Professor Craig Taylor

Professor, Philosophy

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

place Social Sciences North (3117)
GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Craig joined Flinders in 2006, having previously held lecturing positions at the University of Stirling, Louisiana State University and a number of universities in Australia. Craig's main areas of teaching and research expertise are ethics, applied ethics, philosophy and literature and the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Craig's first book Sympathy: A Philosophical Analysis was shortlisted for the 2005 ACU Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics. Craig is the Book Review Editor for the journal Philosophical Investigations and serves on the Editorial Board of the book series Philosophies of Education in Art, Cinema, and Literature published by Bloomsbury.

Craig's most recent research monograph is Moral Thought Outside Moral Theory (Routledge 2023)

Qualifications
PhD (London), M.A. (Melbourne), B.A. (Melbourne), B. Eng. (Melbourne)
Honours, awards and grants
  • Indigenist Archaeology: New Ways of Knowing the Past and Present CIs: Pollard, K (Lead CI)., Smith, C., Taylor, C., Bullot, N., Brady, L. & Wallace, R. Award date: 27/10/21 Australian Research Council. $1,863,753.00 AUD
  • Understanding the future human terrain in the Asia-Pacific region: The cultural aspects of radicalisation, extremism, and cultural heritage destruction CIs: Smith, C. (Lead CI), Taylor, C. & Sulistiyanto, P. Award date: 30/03/20 Defence Science & Technology Group - formerly DSTO $85,000.00 AUD
  • Using Social Media to Understand Emergent Extremist Behaviours CIs: Smith, C.(Lead CI), Sulistiyanto, P. & Taylor, C Award date: 8/04/19 Defence Science & Technology Group - formerly DSTO $50,000.00 AUD
  • Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2013)
  • EHL Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching (2013)
  • International Science Linkages - Humanities and Creative Arts Programme International Fellowship Ausralian Academy of Humanities (2009) $5,000 AUD
  • EHLT Faculty Scholar (2009) $12,000 AUD
  • Summer Research Grant, Louisiana State University (1999) $5,000 USD
Key responsibilities
  • Chair, Flinders Animal Welfare Committee
  • Member, Australasian Association of Philosophy 2023 Committee
  • Book Review Editor, Philosophical Investigations.
  • Member Editorial Board, Philosophies of Education in Art, Cinema, and Literature (Bloomsbury)
Teaching interests

Ethics, Moral Psychology, Philosophy and Literature, Wittgenstein and Applied Ethics

Topic coordinator
PHIL2609 Philosophy and Literature
PHIL1030 Ethics and Power
PHIL3601 Contemporary Ethics
Topic lecturer
PHIL2609 Philosophy and Literature
PHIL1030 Ethics and Power
PHIL3601 Contemporary Ethics
Supervisory interests
Applied philosophy
Ethics
Moral philosophy
Professional and research ethics
Higher degree by research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor: Ethics (-2)
Completion
Principal supervisor: Professional and Applied Ethics (1), Ethics (1)
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