Cynthia Townley
BA Tas., PhD Tas.
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Cynthia graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2000. After a semester at the University of Melbourne, and 2 years at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, she joined the Macquarie Philosophy Department in June, 2003.
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Teaching
Cynthia currently teaches or has taught the following units:
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PHIL131 Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics
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PHIL242 Practical Ethics
- PHIL256 Knowledge and Reality
- PHIL264/PHIL364 Business and Professional Ethics
- PHIL352 Philosophical Problems of Gender
- PHIL357 Theories of Justice
Selected publications
"Intellectual Property and Indigenous Knowledge" Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly (Fall, 2002)21-28
"Trust and the Curse of Cassandra" Philosophy in the Contemporary World (Vol 10, Number 2,2003)
2008 'Patriotism: Problems at Home' in I. Primoratz and A. Pavkovic (eds) Patriotism Philosophical and Political Perspectives (Ashgate)
2006 'Towards an Epistemology of Ignorance' Hypatia 21 (3) 27-55
2006 "Cyber Disobedience: Gandhian Cyberpunks" with Mitch Parsell Scan (refereed online journal) December
2005. 'The cost of a common good' (with Mitch Parsell) Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 12(2): 68-75.
2005 "A Defense of Tolerance as a Moral Virtue" (with Ron Sandler) in Avery Plaw, ed., Frontiers of Diversity: Explorations in Contemporary Pluralism (Rodopi).
2004 'Technology and Academic Virtue: Student plagiarism through the looking glass' (with Mitch Parsell) Ethics and Information Technology Volume 6, Number 4, pp. 271-277
Current research
Cynthia's research interests cluster around issues of knowledge, agency and community, especially trust and other forms of epistemic dependence. Her current projects include a book in which the importance of ignorance in epistemology is explored, and collaborative papers on tolerance and on trust and plagiarism detection.
Administrative responsibilities
- Philosophy Preclusions Officer
- Philosophy Undergraduate Studies Committee
- Division of SCMP Learning and Teaching Committee
- Division of SCMP Space Committee
Contact details
Phone: (61 2) 9850 8812
Fax: (61 2) 9850 8892
Email: ctownley@scmp.mq.edu.au
Office hours: Weeks 1-5 only: Wed 10 - 12; other times by appointment