Associate Professor William Grey
Honorary Research Associate Professor in Philosophy
Researcher biography
Honorary Research Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Queensland (Brisbane); BA (Hons) and MA degrees from the Australian National University (Canberra); PhD in Philosophy from Cambridge University. Before joining the Philosophy Department at the University of Queensland taught at the Australian National University, Temple University (Philadelphia) and the University of New England (Armidale). Courses taught include environmental philosophy, bioethics, and metaphysics. Research interests include applied ethics, in particular environmental philosophy and bioethics, and metaphysics. Research (and other) publications can be viewed (and in some cases downloaded) from https://uq.academia.edu/wgrey
In 2007 participated in Al Gore's climate change leadership program in Melbourne and qualified as a Climate Leader with The Climate Project, whose Australian branch was established in in conjunction with the Australian Conservation Foundation.
Publications
Book Chapters
Grey, William (2023). Gaia theory - reflections on life in the universe. One Year After James Lovelock (1919-2022). (pp. 137-171) edited by Charles Tandy. Ann Arbor, MI, United States: Ria University Press.
Grey, W. (2012). Playing God. The encyclopedia of applied ethics. (pp. 468-473) edited by Ruth Chadwick. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373932-2.00224-6
Grey, William (2012). A fortunate academic life. Death and anti-death, volume 10: ten years after John Rawls (1921-2012). (pp. 95-100) edited by Charles Tandy and Jack Lee. Palo Alto, CA, United States: Ria University Press.
Grey, William (2010). Evolution and the meaning of life. Intelligent Design and Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. (pp. 435-452) edited by John S. Wilkins. Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate.
Grey, William (2010). Climate change and obligations to the future. Sustainability and quality of life. (pp. 157-169) edited by Jack Lee. Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.: Ria University Press.
Grey, William (2009). Last man arguments. The encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy. (pp. 40-41) edited by J. Baird Callicott and Robert Frodeman. Detroit, U.S.A.: Macmillan Reference.
Grey, William (2009). Sylvan, Richard. The encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy. (pp. 298-299) edited by J. Baird Callicott and Robert Frodeman. Detroit, U.S.A.: Macmillan Reference.
Grey, William and Grote, Bill (2008). The Ethics of Enhancement. Death And Anti-Death, Volume 6: Thirty Years After Kurt Godel (1906-1978). (pp. 101-126) edited by Charles Tandy. California, U.S.A.: Ria University Press.
Grey, William (2008). The value of wilderness. Moral Issues in Business. (pp. 418-423) edited by William H. Shaw, Vincent Barry and Spiro Panagiotou. Scarborough: Nelson Education.
Grey, William (2006). Time wounds all heels. Death and anti-death: Twenty years after de Beauvoir, thirty years after Heidegger. (pp. 165-180) edited by Charles Tandy. California, United States: Ria University Press.
Grey, W. (2003). The Harm of Death. Death and Anti-Death. Volume 1 One hundred years after N.F. Federov (1829-1903). (pp. 359-376) edited by C. Tandy. California: Ria University Press.
Grey, William (2003). Diachronic obligation. Time and Ethics: essays at the intersection. (pp. 219-235) edited by Heather Dyke. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Grey, W. L. (2002). Preface. Can Death Be a Harm to the Person Who Dies?. (pp. ix-ix) edited by H Tristam Engelhardt Jr and Stuart F Spicker. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.
Grey, William (2001). Playing God. The concise encyclopedia of the ethics of new technology. (pp. 335-339) edited by Ruth F. Chadwick. San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press.
Grey, William L. (2000). A critique of deep green theory. Beneath the Surface: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Deep Ecology. (pp. 43-58) edited by Eric Katz, Andrew Light and David Rothenberg. Cambridge Mass: MIT Press.
Grey, William (2000). Right to die or duty to live? The problem of Euthanasia. Death, dying, and bereavement. (pp. 270-283) edited by Donna Dickenson, Malcolm Johnson and Jeanne Samson Katz. London: Sage Publications.
Journal Articles
Grey, William (2010). Gaia theory: Reflections on life on earth. Australian Review of Public Affairs.
Colyvan, Mark, Linquist, Stefan, Grey, William, Griffiths, Paul E., Odenbaugh, Jay and Possingham, Hugh P. (2009). Philosophical issues in ecology: Recent trends and future directions. Ecology and Society, 14 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.5751/ES-03020-140222
Grey, W., Hall, W. and Carter, A. (2007). Persons and personification. American Journal of Bioethics, 7 (1), 57-58. doi: 10.1080/15265160601064264
Grey, William (2005). Design constraints for the post-human future. Monash Bioethics Review, 24 (2), 10-19. doi: 10.1007/BF03351431
Thiel, Inari, Bergmann, Neil W. and Grey, William (2003). Ethical issues in a-life: cyber gods as moral monsters?. Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, 1 (1), 14-20.
Porter, S. A. T. and Grey, W. L. (2002). Ethical dilemmas confronting dentists in Queensland, Australia. Australian Dental Journal, 47 (3), 241-248. doi: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2002.tb00336.x
Grey, W.L. (2001). Guest Editor's Introduction. Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 8 (2), 3-4.
Grey, W.L. (2001). Review of David T. Ozar and David J. Sokol. Dental Ethics at Chairside: Professional Principles and Practice. Monash Bioethics Review, 20 (2), 45-47.
Grey, W. (2001). Guest Editor's introduction. Business and Professional Ethics Journal, 20 (1), 3-4.
Grey, William (2000). Metaphor and meaning. Minerva: An Internet Journal of Philosophy, 4.
Grey, W. (2000). Gasking's proof. Analysis, 60 (268), 368-370. doi: 10.1111/1467-8284.00257
Grey, William L. (1999). Epistemic evolution. Cogito, 13 (3), 165-169.
Grey, W. (1999). Troubles with time travel. Philosophy, 74 (287), 55-70. doi: 10.1017/S0031819199001047
Grey, William (1999). Epicurus and the harm of death. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 77 (3), 358-364. doi: 10.1080/00048409912349121
Grey, William L. (1999). Right to die or duty to live? The problem of euthanasia. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 16 (1), 19-32. doi: 10.1111/1468-5930.00105
Grey, William L. (1999). Pathological belief. Cogito, 13 (1), 61-66.
Grey, William L. (1999). Metaphysics. The Skeptic, 19 (1), 46.
Grey, William (1998). Ockham, Hume and epistemic wisdom. Philosophy Now, 21, 25-28.
Grey, William and Carfax Publishing (1997). Time and becoming. Cogito, 11 (3), 215-220. doi: 10.5840/cogito199711344
Grey W. (1996). Possible persons and the problems of posterity. Environmental Values, 5 (2), 161-179. doi: 10.3197/096327196776679366
Grey, William and Carfax Publishing (1995). Deviant epistemologies. Cogito, 9 (1), 61-67. doi: 10.5840/cogito19959147
Grey, William (1993). Anthropocentrism and deep ecology. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 71 (4), 463-475. doi: 10.1080/00048409312345442
Grey, William (1993). Hume, miracles, and the paranorrnal. Cogito, 7 (2), 100-105. doi: 10.5840/cogito19937223
Grey, William (1987). Evolution and the meaning of life. Zygon®, 22 (4), 479-496. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1987.tb00784.x
Grey, William (1986). A critique of deep ecology. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 3 (2), 211-216. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5930.1986.tb00420.x
Godfrey-Smith, William (1980). Change and actuality. The Philosophical Quarterly, 30 (121), 350-355. doi: 10.2307/2219528
Godfrey-Smith, William (1980). Travelling in time. Analysis, 40 (2), 72-73. doi: 10.1093/analys/40.2.72
Godfrey-Smith, William (1979). Special relativity and the present. Philosophical Studies, 36 (3), 233-244. doi: 10.1007/bf00372628
Godfrey-Smith, William (1979). The value of wilderness. Environmental Ethics, 1 (4), 309-319. doi: 10.5840/enviroethics19791426
Godfrey-Smith, William (1979). Thoughts of objects. Monist, 62 (2), 223-237. doi: 10.5840/monist197962213
Godfrey-Smith, William (1978). Prior and particulars. Philosophy, 53 (205), 335-342. doi: 10.1017/s0031819100022385
Godfrey-Smith, William (1977). Beginning and ceasing to exist. Philosophical Studies, 32 (4), 393-402. doi: 10.1007/bf00368694
Godfrey-Smith, William (1976). Names, Indices and Individuals. Analysis, 37 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.2307/3327675
Conference Papers
Grey, W. (2007). Ecological Problems and Environmental Education for the 21st Century. International Conference for Ecology Education, Tamkang University (Tamsui Campus), Taiwan, 25-26 May 2007. Taiwan: College of Education, Tamkang University, Taiwan.
Thiel, Inari, Bergmann, Neil W. and Grey, William (2003). A Case for Investigating the Ethics of Artificial Life?. ACAL2003: The First Australian Conference on Artificial Life, Canberra, Australia, 6-7 December, 2003. Canberra: The University of New South Wales.
Audio Document
Grey, William (2016). Plebiscites. ABC Radio National.