Toby Handfield

Professor

ARC Future Fellow, Philosophy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2995-2067

EmailToby.Handfield@monash.edu

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Evolution and economics of sacred values Governing the knowledge commons

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Personal profile

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.

Research area keywords

Evolution of morality
Evolution of cooperation
Rational choice theory
Experimental philosophy
Experimental economics
Evolutionary game theory
Social epistemology

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2 Active
6 Finished

The evolution and economics of sacred value
Handfield, T.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
28/08/19 → 4/06/25
Project: Research
Governing the knowledge commons
Handfield, T., Levy, N., Garcia Gallego, J. & Simpson, R.
1/07/19 → 29/06/22
Project: Research
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 → 31/12/20
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., Handfield, T., Bird, A., Butterfield, J. & Loewer, B.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
5/01/09 → 31/12/13
Project: Research

29 Article
6 Chapter (Book)
1 Book
1 Edited Book
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Resolutions provide reasons or: “how the Cookie Monster quit cookies”
Bales, A. & Handfield, T., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In : Synthese.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access
The coevolution of sacred value and religion
Handfield, T., 2020, In : Religion, Brain and Behavior. 10, 3, p. 252-271 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)
The evolution of the endowment effect
Bruner, J., Calegari, F. & Handfield, T., 2020, In : Evolution and Human Behavior. 41, p. 87-95 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)
Cooperation with bottom-up reputation dynamics
Xu, J., Garcia Gallego, J. & Handfield, T., 2019, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems. Agmon, N. & E. Taylor, M. (eds.). Richland SC USA: International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, p. 269-276 8 p. (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS; vol. 1).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)
Two of a kind: Are norms of honor a species of morality?
Handfield, T. & Thrasher, J., 1 Jun 2019, In : Biology and Philosophy. 34, 3, 21 p., 39.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)