Dr Ole Koksvik



My book is finally out!

Ole Koksvik

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I am a philosopher living in Melbourne.

In the intersection of philosophy of mind and epistemology I focus on conscious experience, and especially on its role in human rationality. In my book I argue that intuition is a type of experience which justifies belief for the same reason as why perceptual experience does.

In political philosophy I focus on the moral obligations we the affluent have to the very poor. I ask whether the widespread practice of giving priority to compatriots over the much greater need of the distant poor is justified, and whether certain business relationships give rise to significant obligations to alleviate poverty

I also have a research interest in metaethics, in particular moral epistemology, and especially the role of intuition in this area.

Comments on my work are always welcome, email me at ole.koksvik at gmail.com.

All views expressed here, and in my various writings, are my own. They're not those of my employer.



Book

2020. Intuition as Conscious Experience. Routledge.
The penultimate version is available in this local file

Published and Forthcoming Papers

2019. 'Profiting from Poverty' (with the late Professor Øverland)
local file Canadian Journal of Philosophy.

2015. 'Phenomenal Contrast: A Critique'.
local file American Philosophical Quarterly 52(4): 321–334.

2014. 'Three Models of Phenomenal Unity'.
local file Journal of Consciousness Studies 21: 105–131.

2013. 'Intuition and Conscious Reasoning'.
local file Philosophical Quarterly 63: 709 – 715.

2007. 'Conservation of Energy is Relevant to Physicalism'.
local file Dialectica 6: 573 – 582.

Papers Under Review

'Benefiting from Epistemic Injustice'
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'Conscious Reasoning'

Papers In Progress

'Intuition, Intuitionism, and Reflective Equilibrium'

'Intuitional Experience'

'A fully general argument against all doxastic theories of perception'

'Against Practice Dependence' (with Dr Southwood)

'Charity, Luxury Expenditure, and Conceptions of the Good'

'Phenomenology of Objectivity Explains Transparency'

Selected Presentations

January, 2019. 'Intuition and Moral Epistemology'
7th Australasian Workshop in Moral Philosophy.

May - June, 2018. 'Intuition and Moral Epistemology'
ACU International Conference on Moral Epistemology.

April, 2017. 'Benefiting from Epistemic Injustice'
University of Tasmania.

Oct 24, 2016. 'What Epistemic Injustice Tells Us about Benefiting from Injustice'
CMSPT, the Australian National University.

May 26-27, 2016. 'Benefiting from Epistemic Injustice'
"Workshop on Benefiting from injustice' CSMN, University of Oslo.

November 20 2015. 'From Perception to Intuition via Phenomenology'.
Centre for Logic, Language, and Mind, University of Stockholm.

May 28 2015. 'Profiting from Poverty'.
Responding to Global Poverty Workshop, CSMN, University of Oslo.

Useful

I've written a guide to preparing your thesis with LaTeX. It includes all the files you need to create the a very nice-looking thesis.

I've also written a guide to giving a talk in philosophy.

Syllabuses

Global Justice
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Knowledge, Invidvidual, and Society
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Philosophy of Mind (Honours and Postgraduates)
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Doctoral Dissertation

2012. The Australian National University. Intuition
précis local file
Accepted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy with no revisions.

Masters Thesis

2007. Monash University. In Defence of Interactionism
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I Support

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       Ole Koksvik | Dianoia Institute of Philosophy | Australian Catholic University