Michael Slezak

Journalist, blogger and philosophy teacher.

Biography

Michael Slezak is a freelance journalist and blogger as well as a casual philosophy tutor and lecturer. He is based in Sydney, Australia.

Michael has been widely published in places including The Sydney Morning Herald, Crikey, The Guardian Online, ABC Science Online, Psychiatry Update, SBS World News Online, CBCNews.ca, New Matilda, and The South Sydney Herald. His journalistic interests include science, politics and education. Some of his recent published work is available here.

Michael has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Sydney. In 2006 Michael was awarded first class honours in philosophy and in 2009 he completed a Master of Philosophy. His honours thesis examined scientific explanation, especially as it applies in thermodynamics and cosmology, and his masters thesis was about the nature of causation in the sciences.

Michael keeps a blog about science and science writing called Good, Bad, and Bogus.