Ken Perszyk

Dr Ken Perszyk

Head of School
School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations
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Qualifications

BA MA Marquette

PhD VUW

Profile

I arrived at VUW from the States in 1985 to do my PhD, and I've been lecturing here since 1988. I'm a frequent visitor at the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame, where I was a Fellow in 1999. I'm currently Head of School, Deputy Editor and Book Review Editor for the Australasian Journal of Philosophy.

Research Areas

Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics

Selected Publications

Book

• Nonexistent Objects: Meinong and Contemporary Philosophy, vol 49 of Nijhoff International Philosophy Series, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1993, pp. xix + 303.

Articles

• 'Molinism and the Consequence Argument: A Challenge', Faith and Philosophy 20(2003): 131-151.
• 'Molinism and Compatibilism', International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 48(2000): 11-33.
• 'Stump's Theodicy of Redemptive Suffering and Molinism', Religious Studies 35 (1999): 191-211.
• 'Compatibilism and the Free Will Defence: A Reply to Bishop', Australasian Journal of Philosophy 77 (1999): 92-105.
• 'An Anti-Molinist Argument', Philosophical Studies 90 (1998): 215-235.
• 'Molinism and Theodicy', International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 44 (1998): 163-184.
• 'Free Will Defence with and Without Molinism', International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 43 (1998): 29-64.
• 'Against Extended Modal Realism', Journal of Philosophical Logic 22(1993): 205-214.
• 'What's Wrong with Impossible Objects?' Philosophical Papers 18(1989): 241-251.
• 'The Ontology of the "Tractatus"', Philosophia 18 (1988): 39-59.
• '"Tractatus" 5:54-5:5422', Philosophia 17 (1987): 111-126.

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