Dr Dejan Simkovic
BPhil/MA (equivalent to magna cum laude or first-class honours) (Philosophy) (University of Belgrade),
Magisterium/MPhil (equivalent to summa cum laude) (Philosophy) (University of Belgrade),
PhD (Philosophy) (University of Sydney)
Lecturer in Philosophy, MA Philosophy Coordinator
Email: dejan.simkovic@nd.edu.au
Phone: 02 8204 4236
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Biography
Teaching Experience
2016–present, the University of Notre Dame Sydney- Lecturer (History of Philosophy: Modern Philosophy (early modern philosophy to 19th century); Metaethics; Logos–Philosophy and Ethics)
2013–2015, the University of Notre Dame Sydney
- Associate Lecturer (History of Philosophy: Modern Philosophy (early modern philosophy to 19th century); Logos – Philosophy and Ethics)
2009–2013, the University of Notre Dame Sydney
- Philosophy and Ethics Tutor
2009–2011, University of Sydney
- Philosophy Tutor (PHIL1011 - ‘Reality, Beauty, and Ethics’; PHIL2617 - ‘Practical Ethics’)
2006–2008, University of Belgrade
- Assistant Professor (equivalent to Associate Lecturer: Introduction to Ethics; Metaethics; Practical Ethics; History of Philosophy: from Kant to Nietzsche; Normative Ethics)
Education
2015, Ph.D., University of Sydney- Thesis title: ‘Hume’s Account of Moral Distinctions (the role of reason and sentiment in moral evaluation)’
2008, Magisterium (equivalent to MPhil; GPA: 100/100) in Moral Philosophy, the University of Belgrade
- Thesis title: 'David Hume and the 'is-ought' question'
2002, Graduate Philosopher (equivalent to BPhil/Masters in Philosophy; GPA: 90/100), the University of Belgrade
- Thesis title: 'The difference between Kant's and Fichte's understanding of self-consciousness'
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Teaching Areas
- History of Philosophy: Modern Philosophy
- Epistemology
- Moral Philosophy
- Metaethics
- Applied Ethics
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Research Expertise and Supervision
- Modern Philosophy (especially David Hume; moral rationalism; modern accounts of the nature of moral evaluation and moral epistemology)
- Moral Philosophy (especially 17th, 18th and 19th century moral theory, including Kant)
- Metaethics (especially the nature of moral judgment, moral epistemology and ontology, moral psychology, and moral phenomenology)
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Book Chapters
Chapters 6 ('Knowledge') and 18 ('Ethics, moral phenomenology and moral experience'), in Angus Brook (Ed.) An Introduction to Philosophy and Theology within Catholic Liberal Education, McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.
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Journal Articles and Proceedings
Review of Chapters 56 (‘Hume: Passion and Reason’) and 58 (‘Hume: The Moral Sense’) of Terence Irwin’s The Development of Ethics, The Philosophical Forum, Vol. XLII, No. 3, Fall 2011
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Conference Papers
2018, Center for the Study of Scottish Philosophy Spring Conference, “The Scottish Tradition: Explaining its Rise, Understanding its Legacy”, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ, USA.
2017, Conference Theme: ‘Deviant Thinking: Early Modern Philosophy and the Enlightenment’, The Australasian Seminar in Early Modern in Philosophy (ASEMP), hosted by SIHN's Enlightenment Thinking Project, University of Sydney, Australia
- Paper Title: ‘Is (mono)theism an option for epistemically virtuous Humean agents?’
2016, 43rd International Hume Society Conference, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Paper Title: ‘Hume’s Approach to Wollaston’
2015, Philosophy Seminar, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW, Australia
- Paper Title: ‘Hume’s Account of Moral Distinctions’
2015, ‘Hume and Naturalism’ workshop, Grey College, Durham University, UK
- Paper Title: 'Hume on the Origin of the Moral Merit of Actions: the Principle of Humanity'
2015, The 42st Annual Hume Society Conference, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Commentator
2014, The 41st Annual Hume Society Conference, Portland, Oregon USA;
- Paper Title: ‘Hume's account of moral distinctions’
2012, 'Judgment and Justification' conference, University of Tampere, Finland;
- Paper Title: ‘A non-orthodox Humean account of moral judgment’
2012, Australasian Philosophy Conference, University of Wollongong, Australia;
- Paper Title: ‘Clarke and Hume on moral phenomenology: an unlikely alliance against skepticism (or What should metaethicians learn from Clarke and Hume)’
2012, 'Humean Readings' conference, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy;
- Paper Title: ‘Hume on 'moral evaluation', 'reason alone' and sentiment - long neglected distinctions’
2011, The 38th International Hume Society Conference "Hume after 300 years", The Old College, University of Edinburgh;
- Paper Title: ‘Criticism of Moral Relations in Treatise 3.1.1’
2010, "The Rise of Empiricism" Conference, University of Sydney, Australia
- Paper Title: ‘Hume against moral rationalism’
2009, The Australian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, Macquarie University, Australia
- ‘Role of the Concept of ‘Relation’ in Hume’s ‘is-ought’ Paragraph’
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Professional Affiliations
- The Hume Society (member; referee for Hume Studies)
- Australasian Association of Philosophy (member)
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Awards
- The Hume Society's Young Hume Scholar Award (2014)
- Research Incentive Scheme, the University of Notre Dame Sydney (2014)
- Travel Bursary for the ‘Interdisciplinarity in Medieval and Early Modern Research’ Conference and the ANZAMEMS Advanced Postgraduate Training Seminar – Awarded by the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (2013)
- The University of Notre Dame Australia Vice Chancellor's Award for promoting excellence in teaching, learning and supervision (2013)
- Postgraduate Research Support Scheme, the University of Sydney (2012)
- Australian Postgraduate Award (2009-2012)
- The Hume Society's Young Hume Scholar Award (2011)