Oisin Deery

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Assistant Professor

Email: deery@yorku.ca
Primary website: www.oisindeery.com
Secondary website: Google Scholar

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I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at York University.

My research interests lie at the intersection of philosophy of mind and action, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and ethics.

In my recently published monograph, Naturally Free Action (2021, Oxford University Press), I develop a naturalistic approach to free will, a.k.a. the ability to act freely.

I also work on issues (including ethical issues) related to artificial intelligence. In November 2019, I was awarded a DECRA (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award) by the Australian Research Council for a project on agency and artificial intelligence, which I pursued at Macquarie University from 2020-23.

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Degrees

Ph.D., University of British Columbia
M.A., University College Cork
B.A., National University of Ireland, Galway

Research Interests

Philosophy , Psychology, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind and Action, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics

Books
Articles

Books

Publication

Year

Russell, Paul, & Deery, Oisín, Eds. (2013). The Philosophy of Free Will: Essential Readings from the Contemporary Debates. New York: Oxford University Press.

2013

Book Chapters

Publication

Year

Deery, Oisín, Bedke, Matt, & Nichols, Shaun (2013). “Phenomenal Abilities: Incompatibilism and the Experience of Agency,” in D. Shoemaker (ed.), Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility, Vol. 1 (pp. 126–150). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2013

Deery, Oisín, & Nahmias, Eddy (forthcoming). “The Experience of Free Will,” in J. Campbell (ed.), A Companion to Free Will. Wiley-Blackwell.

Book Reviews

Publication

Year

Deery, Oisín (2015). Review of D. Hodgson, Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will (Oxford University Press, 2012), Mind, 124(493): 347–351.

2015

Deery, Oisín (2013). Review of J. Alexander, Experimental Philosophy: An Introduction (Polity, 2012), International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 21(5): 787–791.

2013

Monographs

Publication

Year

Deery, Oisín. (Forthcoming). Naturally Free Action. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at York University.

My research interests lie at the intersection of philosophy of mind and action, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and ethics.

In my recently published monograph, Naturally Free Action (2021, Oxford University Press), I develop a naturalistic approach to free will, a.k.a. the ability to act freely.

Degrees

Ph.D., University of British Columbia
M.A., University College Cork
B.A., National University of Ireland, Galway

Research Interests

Philosophy , Psychology, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind and Action, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics

All Publications

Book Chapters

Publication

Year

2013

Deery, Oisín, & Nahmias, Eddy (forthcoming). “The Experience of Free Will,” in J. Campbell (ed.), A Companion to Free Will. Wiley-Blackwell.

Book Reviews

Publication

Year

Deery, Oisín (2015). Review of D. Hodgson, Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will (Oxford University Press, 2012), Mind, 124(493): 347–351.

2015

Deery, Oisín (2013). Review of J. Alexander, Experimental Philosophy: An Introduction (Polity, 2012), International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 21(5): 787–791.

2013

Books

Publication

Year

Russell, Paul, & Deery, Oisín, Eds. (2013). The Philosophy of Free Will: Essential Readings from the Contemporary Debates. New York: Oxford University Press.

2013

Monographs

Publication

Year

Deery, Oisín. (Forthcoming). Naturally Free Action. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Journal Articles

Publication

Year

Deery, Oisín (2019). “Free Actions As a Natural Kind,” Synthese. DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018.02068-7

2019

Deery, Oisín & Nahmias, Eddy (2017). “Defeating Manipulation Arguments: Interventionist Causation and Compatibilist Sourcehood,” Philosophical Studies, 174(5): 1255–1276.

2017

Deery, Oisín, Davis, Taylor, & Carey, Jasmine (2015). “Defending the Free-Will Intuitions Scale: Reply to Stephen Morris,” Philosophical Psychology, 28(6): 808–814.

2015

Deery, Oisín (2015). “Is Agentive Experience Compatible with Determinism?” Philosophical Explorations, 18(1): 2–19.

2015

Deery, Oisín (2015). “The Fall from Eden: Why Libertarianism Isn’t Justified by Experience,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 93(2): 319–334.

2015

Deery, Oisín, Davis, Taylor, & Carey, Jasmine (2015). “The Free-Will Intuitions Scale and the Question of Natural Compatibilism,” Philosophical Psychology, 28(6): 776–801.

2015

Deery, Oisín (2015). “Why People Believe in Indeterminist Free Will,” Philosophical Studies, 172(8): 2033–2054.

2015

Deery, Oisín (2013). “Absences and Late Preemption,” Theoria, 79(4): 309–325.

2013

Deery, Oisín (2007). “Extending Compatibilism: Control, Responsibility, and Blame,” Res Publica: A Journal of Legal and Social Philosophy, 13(3): 209–230.

2007

Current Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Winter 2025	AP/MODR1770 6.0	M	Techniques of Persuasion	LECT

Upcoming Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Summer 2025	AP/PHIL3750 3.0	A	Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence	ONLN