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Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers (2021)
Journal Article
Fletcher, A., McKie, L., MacPherson, I., & Tombs, J. (2021). Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers. Frontiers in Sociology, 6, Article 757583. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.757583

Prison workers occupy a niche role. Balancing the care and welfare of prisoners while simultaneously restricting their freedoms is a stressful job, laced with danger, that occurs entirely within the bounded context of the prison. Here, wellbeing and... Read More about Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers.

Causal Powers in Aristotle and his Predecessors (2021)
Book Chapter
Marmodoro, A. (2021). Causal Powers in Aristotle and his Predecessors. In J. Jorati (Ed.), Powers: A History (10-27). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190925512.003.0002

This chapter introduces the reader to Aristotle’s account of causal powers and highlights the conceptual innovations he introduced in relation to the accounts of his predecessors, most notably Anaxagoras and Plato. The chapter argues that Aristotle’s... Read More about Causal Powers in Aristotle and his Predecessors.

Why studying the history of philosophy matters (2021)
Journal Article
Marmodoro, A. (2022). Why studying the history of philosophy matters. Think, 21(60), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477175621000294

The debate over whether and how philosophers of today may usefully engage with philosophers of the past is nearly as old as the history of philosophy itself. Does the study of the history of philosophy train or corrupt the budding philosopher's mind?... Read More about Why studying the history of philosophy matters.

Instantiation (2021)
Journal Article
Marmodoro, A. (2021). Instantiation. Metaphysics, 4(1), 32-46