The History of Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand is a comprehensive account of the historical development of philosophy in Australia and New Zealand, from the establishment of the first Philosophy Chair in Australasia in 1886 at the University of Melbourne to the current burgeoning of Australasian philosophy.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• About the Authors
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• Indigenous Philosophies
• A False Start
• Universities and Departments
• Seeds
• Around the War
• Growth
• Conflict
• The World Stage
• Storm Clouds
• Philosophical Associations
• Beyond the Academy
• Assessment and Explanation
• 2 Idealist Origins:​ 1920s and Before - Martin Davies and Stein Helgeby
• Introduction
• Prelude: Barzillai Quaife (1798–1873), the First Australasian Philosopher
• The Background: Early Influences
• Idealism in Australia
• Henry Laurie (1837–1922): Australia's First Professor of Philosophy
• Francis Anderson (1858–1941): The Christian Idealist
• Sir William Mitchell (1861–1962): The Gifford Lecturer
• William Ralph Boyce Gibson (1869–1935): A Philosophy of Immediate Experience
• Conclusion: The Decline of Idealism
• 3 John Anderson Arrives:​ 1930s - Mark Weblin
• Introduction
• Anderson in Scotland (1893–1926)
• Anderson at Sydney (Early Period: 1927–1937)
• Anderson at Sydney (Middle Period: 1938–1949)
• Anderson at Sydney (Late Period: 1950–1962)
• 4 The Influence of Wittgenstein:​ 1940s - Graeme Marshall
• Introduction
• The Oral Phase
• Cambridge
• Melbourne
• New Zealand
• Wittgenstein at Further Removes
• Oxford
• Conclusion
• 5 Reconstruction and Enthusiasm - Brian F. Scarlett
• Introduction
• The Demographic, Political and Institutional Background
• The Character of the Philosophical Enterprise
• Auckland
• Otago (Dunedin)
• Canterbury (Christchurch)
• Victoria (Wellington)
• Philosophical Migration
• Melbourne-Sydney Dualism?
• John Anderson: The Master and His Disciples
• The Melbourne Versus Sydney Contest: An Adelaide Victory?
• The Sad Story of Sydney Sparkes Orr
• Smaller Operations
• The Change of Decade: The Beginnings of Australian Materialism
• 6 Political Polarisation:​ 1960s - John Burnheim and Paul Crittenden
• Introduction
• Philosophy and the Postwar Period
• Democratisation and Radicalisation in Two Departments
• Changing Perspectives
• 7 Turbulent Times:​ 1970s - Aubrey Townsend
• Introduction
• Australian Materialism
• Logic and Language
• Practical Ethics
• 8 Achievements of the 1980s - Lynda Burns
• Introduction
• Institutions and People
• Research Directions
• Conclusion
• 9 The Canberra Plan and the Diversification of Australasian Philosophy:​ 1990s - John Quilter
• Introduction
• The Mind: Intentionality and Mental Causation
• Philosophy of Religion
• Morality and Method
• Other Work in Australasian Philosophy in the 1990s: Some Highlights
• 10 Philosophers in Schools:​ 2000s - Graham Oppy
• Introduction
• Higher Education
• Humanities
• Philosophy in the Academy
• Supporting Philosophy in the Academy
• Philosophy Beyond the Academy
• Changes in Philosophical Practice
• Teaching Philosophy
• Domains of Inquiry
• Concluding Observation
• 11 From Conventionalism to Scientific Metaphysics - Brian Ellis
• Conventionalism
• From Conventionalism to Holism
• Scientific Epistemology
• Scientific Realism
• Scientific Metaphysics
• 12 Metaphysics - John Bigelow
• Introduction
• God
• Freedom
• Immortality
• Is Metaphysics Impossible?
• Space and Time
• Australian Realism
• 13 Epistemology - Stephen Hetherington
• Introduction
• Elements of Knowing
• Analyses of Knowing
• Sceptical Thoughts
• 14 Philosophy of Language - Frederick Kroon and Denis Robinson
• Introduction
• Language and Analytic Philosophy
• Early Influences and the Davidsonian Revolution
• Intensional Semantics
• Naturalising Semantics
• Anti-realist Tendencies
• Language and Vagueness
• The Return of Conceptual Analysis
• Conclusion
• Appendix: The University of Melbourne, Philosophy of Language and the Oxford Connection
• 15 Philosophy of Religion in Australasia - Peter Forrest, John Bishop and Ken Perszyk
• Philosophy of Religion in Australia
• Philosophy of Religion in New Zealand
• 16 Aesthetics and Philosophy of Music in Australasia - Ismay Barwell and Justine Kingsbury
• Aesthetics in Australasia: 1945–2005
• Philosophy of Music in Australasia
• 17 Moral Philosophy in Australasia - Justin Oakley
• Introduction
• Utilitarianism and Consequentialism
• Virtue Ethics
• Other Approaches
• Bioethics and Applied Ethics
• Metaethics and Moral Psychology
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• 18 Environmental Philosophy - Freya Mathews
• Introduction
• Beginnings
• The Romantic Antecedent
• The Critique of Anthropocentrism
• Ecophilosophies
• Environmental Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century
• Aboriginal Perspectives
• An Australian Panpsychism?
• Acknowledgments
• 19 Feminist Philosophy - Catriona Mackenzie
• Introduction
• Feminism and the History of Philosophy
• Equality, Sexual Difference and Embodiment
• Feminist Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• 20 Black Swan:​ A History of Continental Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand - Robert Sinnerbrink and Matheson S. Russell
• Introduction
• Pluralist Origins: Idealism as Precursor
• Australian Vitalism: Eucken and Bergson
• Back to the Future: Phenomenology and Existentialism in Australia
• Living in the Seventies: Marxism, Feminism, and Poststructuralism
• The Early Years in New Zealand: J. N. Findlay and Karl Popper
• The Auckland Department
• Man Alone: Existentialist Philosophy in New Zealand Literature and Theology
• Marxist Theory in Phoenix, Tomorrow, and the Red Papers for New Zealand
• Poststructuralism and the And/Antic Interruption
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• 21 Logic - Ross Brady and Chris Mortensen
• Introduction
• Modal Logic
• Relevant Logic
• Paraconsistent Logic
• Acknowledgment
• 22 History and Philosophy of Science - Brian Ellis, Roderick Home, David Oldroyd, Robert Nola, Howard Sankey, Keith Hutchison, Neil Thomason, John Wilkins, John Forge, Philip Catton and Ruth Barton
• Introduction
• The University Departments Devoted to History and Philosophy of Science and Cognate Areas of Study
• Philosophy of Science in Australia
• History of Science in Australasia
• Philosophy of Science in New Zealand
• Conclusion
• 23 Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science since 1980 - Elizabeth Schier and John Sutton
• Introduction
• Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem
• Foundations and Frameworks for Cognitive Science
• Specific Topics in Philosophy of Mind and Cognition
• Acknowledgments