Projects per year
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Research interests
I have a wide range of interests, having published on topics that include rational choice theory (e.g. 1, 2), moral and political theory (3, 4), as well as metaphysics and philosophy of physics (5, 6). More publications and works in progress are available on my personal webpage.
My current projects are focused on understanding social norms (their nature, the processes by which they change, the way they interact with rational choice). I am particularly interested in using formal techniques (game theory, evolutionary theory, rational choice) and in engaging with disciplines outside of philosophy to illuminate these issues.
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Projects 2005 2023
Informal sanctions and bad social norms
Abbink, K., Gangadharan, L., Handfield, T., Thrasher, J. & Skarbek, D.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, King's College London
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
The evolution and economics of sacred value
Australian Research Council (ARC)
28/08/19 → 27/08/23
Project: Research
Pathologies of moral cognition
Handfield, T. & Berg, N.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, University of Otago
1/01/15 → 28/12/18
Project: Research
Neglected Problems of Time: Metaphysical and topological issues arising from the physics of time
Oppy, G. R., Handfield, T., Bird, A., Butterfield, J. & Loewer, B.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
5/01/09 → 31/12/13
Project: Research
Peer Instruction in the Humanities
Bigelow, J. C., Butchart, S. J., GOLD, I., Handfield, T., Leigh, F., Oppy, G. R. & Restall, G.
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
1/01/07 → 31/12/07
Project: Research
Research Output 2001 2018
A good exit: What to do about the end of our species?
Handfield, T., 2018, In : Journal of Moral Philosophy. 15, p. 272-297 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Egalitarianism about expected utility
Handfield, T., 1 Apr 2018, In : Ethics. 128, 3, p. 603-611 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Green beards and signaling: Why morality is not indispensable
Handfield, T., Thrasher, J. J. & Garcia Gallego, J. A., 2018, In : Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 41, p. e103 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
Honor and Violence: An Account of Feuds, Duels, and Honor Killings
Thrasher, J. & Handfield, T., 1 Jan 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Human Nature. p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Incommensurability and vagueness in spectrum arguments: options for saving transitivity of betterness
Handfield, T. & Rabinowicz, W., 2018, In : Philosophical Studies. 175, 9, p. 2373-2387 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review