Richard Hanley is a Zambian-born Australian philosopher.

Life

Richard Hanley, also known as "Hypertime Hanley" was born in Zambia and later moved to Australia as a small child. He studied at the

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, and completed his PhD at

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

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He is now an associate professor of philosophy at the

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 ma ...

. Philosophically, he is a perdurantist following in the footsteps of David Lewis. Hanley believes that time travel is logically, physically, and epistemically possible.

Writings

Hanley coauthored the ''Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language'' () He has written on philosophy in fiction. He is the author of the book, ''Is Data Human? The Metaphysics of Star Trek'' (), which explores a number of philosophical questions raised by various episodes of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', and '' Star Trek: Voyager'', such as whether

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is human, and whether a character called Tuvix, temporarily formed by the characters

Tuvok Tuvok is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. One of the main characters on the television series '' Star Trek: Voyager'', Tuvok is a member of the fictional Vulcan species who serves as the ship's second officer, Chief o ...

and

Neelix Neelix () is a character in the science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Voyager'', played by actor Ethan Phillips since the series' inception. Neelix is an alien native to the distant far side of the galaxy, who has joined the crew of t ...

being beamed into a single body, was a separate being entitled to its own existence. While the title of the book was changed to ''Is Data Human? The Metaphysics of Star Trek'' for the paperback version, the original hardcover version of the same book was simply entitled, ''The Metaphysics of Star Trek''. Hanley is frequently critical of the ''Star Trek'' writers' sophistication in treating philosophical issues, but nevertheless praises ''Star Trek'' for its willingness, rare among TV shows, to frequently raise questions of philosophical significance. According to ''

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'', the book is held in almost 800 libraries. WorldCat
/ref> He is also the editor of '' South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating'' (), released 28 March 2007.

References

External links

Richard Hanely's website
* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Zambian people of British descent University of Maryland, College Park alumni American philosophy academics University of Delaware faculty University of Sydney alumni Zambian emigrants to Australia Australian emigrants to the United States Zambian writers Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Zambian writers {{Zambia-writer-stub

Life

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