School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations

Dr Cei Maslen

Lecturer
School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations
address

Phone: 04 463 6524
Fax: 04 463 5130
Location: Room 707, Murphy Building, Kelburn Pde, Kelburn Campus

Dr Cei Maslen

Qualifications

BA(Hons) Otago

PhD Princeton

Profile

Cei joined the Philosophy Programme here in 2005. She has a BA (Hons) from Otago and a PhD from Princeton, and she taught at the University of Utah and Florida State University before returning to New Zealand . Cei is on maternity leave until July 2012.

Research Areas

Metaphysics.  In particular, causation, mental causation, and counterfactuals.

Selected Publications

  • "Mental Causation", chater in Oxford Handbook of Causation (with Terry Horgan and Helen Habermannn), Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
  • "Counterfactuals as Short Stories" (written with Seahwa Kim), Philosophical Studies 129, 2006, pp.81-117.
  • "A New Cure for Epiphobia: A Context-sensitive Account of Causal Relevance", Southern Journal of Philosophy 43(1), 2005, pp. 131-146.
  • "Degrees of Influence and the Problem of Preemption", Australasian Journal of Philosophy 82(4), 2004, pp. 577-594.
  • "Causes, Contrasts and the Nontransitivity of Causation", in Causation and Counterfactuals, Collins,

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