Biography:Peter Menzies (philosopher)
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Short description: Australian philosopher (1953–2015)
Peter Charles Menzies (5 Feb 1953 – 6 Feb 2015) was an Australian philosopher and past president of the Australasian Association of Philosophy, who held teaching positions at Macquarie University, University of Sydney, and Australian National University.[1] He specialized in metaphysics, especially the philosophy of causation.[2][3] He became a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2007.[1]
Menzies was a student of Nancy Cartwright at Stanford University where he received his PhD in 1984.[4]
He and philosopher Huw Price developed a version of Agency Theory of Causation, which is statement of manipulability theory of causation. In this view, human actors play an important role in cause and effect.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Professor Peter Menzies". Australasian Association of Philosophy. https://aap.org.au/blog/3226205.
- ↑ Menzies, P.; Price, H. (1993). "Causation as a Secondary Quality". British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 44 (2): 187–203. doi:10.1093/bjps/44.2.187.
- ↑ Price, Huw (2015). "Obituary, Peter Menzies (1953 - 2015)". Australasian Journal of Philosophy 93 (2). doi:10.1080/00048402.2015.1023889.
- ↑ "Peter Menzies CV". https://www.mq.edu.au/pubstatic/public/download.jsp?id=63536.
- ↑ Woodward, James. "Causation and Manipulability". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2016 Edition). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2016/entries/causation-mani/. Retrieved 21 Dec 2017.
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