Paul R. Daniels - Philosophy

Fun Facts:

  • My article "Back to the Present: Defending Presentist Time Travel" is being used as part of The Legal Education Eligibility Test (LEET) -- a Law School entrance exam in South Korea for reading comprehension and reasoning skills.

  • My article "A Problem With the Traveller's Dilemma" has been read by the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank.


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Until recently, I worked at Monash University. In 2016 I Lectured at RMIT University and at the University of Melbourne, where I taught Business Ethics and Engineering Ethics (respectively). In 2015, I Lectured at Monash University, where I ran the Ethics of Global Conflict unit. I graduated (PhD) from Monash University in Oct 2014.

My main research interests lie within the analytic tradition and, therein, my primary focus is on contemporary debates in metaphysics—most notably persistence, time, locative relations, mereology, events, and time travel. I've developed a bit of a track record of defending the underdog. I'm also actively engaged in research in the philosophy of war—for instance, I've published on Just War Theory and mercenaries. But my interests are diverse and there are issues in other areas I'll explore at some stage (e.g. applied ethics, game theory). In addition to my specializations in metaphysics and the philosophy of war, my competencies include applied ethics, philosophy of religion, epistemology, and introductory logic. My work has been cited in a variety of places, including three Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries (temporal parts, time travel, mereology).

When not doing philosophy, I do some photography. You can see some of my shots here. As a postgrad, I was the student representative on the Australasian Association of Philosophy Council from 2012-2014. In 2011, I was the lead conference organizer of the Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference. And when I was an undergrad I did a stint as the president of the University of Lethbridge Students' Union.