TThe research profile of the philosophy department is wide-ranging. With notable strength in the history of philosophy, much research relates to major historical figures: Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Bacon, Hume, Sinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Whitehead. Major areas of research include: metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, subjectivity, ethical and political theory, event theory, process, creativity, cryptanalysis.
THOMPSON, David Associate professor
Keywords
• Philosophy of mind; Phenomenology; Internet
Current research
• Foundations of cognitive science
• Critique of analytic philosophy of mind from the perspective
of Husserlian phenomenology and post-modernism
• Investigation into the possible effects of the Internet
on conciousness and social order
Past research
• Body image in psychoanalysis and psychiatry
• Consciousness and the neurosciences, a historical perspective
• Representation and world in cognitive science
• Mass media; university teaching methods; feminism; peace
Potential research
• Connectionist theories of the mind
• The role of the university and the dangers of corporatization
TRNKA, Peter G. Assistant professor; co-ordinator diploma
in applied ethics
Keywords
• Theoretical and applied ethics; Political philosophy and
epistemology; modern European philosophy
Current research
• Interdisciplinary methodologies
• Social and environmental health
• Metaphysical foundations of ethics
Past research
• Political dimensions of epistemology
• Hume's Philosophy of Nature
• Poststructuralist ethics
Potential research
• Ethics of genomics research and applications
• Coastal values
• Nature and value
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