Cogito
Authors
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sydney
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Associate Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Ethics, Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
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Duncan Ivison is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Sydney
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Honorary Associate in Philosophy, University of Sydney
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