Joshua May
(PhD, UC Santa Barbara)
Philosophy Department
Building 11, Office W903B
Monash University VIC 3800
Australia
joshdmay(at gmail)
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Most of my research is on moral and epistemic thought, reasoning, and motivation. I’m interested in what goes on in our heads when we think about what to do and what to believe. So I try to answer questions like: What motivates us to do what we believe is right? Are we all ultimately self-interested? What do we think is required for attaining knowledge? Can we attain moral knowledge? My main overarching project right now is to develop a moral psychology in the rationalistic tradition that is naturalistic or empirically adequate.
My most recent articles will be appearing in Philosophical Studies, the European Journal of Philosophy, and the Spindel Supplement of the Southern Journal of Philosophy. The latter is connected with the Spindel Emerging Scholar Prize I received for my paper “Egoism, Empathy, and Self-Other Merging.”
In July, I begin a 3-year position as a Lecturer (U.S. equivalent: Visiting Assistant Professor) in the Philosophy Department at Monash University. And I continue to serve as Assistant to the General Editors at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy and edit several categories for PhilPapers.