Nin Kirkham

Nin (Georgiana) Kirkham
M207: Philosophy
The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley W.A. 6009
Australia

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Principal Research Interests

Environmental philosophy, philosophy of technology, virtue ethics, and the history of ideas.

Current Teaching

• Critical Thinking
• An Introduction to Logic
• Philosophy of Mind
• Continental Philosophy
• Metaphysics Honours
• Consciousness Honours

Publications

• ‘“Playing God” and “Vexing Nature”: A Cultural Perspective’, Environmental Values 15 (2006): 173–95

• ‘Is Biotechnology the New Alchemy?’, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science Part A (forthcoming)