About the Author

Peter Anstey studied Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He specializes in Early Modern Philosophy with a special focus on Locke, Boyle, Bacon, and Experimental Philosophy. He was the inaugural Professor of Early Modern Philosophy at the University of Otago from 2006 to 2012, before returning to Sydney University where he is currently Professor of Philosophy. He is literary executor to the late D. M. Armstrong. Braddon-Mitchell did graduate work at the Australian National University, working on the Philosophy of Mind and Explanation. He has since worked at the University of Auckland before going to the University of Sydney in 2000 where he is currently Professor of Philosophy. He works in the Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, and Explanation.