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Dr Michael-John David Turp

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Department: Philosophy

Email: michael-john.turp@canterbury.ac.nz

Office: Karl Popper 603

Language: English

About
Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

  • Moral Psychology
  • Metaethics
  • Metaphilosophy
  • History of Philosophy
  • Animal Ethics

Researcher Summary

I work in ethics broadly construed, especially metaethics and moral psychology. I am fascinated by the nature of norms, meaning, mind and values. I approach these topics via empirical research and philosophical methods of logic and analysis. I also have interests in the philosophy of technology, animal ethics, ancient philosophy, metaphilosophy and David Hume.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Philosophy: Ethics; Philosophy

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • Turp M. (2023) Normativity, Realism and Emotional Experience. Philosophia 51(1): 349-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11406-018-9984-7.
  • Turp MJ. (2023) The Cogito, Dreamt Characters, and Unreal Existence. Acta Analytica http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12136-023-00543-6.
  • Turp M-J., Hollinshead B. and Rowe S. (2022) Don’t Worry, Be Happy: The Gettability of Ultimate Meaning. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2(1) 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.35995/jci02010012.
  • Hollinshead B. and Turp MJ. (2021) Ways of life as modes of presentation. Human Affairs 31(4): 429-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2021-0037.
  • Rowe SJ., Vonasch AJ. and Turp MJ. (2021) Unjustifiably Irresponsible: The Effects of Social Roles on Attributions of Intent. Social Psychological and Personality Science 12(8): 1446-1456. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550620971086.
  • Leota J. and Turp MJ. (2020) Gamesmanship as strategic excellence. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 47(2): 232-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00948705.2020.1768860.
  • Turp M. (2020) Cynics as Rational Animals. History of Philosophy Quarterly 37(3): 203-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/48639194.
  • Turp MJ. (2020) Hume, Humans and Animals. Journal of Ethics 24(1): 119-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10892-019-09313-2.
  • Turp MJ. (2020) Social media, interpersonal relations and the objective attitude. Ethics and Information Technology 22(3): 269-279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10676-020-09538-y.
  • Turp MJ. (2017) An evaluative norm for belief. Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review 56(2): 227-239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0012217316000706.
  • Turp MD. (2016) Goodness: Attributive and Predicative. Les ateliers de l'éthique/The Ethics Forum 11(2-3): 70-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1041767ar.
  • Turp MJ. (2013) Belief, Truth and Virtue. Teorema 32(3): 91-104.
  • Turp MJ. (2007) On the Prospects of Modal Fictionalism. Gnosis 8(2): 31-47.
Additional Publications
  • Turp M-J. (2023) Who’s To Say? 156: 10-12. [Philosophy Now: A Magazine of Ideas].
  • Vonasch A. and Turp M-J. (2022) How protesters demanding ‘freedom’ from COVID restrictions ignore the way liberty really works. [The Conversation].
  • Turp M-J. (2020) Meaning in Life and the Worm at its Core. Arts Centre, Christchurch, NZ: UC Humanities and Creative Arts Conference 2020, 27 Nov 2020.
  • Turp M-J. (2019) Social Media and Interpersonal Relationships. University of Canterbury: Departmental Research Seminar, 30 Apr 2019.
  • Turp M-J. (2019) Shamelessness Towards Animals. Christchurch, New Zealand: Australasian Animal Studies Conference, 1 Jul 2019.
  • Turp MD. (2018) Computer-Mediated Communication, Friendship and the Objective Attitude. University of Waikato: Departmental Research Seminar, 06 Sep 2018.
  • Turp MD. (2017) The Role of Emotional Experience in Moral Epistemology via Sartre's Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions. Canterbury School of Continental Philosophy Seminar.
  • Turp MJ. (2016) Why Diversity in Philosophy? University of Canterbury: Canterbury School of Continental Philosophy: What is the Name of Philosophy Today?.
  • Turp MJ. (2015) Hume, Humans and Other Animals. Christchurch, New Zealand: Aotearoa New Zealand Human-Animal Studies Conference 2015, 5-6 Nov 2015.
  • Turp MJ. (2014) Values, Needs and Practices. Waikato University, Hamliton, New Zealand: Departmental Research Seminar.
  • Turp M-J. (2013) An Evaluative Norm for Belief. Otago University, Dunedin: Philosophy Seminar, 01 Jan 2013.
  • Turp MJ. (2013) Andrew Sneddon, Like-Minded: Externalism and Moral Psychology, 2011. Philosophy in Review 33(3): 240-242. [Book Review].
  • Turp MJ. (2012) John Greco, Achieving Knowledge, 2010. Philosophy in Review 32(4): 270-272. [Book Review].
  • Turp MJ. (2012) Naturalism and the Problem Normativity. PhD Thesis, Durham, UK. Durham University.
  • Turp MJ. (2011) "Versions of naturalism, in 'The Development of Ethics'" by Terence Irwin (2009) [Review]. The Philosophical Forum 42(3): 332-332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9191.2011.00391.x.
  • Turp MJ. (2011) The Real Problem of Egoism. Salzburg, Austria: Sophia, 8-10 Sep 2011.
  • Turp MJ. (2010) Hume on 'is' and 'ought'. Bucharest, Romania: Bucharest Graduate Conference in Early Modern Philosophy, 21-22 May 2010.
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