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Forms of Thought: A Study in Philosophical Logic (2013)
Book
Lowe, E. J. (2013). Forms of Thought: A Study in Philosophical Logic. Cambridge University Press

What is the source of our knowledge of modal truths? (2012)
Journal Article
Lowe, E. (2012). What is the source of our knowledge of modal truths?. Mind, 121(484), 919-950. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzs122

More Kinds of Being: A Further Study of Individuation, Identity, and the Logic of Sortal Terms. (2009)
Book
Lowe, E. (2009). More Kinds of Being: A Further Study of Individuation, Identity, and the Logic of Sortal Terms. Wiley

Personal Agency: The Metaphysics of Mind and Action. (2008)
Book
Lowe, E. (2008). Personal Agency: The Metaphysics of Mind and Action. Oxford University Press

The Four-Category Ontology: A Metaphysical Foundation for Natural Science (2006)
Book
Lowe, E. (2006). The Four-Category Ontology: A Metaphysical Foundation for Natural Science. Clarendon Press

A comprehensive metaphysical system fully explained and defended Rigorous argument and close engagement with rival views and recent literature in its field Novel solutions to many outstanding problems in metaphysics and the philosophy of science Clea... Read More about The Four-Category Ontology: A Metaphysical Foundation for Natural Science.

Locke (2005)
Book
Lowe, E. (2005). Locke. Routledge

John Locke (1632-1704) was one of the towering philosophers of the Enlightenment and arguably the greatest English philosopher. Many assumptions we now take for granted, about liberty, knowledge and government, come from Locke and his most influentia... Read More about Locke.

Identity, individuality, and unity (2003)
Journal Article
Lowe, E. J. (2003). Identity, individuality, and unity. Philosophy, 78(3), 321-337. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819103000329

Locke notoriously included number amongst the primary qualities of bodies and was roundly criticized for doing so by Berkeley. Frege echoed some of Berkeley's criticisms in attacking the idea that ‘Number is a property of external things’, while defe... Read More about Identity, individuality, and unity.

A Survey of Metaphysics (2002)
Book
Lowe, E. (2002). A Survey of Metaphysics. Oxford University Press

A Survey of Metaphysics provides a systematic overview of modern metaphysics, covering all of the most important topics likely to be encountered on a metaphysics course. The conception of metaphysics underlying the book is the fairly traditional and... Read More about A Survey of Metaphysics.

Causal closure principles and emergentism (2000)
Journal Article
Lowe, E. J. (2000). Causal closure principles and emergentism. Philosophy, 75(4), 571-585. https://doi.org/10.1017/s003181910000067x

Causal closure arguments against interactionist dualism are currently popular amongst physicalists. Such an argument appeals to some principles of the causal closure of the physical, together with certain other premises, to conclude that at least som... Read More about Causal closure principles and emergentism.