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Fields of Research (FoR)
History of Philosophy, Hermeneutic and Critical Theory, Social Philosophy, Environmental PhilosophyBiography
Simon Lumsden is Associate Professor of philosophy. He has been a DAAD research fellow at the Free University, Berlin and held an Australian Research Council Post-Doctoral fellowship at the University of Sydney prior to his employment at UNSW. His research is primarily concerned with German Idealism (with a special interest in Hegel), the Philosophy of History, Modern European Philosophy and Environmental Philosophy.
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Simon Lumsden is Associate Professor of philosophy. He has been a DAAD research fellow at the Free University, Berlin and held an Australian Research Council Post-Doctoral fellowship at the University of Sydney prior to his employment at UNSW. His research is primarily concerned with German Idealism (with a special interest in Hegel), the Philosophy of History, Modern European Philosophy and Environmental Philosophy.
My Qualifications
BA Hons UNSW
PhD Sydney
My Research Activities
Simon Coordinates the Innerwest Council philosophy talks series. Talks are held monthly at Leichhardt Library.
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
- German Idealism (Hegel)
- Environmental Philosophy
- Modern European Philosophy
- Habit
- Philosophy of History
Currently supervising
Current Doctoral Research Students:
Joshua O'Rourke: Religion in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
Sharri Lembryk: Anthropomorphic Bias in Animal Ethics: Toward a New Model of Inquiry
Doctoral Completions
Scott Mcbride: Empiricism and Apprenticeship: Structure and Method in the works of Deleuze
Lenka Ucnik: Ethics, Politics and the Transformative Possibilities of the Self in Arendt and Foucault
James Banwell: Hegel and Representationalism
Kate Judith: A Material Semiotic Exploration of Interstitiality with Mangroves
My Engagement
National Tertiary Education Union
Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP)
Simon convenes the InnerWest Council Philosophy series
My Teaching
ARTS1361 Truth and Human Existence
ARTS2249 Environmental Philosophy
ARTS2244 The Animal: Worker, Wild, Extinct
ARTS2362 Alienation and Social Critique
ARTS33375 Hegel and German Idealism
Supervision areas
- German Idealism (Hegel)
- Environmental Philosophy
- Modern European Philosophy
- Habit
- Philosophy of History
Current Doctoral Research Students:
Joshua O'Rourke: Religion in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
James Banwell: Hegel and Representationalism
Sharri Lembryk: Anthropomorphic Bias in Animal Ethics: Toward a New Model of Inquiry
Kate Judith: Environmental Philosophy
Doctoral Completions
Scott Mcbride: Empiricism and Apprenticeship: Structure and Method in the works of Deleuze
Lenka Ucnik: Ethics, Politics and the Transformative Possibilities of the Self in Arendt and Foucault
Publications
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