Michaelis Michael

Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor

Michaelis Michael studied zoology and philosophy at Monash University in Melbourne before doing a PhD in philosophy at Princeton University. He works across a broad range of topics in philosophy, from human rights to formal logic. He has recently published on the role of non-cognitive factors in religious conversion, on arguments on the metaphysics of mind, and against the idea we need to adopt deviant logics to deal with inconsistent theories in science. 

A recent focus has been on the way Big Data has changed the way we do science and the possible costs of those changes. 

He has recently published a book on the conceptual and empirical aspects of the theory of natural selection. 

http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781498700870/

Subject areas
lensPhilosophy

Publications

Books
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Michael M, 2015, Evolution by Natural Selection Confidence, Evidence and the Gap, CRC Press
2015
Book Chapters
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Michael M; Healy JP, 2013, 'A Guru-disciple tradition: Can religious conversion be non-cognitive?', in Philosophical Explorations of New and Alternative Religious Movements, pp. 77 - 96
2013
Page J; Olsen J; Michael MS, 2013, 'Do engineers need to simulate the real world?', in Elyssebeth L (ed.), Crossing Boundaries, Simulation Australia, Rundle Mall, SA, Australia, pp. 129 - 132
2013
Michael M, 2006, 'Accounting for commitments: A priori knowledge, ontology, and logical entailments', in Aspects of Knowing, pp. 35 - 52,
2006
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Michael MS; Caldwell P, 2004, 'The Consolations of Optimism', in Benatar D (ed.), Life, Death and Meaning - Key Philosophy Readings on the Big Questions, edn. 1, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, pp. 383 - 389
2004
Michael MS, 2003, 'S.J. Gould`s last Words', in Metascience, edn. Original, Springer, pp. 214 - 216
2003
Conference Papers
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Olsen J; Michael M, 2018, 'The limits of simulation in complex engineering systems', in Proceedings of the Australasian Simulation Congress 2017, Simulation Australia, Sydney, presented at Australasian Simulation Conference 2017, Sydney, 28 August 2017 - 31 January 2018,
2018
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Olsen J; Michael M, 2015, 'Are we simulated beings in a holographic universe?', in Monaghan M (ed.), SimTecT and SimHealth 2015 Conference Proceedings, Simulation Australasia, Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia, pp. 287 - 291, presented at SimTecT2015 Asia-Pacific Simulation Training Conference & Exhibition, Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia, 17 August 2015 - 21 August 2015,
2015
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Page JR; Olsen J; Michael MS, 2012, 'The philosophy of engineering based swarms', in SimTecT 2012: Simulation - Integrated Solutions, Simulation Australia Ltd, Australia, pp. 1 - 6, presented at Simulation Technology and Training Conference 2012, Adelaide, South Australia, 18 June 2012 - 21 June 2012
2012
Page JR; Olsen J; Michael MS; Vulovic Z, 2011, 'Simulation for the real world.', in SimTecT 2011, Simulation Australia, Rundle Mall, South Australia, pp. 124 - 128, presented at Asia-Pacific Simulation and Training Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 31 May 2011 - 02 June 2011
2011
Conference Presentations
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Michael M; Olsen J, 2014, 'Are simulations models?', Vol. 1, presented at SimTecT2014, Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia, 25 August 2014 - 28 August 2014,
2014
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Journal articles
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Ebach MC; Michael MS, 2016, 'From Correlation to Causation: What Do We Need in the Historical Sciences?', Acta Biotheoretica, vol. 64, pp. 241 - 262,
2016
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Ebach MC; Michael MS; Shaw WS; Goff J; murphy DJ; matthews S, 2016, 'Big data and the historical sciences: A critique', Geoforum, vol. 71, pp. 1 - 4,
2016
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Fresco N; Michael M, 2016, 'Information and veridicality: Information processing and the bar-hillel/carnap paradox', Philosophy of Science, vol. 83, pp. 131 - 151,
2016
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Valaris M; Michael M, 2015, 'Time travel for Endurantists', American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 52, pp. 357 - 363
2015
Michael MS, 2015, 'On a “most telling” argument for paraconsistent logic', Synthese, vol. 193, pp. 1 - 16,
2015
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Michael MS, 2013, 'FACING INCONSISTENCY: THEORIES AND OUR RELATIONS TO THEM.', Episteme, vol. 10, pp. 351 - 367,
2013
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Michael MS, 2012, 'Problems with Lewis' argument for the identity theory', Ratio, vol. 25, pp. 51 - 61,
2012
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Michael MS, 2010, 'Belief De Re, Knowing Who, and Singular Thought', Journal of Philosophy, vol. CVII, pp. 293 - 310
2010
Michael MS, 2008, 'Implicit ontological commitment', Philosophical Studies, vol. 141, pp. 43 - 61,
2008
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Michael MS, 2006, '“How should we think of Human Rights?”,', Human Rights Defender, vol. 15
2006
Michael M, 2004, 'The problems with double-indexing accounts of the A Priori', PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, vol. 118, pp. 67 - 81,
2004
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Michael MS, 2001, 'Group Blame, Responsibility and Guilt: An Exercise in Social Ontology', Humanitas Asiatica, vol. 2, pp. 39 - 58
2001
Michael MS, 1999, 'Dummett`s Argument Against Classical Logic', Philosophia, vol. 27, pp. 359 - 382,
1999
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Michael IS, 1998, 'Tichý on kripke on a posteriori necessities', Philosophical Studies, vol. 92, pp. 113 - 126
1998
Michael MS; Caldwell P, 1998, 'Reasonable Optimism', Professional Ethics, pp. 19 - 31
1998
Michael MS; O Leary-Hawthorne J, 1996, 'Against compatibalist semantics', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, pp. 117 - 134
1996
Michael MS, 1995, 'The dialectics of scepticism', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, pp. 123 - 128
1995
Michael MS; Townsend A, 1995, 'Binary quantification logics', Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, pp. 382 - 395
1995