Dr David Macarthur
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Postgraduate Research Co-ordinator
Room S412, Main Quad A14
Ph +61-2-9351 3193
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Teaching and Research Interests
Epistemology, Pragmatism, Philosophy of Psychology, History of Modern Philosophy, Wittgenstein, and Aesthetics. He is co-editor of the book, Naturalism in Question (Harvard University Press, 2004).
Biographical Information
Dr David Macarthur MBBS, BA (Hons) (Syd), PhD (Harvard) joined the Department of Philosophy in July 2003. Previously, David was an Assistant Professor at Tufts University (1999-2000) and a Research Fellow in philosophy at Macquarie University (2000-3).
Major Publications
Edited Books
- Normativity and Nature: Toward a Liberal Naturalism, ed. David Macarthur & Mario De Caro. Forthcoming from Columbia University Press in 2008.
- Naturalism in Question, ed. David Macarthur & Mario De Caro. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Italian Translation of Naturalism in Question: La Mente E La Natura: per un naturalismo liberalizzato, Rome: Fazi, 2005.
Book Chapters
- “Introduction: The Nature of Naturalism," Naturalism In Question, ed. De Caro & Macarthur, 2004. Co-authored with Mario De Caro. (Download as PDF)
- “Naturalism & Skepticism,” Naturalism In Question, ed. De Caro & Macarthur, 2004. (Download as PDF)
- "On Putnam’s Return to Natural Realism," Hilary Putnam und die Tradition des Pragmatismus ed. Marie-Luise Raters & Marcus Willaschek. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002.
- Co-authored with Huw Price, "Pragmatism, Quasi-realism and the Global Challenge". In Cheryl Misak, ed., The New Pragmatists (OUP, 2007). (Download as PDF)
- "Skepticism, Self-Knowledge and Responsibility" in Stephen Hetherington, ed., Aspects of Knowing: Epistemological Essays (Oxford, Elsevier Press, 2006) (Download as PDF)
- Dissertation: Skeptical Reason and Inner Experience: A Re-examination of the Problem of the External World (Dissertation: Harvard, 1999) Reprints available from UMI Services, USA.
Refereed Journal Articles
- “Naturalizing the Human or Humanizing Nature: Science, Nature and the Supernatural,” Erkenntnis 61 (2004): 29-51. (Download as PDF)
- “Putnam’s Natural Realism and the Question of a Perceptual Interface,” Philosophical Explorations 7 (2004): 167-181. (Download as PDF)
- “McDowell, Skepticism and the ‘Veil of Perception,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 81, (2003): 175-190. (Download as PDF)
- “The Seriousness of Doubt and Our Natural Trust in the Senses in the First Meditation,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 33 (2003): 159-182. (Download as PDF)
Book Reviews
- Review of Horwich, P. Reflections on Meaning (OUP, 2005)
(Download as PDF) - Review of McManus, D. Wittgenstein and Skepticism (Routledge, 2004) (Download as PDF)
- Review of Broughton, J. Descartes’s Method of Doubt (Princeton, 2002.)
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