David Braddon-Mitchell

David Braddon-Mitchell is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney and has previously held positions at the University of Auckland and as a Research Fellow at the Australian National University. His work primarily focuses on Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics, with cross-disciplinary engagement in Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Ethics, and Political Philosophy.

• Current Research Students: Paxton (Mental Time Travel in Chimpanzees), Rebecca MANN (Biological Individuality), Rasmus PEDERSEN (Descriptivist Meaning), Aaron WU
• Key grants include Australian Research Council (ARC) projects on Mental Time Travel (2024), Time Philosophy (2018), and Personal Identity (2005)

His scientific work bridges abstract metaphysical analysis with empirical science, including collaborations in neuroscience. Recent publications explore causation, temporal experience, and conceptual engineering. He co-authored the textbook The Philosophy of Mind and Cognition (2007) and edited Armstrong's Materialist Theory of Mind (2022).