Jorge Fernandez Martinez

Research Interests

Epistemology Philosophy of Mind

Dr Jorge Fernandez Martinez

Associate Professor

School of Humanities

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am a philosopher at the University of Adelaide. Before coming to South Australia in 2007, I was a post-doctoral fellow at Macquarie University and the Centre for Consciousness of the ANU. I received my PhD from Brown University in 2003, and I taught for a year at Bowdoin College before leaving the United States to move to Australia. I am originally from Spain, and I did my undergraduate study at the University of Barcelona.My general area of research is the intersection of philosophy of mind and epistemology. I am interested in the topics of self-knowledge and memory. With regards to self-knowledge, I am with those who believe that self-knowledge is ‘transparent’: We attribute mental states to ourselves based on our grounds for being in those states. With regards to memory, I believe that the contents of memories are reflexive: Memories represent themselves as having a certain causal origin. My current project is focused on the imagination and, in particular, on how we should understand the contents of our imaginative episodes.

My general area of research is the intersection of philosophy of mind and epistemology. I am interested in the topics of self-knowledge and memory. With regards to self-knowledge, I am with those who believe that self-knowledge is ‘transparent’: We attribute mental states to ourselves based on our grounds for being in those states. With regards to memory, I believe that the contents of memories are reflexive: Memories represent themselves as having a certain causal origin. My current project is focused on the imagination and, in particular, on how we should understand the contents of our imaginative episodes.

Date Position Institution name
2005 - 2005 Postdoctoral fellow Australian National University
2003 - 2007 Postdoctoral fellow Macquarie University
2002 - 2003 Visiting Assistant Professor Bowdoin College

Date Institution name Country Title
1996 - 2002 Brown University United States PhD

Year Citation
2024 Fernández, J. (2024). Two explanations of intentionality. Australasian Philosophical Review, 8(1), 60-63.
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2024 Fernández, J. (2024). Memory in two dimensions. Synthese, 203(2), 41-1-41-20.
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2024 Fernández, J. (2024). Memory and Self-Reference. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 32(1), 59-77.
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2023 Fernandez, J. (2023). The Contents of Imagination. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 52(8), 828-842.
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2023 Fernández, J. (2023). Imagining oneself being someone else. European Journal of Philosophy, 31(4), 1030-1044.
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2021 Fernandez, J. (2021). Defending functionalism and self-reference in memory. Estudios de Filosofía, (64), 223-236.
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2021 Fernandez, J. (2021). Observer memory and immunity to error through misidentification. Synthese, 198(1), 641-660.
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2020 Fernandez, J. (2020). Self-referential memory and mental time travel. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 11(2), 283-300.
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2016 Fernández, J., & Bliss, S. (2016). Schizophrenia and the estranged self. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 22(4), 615-621.
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2015 Fernandez, J. (2015). Epistemic generation in memory. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 92(3), 620-644.
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2015 Fernández, J. (2015). What are the benefits of memory distortion?. Consciousness and Cognition, 33, 536-547.
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2015 Fernandez, J. (2015). Resumen de Transparent Minds. Teorema, 34(1), 95-100.
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2015 Fernandez, J. (2015). Précis of Transparent Minds. Teorema, 34(1), 100-105.
2015 Fernandez, J. (2015). Replies to my critics. Teorema, XXXIV(1), 149-160.
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2014 Fernández, J. (2014). Memory and immunity to error through misidentification. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 5(3), 373-390.
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2013 Fernandez, J. (2013). Self-deception and self-knowledge. Philosophical Studies, 162(2), 379-400.
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2011 Bliss, S., & Fernandez, J. (2011). Does the supervenience argument generalize?. Southern Journal of Philosophy, 49(4), 321-346.
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2010 Fernandez, J. (2010). Thought insertion and self-knowledge. Mind & Language, 25(1), 66-88.
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2010 Bliss, S., & Fernandez, J. (2010). Program explanation and higher-order properties. Acta Analytica, 25(4), 393-411.
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2010 Fernandez, J., & Bliss, S. (2010). Mental Causation, by Anthony Dardis. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.. Mind, 119(474), 468-471.
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2009 Fernandez, J. (2009). Describing Inner Experience? by Russell T. Hulburt, and Eric Schwitzgebel. . Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2007. Pp. 326.. Mind, 118(471), 840-843.
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2008 Fernandez, J. (2008). Memory, past and self. Synthese, 160(1), 103-121.
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2008 Bliss, S., & Fernandez, J. (2008). Casual inheritance and second-order properties. Abstracta, 4(2), 74-95.
2008 Fernandez, J. (2008). Memory and time. Philosophical Studies, 141(3), 333-356.
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2008 Bliss, S., & Fernandez, J. (2008). Causal inheritance and second-order properties. Abstracta, 4(2), 74-96.
2007 Fernandez, J. (2007). Desire and Self-Knowledge. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 85(4), 517-536.
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2006 Fernandez, J. (2006). Speaking My Mind: Expression and self-knowledge. Philosophical Quarterly, 56(223), 303-306.
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2006 Fernandez, J. (2006). Memory and perception: Remembering snowflake. Theoria, 21(56), 147-164.
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2006 Fernandez, J. (2006). Schopenhauer's pessimism. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 73(3), 646-664.
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2006 Fernandez, J. (2006). The intentionality of memory. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 84(1), 39-57.
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2005 Fernandez, J. (2005). Self-knowledge, rationality and Moore's paradox. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 71(3), 533-566.
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2005 Bayne, T., & Fernandez, J. (2005). Resisting ruthless reductionism: A comment on Bickle. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 4(3), 239-248.
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2005 Fernandez, J. (2005). Privileged access revisited. Philosophical Quarterly, 55(218), 102-105.
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2004 Fernandez, J. (2004). Externalism and Self-Knowledge: A Puzzle in Two Dimensions. European Journal of Philosophy, 12(1), 17-37.
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2003 Fernandez, J. (2003). Privileged access naturalized. Philosophical Quarterly, 53(212), 352-372.
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2003 Fernandez, J. (2003). Explanation by Computer Simulation in Cognitive Science. Minds and Machines, 13(2), 269-284.

Year Citation
2024 Fernandez, J. (2024). Delusion and self-deception. In E. Sullivan-Bissett (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion (1st Edition ed., pp. 336-346). Taylor & Francis.
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2024 Fernandez, J. (2024). Transparent Knowledge of One’s Own Actions. In A. Andreotta, & B. Winokur (Eds.), New Perspectives on Transparency and Self-Knowledge (1st Edition ed., pp. 251-272). Routledge.
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2023 Fernandez, J. (2023). The ownership of memories. In M. Garcia-Carpintero, & M. Guillot (Eds.), Self-Experience: Essays on Inner Awareness (1 ed., pp. 343-362). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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2023 Fernandez, J. (2023). Thought insertion and commitment. In P. López-Silva, & T. McClelland (Eds.), Intruders in the Mind Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Thought Insertion (1 ed., pp. 273-286). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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2019 Fernández, J. (2019). Introspection. In S. Robins, J. Symons, & P. Calvo (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology (2 ed., pp. 583-595). London: Routledge.
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2018 Fernández, J. (2018). The functional character of memory. In K. Michaelian, D. Debus, & D. Perrin (Eds.), New Directions in the Philosophy of Memory (pp. 52-72). New York, NY: Routledge.
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2017 Fernández, J. (2017). The intentional objects of memory. In S. Bernecker, & K. Michaelian (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Memory (pp. 88-99). United Kingdom: Routledge.
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2015 Fernandez, J. (2015). Externalism, self-knowledge and memory. In S. Goldberg (Ed.), Externalism, Self-Knowledge and Skepticism: New Essays (1 ed., pp. 197-213). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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2013 Fernandez, J. (2013). Memory. In H. Dyke, & A. Bardon (Eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Time (pp. 432-443). Wiley-Blackwell.
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2013 Fernandez, J. (2013). Objects of memory. In H. Pashler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the mind, Volume two (1 ed., pp. 571-572). United States: Sage Publishing/Sage Publications.
2009 Fernandez, J. (2009). Happiness and life choices: Sartre on desire, deliberation and action. In Lisa Bortolotti (Ed.), Philosophy and Happiness (1 ed., pp. 200-214). Hampshire, England: Palgrave MacMillan.
2009 Fernandez, J. (2009). Introspection. In J. Symons, & P. Calvo (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology (pp. 509-521). USA/CANADA: Routledge.
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2009 Bayne, T., & Fernandez, J. (2009). Delusion and self-deception: Mapping the terrain. In T. Bayne, & J. Fernandez (Eds.), Delusion and self-deception. Affective and Motivational Influences on Belief formation (pp. 1-22). United States: Psychology Press.
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Year Citation
2006 Fernandez, J. (2006). Memory and perception:: Remembering snowflake. In THEORIA-REVISTA DE TEORIA HISTORIA Y FUNDAMENTOS DE LA CIENCIA Vol. 21 (pp. 147-164). SPAIN, Murcia: SERVICIO EDITORIAL UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO.
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Chief Investigator in external grants

2017-2020      The Ownership of Minds

ARC Discovery Future Fellowship FT160100313: 864,338$AUD.

University of Adelaide (Sole CI)

2013-2015      The truth about false memory,

ARC Discovery project DP130103047: 205,000$AUD.

University of Adelaide (Sole CI)

2005-2006       A philosophical and empirical approach to the nature of perception and belief

ARC Linkage International project LX0664998: 16,500$AUD.

Macquarie University (French-Australian team of CIs.)

At the University of Adelaide, I have been teaching (often in collaboration with colleagues) undergraduate courses in metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of mind. I also teach a course on existentialism and a course on early modern philosophy. 

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2023 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Logical Pluralism and the Challenge of Normativity Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Aaron John Baseley
2022 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Approaching Freedom: A Methodological Approach to the Free Will Debate Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Nicholas Edward Scott
2020 - 2022 Principal Supervisor The Role of Intuition in Moral Knowledge Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Nicholas James Smyth
2019 - 2022 Co-Supervisor A Defence of the B-Theory of Time with Respect to the Problem of Change Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr James Lambros Vlachoulis
2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Opening a Can of Spacetime Worms: The Metaphysics of Persistence Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Danny George Wardle
2018 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Temporal Passage: Dynamic Experiences and the B-theory Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Miss Brigitte Claire Everett
2018 - 2021 Co-Supervisor The Referential/Attributive Distinction: Its Status and Scope Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Atheer Al-Khalfa

Date Role Board name Institution name Country
2022 - ongoing Treasurer Board Australasian Association of Philosophy Australia

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2022 - 2023 Member ABLE Research Committee University of Adelaide, ABLE faculty Australia
2022 - 2023 Chair School of Humanities Research Committee University of Adelaide, School of Humanities Australia
2020 - 2021 Chair School of Humanities Research Committee University of Adelaide, School of Humanities Australia
2019 - 2023 Member School of Humanities Research Committee University of Adelaide, School of Humanities Australia

Date Office Name Institution Country
2024 - ongoing Coordinator, Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics & Economics University of Adelaide Australia
2022 - ongoing Research integrity adviser University of Adelaide Australia
2020 - 2023 Coordinator, Master of Arts University of Adelaide, ABLE faculty Australia

Date Title Type Institution Country
2025 - ongoing Member of the FWO Review College (postdoc panel 'Philosophy & Ethics') Grant Assessment FWO (Research Foundation of Flanders) Belgium
2021 - 2022 ERA leader, Philosophy Advice University of Adelaide Australia

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