Professor Graham Macdonald
Position
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Canterbury
Qualifications
B Phil (Oxford)
Contact Details
graham.macdonald@canterbury.ac.nz
Background
Graham Macdonald was educated at the University of Witwatersrand and at the University of Oxford, where he completed his B.Phil. degree in Philosophy. Prior to his appointment as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury in 1998 he was lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand, and then Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Bradford.
Research Interests
His research areas are in Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Philosophy of Mind, and Teleosemantics. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Philosophy, Mind and Language, Philosophical Quarterly, Analysis, and in The Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society and other edited collections. He is co-author (with Richard Lindley and Roger Fellows) of What Philosophy Does, and co-author (with Philip Pettit) of Semantics and Social Science. In addition, he is editor of Perception and Identity: Essays Presented to A.J.Ayer with His Replies, co-editor (with Crispin Wright) of Fact, Science, and Morality, and co-editor (with Cynthia Macdonald) of Philosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation and Connectionism: Debates on Psychological Explanation. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Aristotelian Society from 1993 to 1996. Along with his wife Cynthia Macdonald, he was awarded a Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Grant (2005-2008) to work on Mental Causation and Explanation in the Special Sciences.
Publications
Please see Graham's UC Spark for a full list of publications.
Forthcoming Publications
1. A book (co-author Cynthia Macdonald): Mental Causation and Explanation in the Special Sciences.
2. Commissioned articles:
a) “Historical Explanation and Reduction” (with Cynthia Macdonald) for Oxford Companion to the Philosophies of History and Historiography ed. Avi Tucker, Blackwell.
b) “Externalism and Self-knowledge” (with Cynthia Macdonald) for Millikan and her Critics ed. D.Ryder et.al. Blackwell.
c) “A.J.Ayer on Religion” for History of the Philosophy of Religion Avesbury.