Oisín Deery

I'm a 3rd year Ph.D. student in the philosophy department at the University of British Columbia, working under the supervision of Paul Russell.

 
Mostly, I'm interested in questions about human agency. My research interests lie at the juncture of ethics, philosophy of action, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. In particular, I'm interested in questions about (1) moral responsibility and (2) the phenomenology of agency—what-it's-like to be an agent. More broadly, I have related interests in political philosophy and philosophy of law.

 
I received my B.A. in Philosophy and English from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and my M.A. in Philosophy from University College Cork.
 
I'm a dual citizen of Ireland and Canada, and I currently live in Vancouver.

 
Note: For those mystified about how to say my name, “Oisín” is pronounced as follows:
Ŭsh′ēn, or
[′ʃi:nʲ], or (less technically)
Uh-sheen, or simply
ush as in “hush”, followed by een as in “teen”: Ush-een.