UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Dr Michael-John David Turp

Contact

Department: School of Humanities and Creative Arts ; Philosophy

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

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694396

Office: Karl Popper 603

Language: English

About

Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

Moral Psychology
Metaethics
Philosophy of Emotion
Epistemology
Animal Ethics
Normative Ethics
Metaphysics
History of Philosophy

Researcher Summary

I have broad research interests in ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, metaphysics and the history of philosophy. This is all tied together by an ongoing fascination with the nature of norms and values. How could they exist in the world? How could we know about them? Must they depend on our desires or emotions? I approach these questions by drawing on up-to-date scientific research and by using traditional philosophical methods of logic and analysis. I also have interests in animal ethics, ancient philosophy and the philosophy of David Hume.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Philosophy: Ethics ; Philosophy

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

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. (Journal Articles)

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. (Journal Articles)

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. (Journal Articles)

Turp MJ. (2020) Hume, Humans and Animals. Journal of Ethics 24(1): 119-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10892-019-09313-2. (Journal Articles)

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. (Conference Contributions - Other)

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. (Journal Articles)

Turp M-J. (2019) Shamelessness Towards Animals. Christchurch, New Zealand: Australasian Animal Studies Conference, 1 Jul 2019. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Turp M. (2018) Normativity, Realism and Emotional Experience. Philosophia http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11406-018-9984-7. (Journal Articles)

Turp MD. (2018) Computer-Mediated Communication, Friendship and the Objective Attitude. University of Waikato: Departmental Research Seminar, 06 Sep 2018. (Oral Presentations)

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. (Oral Presentations)

Turp MJ. (2017) An evaluative norm for belief. Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review 56(2): 227-239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0012217316000706. (Journal Articles)

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. (Journal Articles)

Turp MJ. (2016) Why Diversity in Philosophy? University of Canterbury: Canterbury School of Continental Philosophy: What is the Name of Philosophy Today?. (Oral Presentations)

Turp MJ. (2014) Values, Needs and Practices. Waikato University, Hamliton, New Zealand: Departmental Research Seminar. (Oral Presentations)

Turp M-J. (2013) An Evaluative Norm for Belief. Otago University, Dunedin: Philosophy Seminar, 01 Jan 2013. (Oral Presentations)

Turp MJ. (2013) Andrew Sneddon, Like-Minded: Externalism and Moral Psychology, 2011. Philosophy in Review 33(3): 240-242. [Book Review]. (Other)

Turp MJ. (2013) Belief, Truth and Virtue. Teorema 32(3): 91-104. (Journal Articles)

Turp MJ. (2012) John Greco, Achieving Knowledge, 2010. Philosophy in Review 32(4): 270-272. [Book Review]. (Other)

Turp MJ. (2012) Naturalism and the Problem Normativity. PhD Thesis, Durham, UK. Durham University. (Theses / Dissertations)

Turp M-J. (2008) Naturalized Epistemology and the Normative. Forum Philosophicum 13(2): 335-347. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/forphil200813226. (Journal Articles)