Robert A. Wilson

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I am professor of philosophy at La Trobe University in Melbourne, having taught over the past 25 years in North America at the University of Alberta (2000-2017), the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1996-2001), and Queen’s University (1992-1996). I was born in Broken Hill in New South Wales and grew up there and in Perth in Western Australia. I have a B.A. with first class honours in philosophy from the University of Western Australia, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where I was a Fulbright Scholar from late 1987 until early 1992. My philosophical interests are various, and on this site you can find representative work in the areas I’ve published in, such as mind and cognition, biological science, eugenics, social science. For the past ten years or so, I have also led two large-scale projects in engaged philosophy that aim to integrate philosophical thinking more directly with community-based concerns. While they don’t have your standard academic output—complicated talks and papers that can be understood by the author and at most three other people—they do represent ongoing areas of interest for me if there are any students, postdocs, or others interested in developing and deploying their philosophical skills in public and community-oriented spaces.

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Natural law, or, Don't put a rubber on your willy
Representative edition published 2021
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The illuminatus! trilogy
Representative edition published 2021
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Cosmic Trigger
Representative edition published 2019
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Cosmic Trigger
Representative edition published 2019
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How Did I Teach Myself Fear?
Representative edition published 2017
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Masks of the Illuminati
Representative edition published 2009
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Mexico and its religion
Representative edition published 2007
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Mexico, Its Peasants And Its Priests
Representative edition published 2007
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Evolution and Learning
Representative edition published 2007
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Epitome of desire
Representative edition published 2004
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Boundaries of the Mind
Representative edition published 2004
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Genes and the Agents of Life
Representative edition published 2004
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Graphs, colourings, and the four-colour theorem
Representative edition published 2002
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Graphs, Colourings and the Four-Colour Theorem
Representative edition published 2002
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Species
Representative edition published 1999
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Cartesian Psychology and Physical Minds
Representative edition published 1997
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Illuminatus!
Representative edition published 1997
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Character Above All : James Cannon on Gerald Ford, Michael Beschloss on George Bush
Representative edition published 1996
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Chaos and Beyond
Representative edition published 1994
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Ishtar Rising
Representative edition published 1988
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Sex, Drugs and Magick
Representative edition published 1987
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Endless Inspiration
Representative edition published 2019
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RMS St. Helena and the South Atlantic Islands
Representative edition published 2006
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Explanation and Cognition
Representative edition published 2000
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