Peter Menzies (philosopher)

Peter Charles Menzies (5 February 1953 – 6 February 2015) was an Australian philosopher and past president of the Australasian Association of Philosophy, who held teaching positions at Macquarie University, University of Sydney, and Australian National University.[1] He specialized in metaphysics, especially the philosophy of causation.[2][3] He became a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2007.[1]

Menzies was a doctoral student of Nancy Cartwright at Stanford University where he received his PhD in 1984.[4] He was also later mentored by D. H. Mellor.[5]

Menzies and Huw Price developed a version of agency theory of causation, which is a formulation of the manipulability theory of causation. In this view, human actors play an important role in cause and effect.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Peter Menzies". Australasian Association of Philosophy. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Menzies, P.; Price, H. (1993). "Causation as a Secondary Quality". British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 44 (2): 187–203. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.28.9736. doi:10.1093/bjps/44.2.187. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)
  3. ↑ Price, Huw (2015). "Obituary, Peter Menzies (1953 - 2015)". Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 93 (2). doi:10.1080/00048402.2015.1023889.
  4. ↑ "Peter Menzies CV". Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Tim Crane, "Hugh Mellor", Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, 22, 519–531 (2025).
  6. ↑ Woodward, James. "Causation and Manipulability". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2016 Edition). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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