All Outputs (86)

Ontology of Powers. (2020)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2020). Ontology of Powers. In A. Meincke (Ed.), Dispositionalism: Perspectives from Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science (13-26). Springer Verlag

Category Mistakes. (2019)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2019). Category Mistakes. In J. Cumpa (Ed.), Categorical Ontologies: From Realism to Eliminativism. Routledge

Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction 4th ed. London: Routledge. (2019)
Book
Heil, J. (2019). Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction 4th ed. London: Routledge. (4th). Routlege

Emergence and panpsychism1 (2019)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2019). Emergence and panpsychism1. In S. Gibb, R. Findlay Hendry, & T. Lancaster (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Emergence (225-234). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315675213-19

Objects, Ordinary and Otherwise (2018)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2018). Objects, Ordinary and Otherwise. In The Nature of Ordinary Objects. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316612897.005

The Mystery of the Mystery of Consciousness (2018)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2018). The Mystery of the Mystery of Consciousness. In M. P. Guta (Ed.), Consciousness and the Ontology of Properties. Routledge

Accidents unmoored (2018)
Journal Article
Heil, J. (2018). Accidents unmoored. American Philosophical Quarterly, 55(2), 113-120

Substances. (2018)
Journal Article
Heil, J. (2018). Substances. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 26(5), 645-658. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2018.1542276

The paper takes up a conception of substances according to which substances are simple property bearers, properties being modes, particular qualitative ways individual substances are. What a substance does or would do is determined by its qualities.... Read More about Substances..

‘Must there be Brute Facts?’ In E. Vintiadis and C. Mekios, eds. Brute Facts. 19–27. (2018)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2018). ‘Must there be Brute Facts?’ In E. Vintiadis and C. Mekios, eds. Brute Facts. 19–27. In E. Vintiadis, & C. Mekios (Eds.), Brute Facts. Oxford University Press

Introduction (2018)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2018). Introduction. In A. Carruth, S. Gibb, & J. Heil (Eds.), Ontology, Modality, and Mind: Themes from the Metaphysics of E. J. Lowe (1-13). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198796299.003.0001

Hylomorphism: what’s not to like? (2018)
Journal Article
Heil, J. (2018). Hylomorphism: what’s not to like?. Synthese, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1792-x

The paper comprises an attempt on the part of the author to understand what hylomorphism is, both in its original Aristotelian guise, and in recent work by philosophers who defend what they call hylomorphism. Two species or strands of hylomorphism ar... Read More about Hylomorphism: what’s not to like?.

Being of one substance (2018)
Journal Article
Heil, J. (2018). Being of one substance. Religious Studies, 54(3), 313-324. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412518000185

An attempt is made to provide a consistent, independently motivated metaphysics of the Trinity by invoking an ontology of substances, attributes, and modes in the spirit of Descartes and Spinoza. The Trinity comprises one substance, triply attributed... Read More about Being of one substance.

Downward causation (2017)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2017). Downward causation. In M. P. Paoletti, & F. Orilia (Eds.), Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives on Downward Causation (42-53). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315638577

Real Agency (2017)
Journal Article
Heil, J. (2017). Real Agency. The Harvard Review of Philosophy, 24, 9-22. https://doi.org/10.5840/harvardreview201761210

Peter van Inwagen’s Consequence Argument makes salient the difficulties facing attempts to reconcile determinism and agency. Others go further. Derk Pereboom, for instance, contends that science provides compelling evidence that no action is free, an... Read More about Real Agency.

Truthmaking and fundamentality (2016)
Journal Article
Heil, J. (2016). Truthmaking and fundamentality. Synthese, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1292-9

Causal Relations (2016)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2016). Causal Relations. In A. Marmadoro, & D. Yates (Eds.), The Metaphysics of Relations. Oxford University Press

Universals in a world of particulars (2015)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2015). Universals in a world of particulars. In G. Galluzzo, & M. J. Loux (Eds.), The Problem of Universals in Contemporary Philosophy (114-132). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316181539.006

III - Aristotelian supervenience (2015)
Journal Article
Heil, J. (2015). III - Aristotelian supervenience. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9264.2015.00383.x

Accidents, modes, tropes, and universals (2014)
Journal Article
Heil, J. (2014). Accidents, modes, tropes, and universals. American Philosophical Quarterly, 51(4), 333-344

Contingency (2014)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2014). Contingency. In T. Goldschmidt (Ed.), The Puzzle of Existence: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? (167-181). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203104323