosophic spirit in Aquinas, Philosophy, vol 76, issue 298, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 615-624.

Oppy, G.R., 2001, Physical eschatology, Philo, vol 4, issue 2, Council for Secular Humanism, Amherst USA, pp. 148-168.

Oppy, G.R., 2001, Physicalism, Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, vol 12, University of Warwick, Warwick UK, pp. 14-32.

Oppy, G.R., 2001, Reply to Langtry, Sophia, vol 40, issue 1, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Hampshire UK, pp. 73-80.

Oppy, G.R., 2001, Time, successive addition, and Kalam cosmological arguments, Philosophia Christi, vol 3, issue 1, Evangelical Philosophical Society, La Miranda CA, pp. 181-191.

Dowe, D.L., Oppy, G.R., 2001, Universal Bayesian Inference?, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol 24, issue 4, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 662-663.

Oppy, G., 2000, Colonising the Galaxies, SOPHIA, vol 39 issue 2, Society for Philosophy of Religion Inc. (Aust), Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 117-142.

Oppy, G., Barry, G., Sulcs, S., 2000, Effective linearization by noise addition in threshold detection and implications for stochastic optics, Journal of Physics: Mathematics & General, vol 33 issue 22, Institute of Physics Publishing, Dirac House, Bristol UK, pp. 3997-4007.

Oppy, G., 2000, Humean Supervenience?, Philosophical Studies, vol 101 issue 1, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Netherland, pp. 75-105.

Oppy, G., 2000, On 'A new cosmological argument', Religious Studies, vol 36 issue 3, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK, pp. 345-353.

Oppy, G., 2000, Response to Gettings, Analysis, vol 60 issue 4, Blackwells, Oxford UK, pp. 363-367.

Gilbert, B., Sulcs, S., Oppy, G., 2000, The rejection of local realism is premature, Foundation of Phisics Lectures, vol 13 no 6, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 521-541.

Oppy, G., 1999, Koons' Cosmological argument, Faith and Philosophy, vol 16, 3, Society of Christian Philosophers, Wilmore Ky USA, pp. 378-389.

Oppy, G., 1999, Review of H Kragh (1996) Cosmology and Controversy, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol 27 no 3, OUP, Oxford UK, pp. 387-389.

Oppy, G., 1999, Review of S Lawrence & C McDonald (eds) Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol 27 no 4, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 519-521.

Oppy, G., 1998, Judging theistic arguments, Sophia, vol 37 no 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 30-43.

Oppy, G., 1998, Review of 'Meinongian logic' by D Jacquette, Mind, vol 107 no 428, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 894-898.

Oppy, G., 1998, Review of 'The Science of God' by G Schroeder, Philo, vol 1 no 2, Council for Secular Humanism, Amherst New York NY USA, pp. 68-78.

Oppy, G., 1998, Review of: 'Bangs, crunches, shrieks, whispers" by J Earman, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol 76 no 2, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 352-354.

Oppy, G., 1998, Swinburne on 'mental' and 'physical', Religious studies, vol 34, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 483-495.

Oppy, G., 1997, Countable fusion not yet proven guilty: it may be the whiteheadian account of space whatdunnit, Analysis, vol 57, Blackwell, Oxford UK, pp. 249-253.

Oppy, G., O'Leary-Hawthorne, J., 1997, Minimalism and truth, Nous, vol 31, Blackwell, Oxford UK, pp. 170-196.

Oppy, G., 1997, On some alleged consequences of 'the Hartle-Hawking cosmology', Sophia, vol 36, Open Wisdom Publications, USA, pp. 84-95.

Oppy, G., 1997, Pantheism, quantification, and mereology, The Monist, vol 80, The Hegeler Institute, La Salle Illinois, pp. 320-336.

Oppy, G., 1997, The philosophical insignificance of Godel's slingshot, Mind, vol 106, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 121-141.

Other

Oppy, G.R., 2012, Arguments for the existence of God, Oxford Bibliograpahies (Online), vol monograph, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-21.

Oppy, G., 2010, Introducing philosophy of religion - by Chad Meister, Ars Disputandi, vol 10, Igitur, Utrecht Publishinh and Archiving Services, Netherlands, pp. 178-183.

Oppy, G., 1998, Propositional attitudes, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, vol 7, Routledge, London UK, pp. 779-787.

Teaching Commitment

Science, Religion and Witchcraft (1997-2001)

God, Freedom and Evil (1997-8, 2000, 2002-3, 2005-6, 2009-present)

Primary Logic (2004-6)

Philosophy of Mind (1996-7, 1999-2001, 2003)

Philosophy of Religion (1997-8, 2000-5, 2009-present)

Aesthetics (1997)

Origins of Modern Philosophy (2001)

Ethics (2009-10)

Mind and Meaning (1997-8)

Metaphysics (2000)

Truth (1996)

Infinity (1997)

Metaphysics and Epistemology (1999-2001, 2009)

Community Service

2009-present: Chair of Council, Australasian Association of Philosophy

Activities

Employment

From: 23/02/2002 To: 31/12/9999
Monash University
Professor

Languages

• English

Citizenship

• Australian citizen

Grants

Title:

A History of Australasian Philosophy.

Investigators:

Oppy, G

Funding:

(2006 - 2010). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Effective pedagogy for improving critical thinking.

Investigators:

Bigelow, J, Gold, I, Korb, K, Oppy, G

Funding:

(2003 - 2007). Australian Council for Educational Research.

(2003 - 2007). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2003 - 2007). Department of Education, Science & Training.

Title:

Models of Divinity.

Investigators:

Oppy, G, Trakakis, N

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2010 - 2014). Monash University.

Title:

Neglected Problems of Time: Metaphysical and topological issues arising from the physics of time.

Investigators:

Oppy, G, Handfield, T, Loewer, B, Butterfield, J, Bird, A

Funding:

(2009 - 2013). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Philosophical Foundations for Probabilistic Inference and Probabilistic Prediction.

Investigators:

Oppy, G, Dowe, D

Funding:

(2003 - 2009). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Completed Supervision

Student:

Atkinson, P.

Program of Study:

BORDERING DURATION: THE SHIFTING SURFACES OF MATERIALITY AND CORPOREALITY IN BERGSON'S WRITINGS ON SCIENCE. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main).

Student:

Birchley, R.

Program of Study:

"That's not me!". (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Chadha, M (Associate).

Student:

Boucher, S.

Program of Study:

REALISM DEFINED AND DEFENDED. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Gold, I (Associate).

Student:

Cornish, K.

Program of Study:

RUNES, WITTGENSTEIN, POETSCH AND VON LIST: The Origins of the Picture Theory in Occult German Nationalism. (Masters) 2011.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Joint-Co), Bigelow, J (Joint).

Student:

Edwards, M.

Program of Study:

Lucretian presentism: an internally consistent rival to four-dimensionalism. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Bigelow, J (Joint), Oppy, G (Joint-Co).

Student:

Fitzroy, C.

Program of Study:

IMAGINING AN OTHER WORLD: TUNDALE'S VISION AND VISIONARY TRADITION IN TWELFTH-CENTURY EUROPE. (Masters) 2005.

Supervisors:

Mews, C (Main), Oppy, G (Associate).

Student:

French, R.

Program of Study:

Translational embeddings in modal logic. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Humberstone, I (Associate).

Student:

Green, S.

Program of Study:

An eliminativist challenge to moral fictionalism . (Masters) 2012.

Supervisors:

Handfield, T (Main), Oppy, G (Associate).

Student:

Handfield, T.

Program of Study:

ACTIVE DISPOSITIONS. (PHD) 2003.

Supervisors:

Bigelow, J (Main), Oppy, G (Associate).

Student:

Hoffmann, S.

Program of Study:

Meanings Redescribed. (Masters) 2006.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Chadha, M (Associate).

Student:

Kalkman, D.

Program of Study:

Naturalistic Explanations of Religious Belief - And their Philosophical Implications . (Masters) 2012.

Supervisors:

Hohwy, J (Joint-Co), Oppy, G (Joint).

Student:

Koksvik, O.

Program of Study:

In Defence of Interactionism. (Masters) 2006.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Joint-Co), Bigelow, J (Joint).

Student:

Leontyev, L.

Program of Study:

From Sensitivity to Entitlements: The Case Against Closure. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Bigelow, J (Associate).

Student:

Luczak, J.

Program of Study:

Let's Get Surreal: A Consistent Conception of the Geometric Linear Continuum as a Collection of Surreal Numbers. (Masters) 2010.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Bigelow, J (Associate).

Student:

Maher, J.

Program of Study:

GOD'S ETERNITY. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main).

Student:

O'Dea, J.

Program of Study:

SENSORY QUALITIES: AN INDEXICAL ROUTE TO A DISPOSITIONAL ACCOUNT.. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Gold, I (Associate).

Student:

Simpson, R.

Program of Study:

Life after death and the limitations of theodicy. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Baltzly, D (Associate).

Student:

Stewart, B.

Program of Study:

Deflating Dennett. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Hohwy, J (Associate).

Student:

Taylor, M.

Program of Study:

An examination of the aesthetic qualities of medical science: simplicity, elegance and the one gene - one disease assumption. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Bigelow, J (Main), Oppy, G (Associate).

Student:

Trakakis, N.

Program of Study:

THE GOD BEYOND BELIEF: IN DEFENCE OF WILLIAM ROWE'S EVIDENTIAL ARGUMENTS FROM EVIL. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Oppy, G (Main), Baltzly, D (Associate).