Research
Interests
Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of
Mathematics, Decision Theory, Environmental Philosophy, Ecology and Conservation Biology.
Current Research Projects
Mathematical Notation (ARC funded), Mathematical Explanation (ARC funded), Decision and Risk in Environmental Science,
Group Decision Methods (DAFF funded),
Ecological Allometries (STIAS funded).
Publications
Books
Selected Recent Papers
- 'Tolerating Gluts: A Reply to Beall', Mind, forthcoming. (Coauthors: Zach Weber, David Ripley, Graham Priest, and Dominic Hyde.)
- 'Resolving Disagreement through Mutual Respect', Erkenntnis, forthcoming. (Coauthors: Carlo Martini and Jan Sprenger.)
- 'Idealisations in Normative Models', Synthese, Vol. 190, No. 8 (May 2013), 1337–50.
- 'Road Work Ahead: Heavy Machinery on the Easy Road', Mind, Vol. 121, No. 484 (October 2012), 1031–46.
- 'Just What is Vagueness?', Ratio, Vol. 25, No. 1 (March 2012), 19–33.
(Coauthor: Otávio Bueno.)
- 'Indexing and Mathematical Explanation', Philosophia Mathematica (3), Vol. 19, No. 3 (October 2011),
323–34.
(Coauthor: Alan Baker.)
- 'An Inferential Conception of the Application of Mathematics', Noûs, Vol. 45, No. 2 (June 2011), 345–74.
(Coauthor: Otávio Bueno.)
- 'The Conservation Game', Biological Conservation, Vol. 144, No. 4 (April 2011), 1246–53.
(Coauthors: James Justus and Helen M. Regan.)
- 'Mating, Dating, and Mathematics: It's All in the Game', in K. Miller and M. Clark (eds.),
Dating—Philosophy for Everyone: Flirting with Big Ideas, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp. 211–20.
Reprinted in M. Pitici (ed.), The Best Writing on Mathematics 2012, Princeton University Press, 2013, 262–71.
- 'Modelling the Moral Dimension of Decisions', Noûs, Vol. 44, No. 3 (September 2010), 503–29.
(Coauthors: Damian Cox and Katie Steele.)
- 'The Natural Environment is Valuable but Not Infinitely Valuable', Conservation Letters, Vol. 3, No. 4 (August 2010), 224–8.
(Coauthors: James Justus and Helen M. Regan.)
- 'A Topological Sorites', The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 107, No. 6 (June 2010), 311–25.
(Coauthor: Zach Weber.)
- 'Analogical Thinking in Ecology: Looking Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries',
The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 85, No. 2 (June 2010), 171–82.
(Coauthor: Lev R. Ginzburg.)
- 'There is No Easy Road to Nominalism', Mind, Vol. 119, No. 474 (April 2010), 285–306.
For a complete publication list and many downloadable papers, see Mark's Research
Page.
For publications listed by topic, see Mark's Publications by Topic.
Other Activities and
Service
President of the Society for Risk Analysis (Australia and New Zealand);
Past President of the Australasian Association of Philosophy;
Member of the editorial boards of The Bulletin of Symbolic Logic,
The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, and
Conservation Letters;
Chief Investigator in the Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis.
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