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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

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

Powers and potentiality (2018)
Book Chapter
Mumford, S., & Anjum, R. (2018). Powers and potentiality. In K. Engelhard, & M. Quante (Eds.), Handbook of Potentiality (261 - 278). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1287-1_10

Analytic philosophers have in recent decades rediscovered powers as the basis for an all-encompassing metaphysics and philosophy of nature. What recommends the powers view is its explanatory utility, including a putative explanation of potentiality.... Read More about Powers and potentiality.

James and the Metaphysics of Intentionality: Royce, Bergson, and the Miller-Bode Objections (2018)
Book Chapter
Dunham, J. (2018). James and the Metaphysics of Intentionality: Royce, Bergson, and the Miller-Bode Objections. In A. Klein (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of William James. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199395699.001.0001

Lynton Crosby and the Dark Arts of Democracy (2018)
Book Chapter
Saunders, J. (2019). Lynton Crosby and the Dark Arts of Democracy. In C. Fox, & J. Saunders (Eds.), Media ethics, free speech, and the requirements of democracy (53-68). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203702444-4

The Similarity Hypothesis in Metaethics (2018)
Book Chapter
Cowie, C. (2018). The Similarity Hypothesis in Metaethics. In J. Suikkanen, & A. Kauppinen (Eds.), Methodology and moral philosophy (127-147). Routledge

‘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

The Ontology of E. J. Lowe's Substance Dualism (2018)
Book Chapter
Carruth, A. D., & Gibb, S. C. (2018). The Ontology of E. J. Lowe's Substance Dualism. In A. D. Carruth, S. C. Gibb, & J. Heil (Eds.), Ontology, Modality, Mind: Themes from the Metaphysics of E. J. Lowe. 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

'Raum' and 'room': Comments on Anton Marty on Space Perception (2018)
Book Chapter
Mac Cumhaill, C. (2019). 'Raum' and 'room': Comments on Anton Marty on Space Perception. In H. Leblanc, & G. Bacligalupo (Eds.), Anton Marty and Contemporary Philosophy. Palgrave McMillan

Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity (with focus on his Letter ad Ablabius) (2018)
Book Chapter
Marmodoro, A. (2018). Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity (with focus on his Letter ad Ablabius). In A. Marmodoro, & N. McLynn (Eds.), Exploring Gregory of Nyssa : philosophical, theological and historical studies (220-234). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198826422.003.0012

This chapter explores Gregory’s metaphysics of the Trinity, which used an innovative distinction between stuffs (e.g. gold), which cannot be counted, and individuals (e.g. rings), which can. Gregory identifies the nature of any kind with the totality... Read More about Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity (with focus on his Letter ad Ablabius).

Will Your Policy Work? Experiments versus Models (2018)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2018). Will Your Policy Work? Experiments versus Models. In I. Peschard, & B. van Frassen (Eds.), The experimental side of modeling. University of Minnesota Press

Whole, but not one (2018)
Book Chapter
Marmodoro, A. (2018). Whole, but not one. In J. Heil, S. Gibb, & A. Carruth (Eds.), Ontology, modality, mind : themes from the metaphysics of E. J. Lowe (60-72). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198796299.003.0005

A number of contemporary metaphysicians find Aristotle’s hylomorphism a promising and yet wanting account of what there is, and have engaged in ‘reconditioning’ it into a sound metaphysics (e.g. Jaworski 2016, Koons 2014, Rea 2011, among others). Jon... Read More about Whole, but not one.

Constitutivism about Epistemic Normativity (2018)
Book Chapter
Cowie, C., & Greenberg, A. (2018). Constitutivism about Epistemic Normativity. In C. Kyriacou, & R. McKenna (Eds.), Metaepistemology : realism and anti-realism (173-196). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93369-6_8

According to constitutivists about epistemic normativity, epistemic normativity is explained by the nature of belief. Specifically, it is explained by the fact that, as a matter of conceptual necessity, belief stands in a normative relation to truth.... Read More about Constitutivism about Epistemic Normativity.

Physical Properties (2018)
Book Chapter
Carruth, A. (2018). Physical Properties. In M. Guta (Ed.), Counsciousness and the Ontology of Properties (24-39). Routledge

Music in body and imagination (2018)
Book Chapter
Evans, H. (2018). Music in body and imagination. In Y. Kim, & S. Gilman (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of music and the body. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190636234.013.12

Music is widely thought to have therapeutic possibilities. The predominant attempts to understand music-as-therapy focus on “how it works.”. This readily leads to reductionist accounts that appear to leave out an understanding of musical experience—a... Read More about Music in body and imagination.

Individuating Processes (2018)
Book Chapter
Pemberton, J. (2018). Individuating Processes. In O. Bueno, R.-L. Chen, & M. B. Fagan (Eds.), Individuation, process, and scientific practices (39-62). Oxford University Press

Nonsense and Visual Evanescence (2018)
Book Chapter
Mac Cumhaill, C. (2018). Nonsense and Visual Evanescence. In T. Crowther, & C. Mac Cumhaill (Eds.), Perceptual Ephemera. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198722304.003.0014

Utilitarianism and Evil (2018)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2018). Utilitarianism and Evil. In D. Hedley, C. Meister, & C. Taliaferro (Eds.), The history of evil in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : 1700-1900 CE (118-135). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351138406-9

“Utilitarianism” is the name of a family of ethical theories that take as the yardstick of moral appraisal the propensity of acts to increase or decrease human well-being (or, more generally, the well-being of all sentient creatures). Emerging to pro... Read More about Utilitarianism and Evil.

Are laws of nature consistent with contingency? (2018)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N., & Merlussi, P. (2018). Are laws of nature consistent with contingency?. In W. Ott, & L. Patto (Eds.), Laws of Nature, an anthology (221-244). Oxford University Press