Projects per year
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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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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The evolution and economics of sacred value
Australian Research Council (ARC)
28/08/19 → 4/06/25
Project: Research
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Governing the knowledge commons
Handfield, T., Levy, N., Garcia Gallego, J. & Simpson, R. M.
1/07/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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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 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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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
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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
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Explaining costly religious practices: credibility enhancing displays and signaling theories
Brusse, C., Handfield, T. & Zollman, K. J. S., Jun 2022, In: Synthese. 200, 3, 32 p., 249.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Asymmetry and symmetry of acts and omissions in punishment, norms, and judged causality
Handfield, T., Thrasher, J., Corcoran, A. & Nichols, S., Jul 2021, In: Judgment and Decision Making. 16, 4, p. 796-822 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Awareness of ethical dilemmas enhances public support for the principle of saving more lives in the United States: a survey experiment based on ethical allocation of scarce ventilators
Rai, B., Wang, L. C., Pandit, S., Handfield, T. & So, C. K., Aug 2021, In: Social Science & Medicine. 282, 10 p., 114171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Resolutions provide reasons or: “how the Cookie Monster quit cookies”
Bales, A. & Handfield, T., Dec 2021, In: Synthese. 199, 1-2, p. 4829-4840 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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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
2 Citations (Scopus)