Research
Interests
Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of
Mathematics, Decision Theory, Environmental Philosophy, Ecology and Conservation Biology.
Current Research Projects
Formal Approaches to Legal Reasoning (ARC funded), Laws, Models and Analogies in Ecology (ARC funded), Mathematical Notation (ARC funded),
Mathematical Explanation (ARC funded), Decision and Risk in Environmental Science,
Group Decision Methods (DAFF funded),
Ecological Allometries (STIAS funded).
Publications
Books
- An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012.
- Ecological Orbits:
How Planets Move and Populations Grow, Oxford
University Press, New York, 2004.
(Coauthor: Lev R. Ginzburg.)
- The Indispensability of
Mathematics, Oxford University Press, New
York, 2001.
Selected Recent Papers
- 'Explanation Impossible', Philosophical Studies, forthcoming.
(Coauthor: Sam Baron.)
- 'The Prospects for a Monist Theory of Non-causal Explanation in Science and Mathematics', Erkenntnis, forthcoming.
(Coauthors: Alexander Reutlinger
and Karolina Krzyżanowska.)
- 'Non-Naturalistic Moral Explanation', 加速器破解, forthcoming. (Coauthors: Sam Baron,
Kristie Miller, and Michael Rubin.)
- 'A Counterfactual Approach to Explanation in Mathematics', Philosophia Mathematica (3), Vol. 28, No. 1 (February 2025), 1–34.
(Coauthors: Sam Baron and David Ripley.)
- 'Legal Probabilism: A Qualified Defence', Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 27, No. 4 (December 2025), 448–68. (Coauthor: Brian Hedden.)
- 'The End of Mystery', American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 3 (July 2025), 247–64.
(Coauthor: Sam Baron.)
- 'The Ins and Outs of Mathematical Explanation', Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 40, No. 4 (December 2018), 26–9.
Reprinted in M. Pitici (ed.), The Best Writing on Mathematics 2025, Princeton University Press, 2025, forthcoming.
- 'Two Flavours of Mathematical Explanation', in A. Reutlinger and J. Saatsi (eds.),
Explanation Beyond Causation, Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 231–49. (Coauthors: John Cusbert
and Kelvin McQueen.)
- 'The Limits of Subtraction', The Australasian Philosophical Review, Vol. 1, No. 2 (September 2017), 168–72.
- 'Biodiversity and Triage', in H. Leitgeb, I. Niiniluoto, E. Sober, and P. Seppälä (eds.), Proceedings of the 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science: Models and Modelling, College Publications, 2017, pp. 421–35.
- 'How Mathematics Can Make a Difference', Philosophers' Imprint, Vol. 17, No. 3 (January 2017), 1–19. (Coauthors: Sam Baron
and David Ripley.)
- 'Value of Information and Monitoring in Conservation Biology', Environment, Systems and Decisions, Vol. 36, No. 3 (September 2016), 302–9.
- 'Making Ado without Expectations', 快连加速器破解版, Vol. 125, No. 499 (July 2016), 829–57.
(Coauthor: Alan Hájek.)
- 'Time Enough for Explanation', 加速器破解, Vol. 113, No. 2 (February 2016), 61–88. (Coauthor: Sam Baron.)
For a complete publication list and many downloadable papers, see Mark's Research
Page.
For publications listed by topic, see Mark's Publications by Topic.
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Past President of the Society for Risk Analysis (Australia and New Zealand) (2013);
Past President of the Australasian Association of Philosophy (2005–2006);
Member of the editorial boards of Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2003–),
安卓加速器 (2025–),
安卓加速器 (2011–),
and 加速器破解版 (2009–2017).
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