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A quantified temporal logic for ampliation and restriction (2013)
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Uckelman, S. L. (2013). A quantified temporal logic for ampliation and restriction. Vivarium: A Journal for Medieval and Early-Modern Philosophy and Intellectual Life, 51(1-4), 485-510. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685349-12341259

Temporal logic as a modern discipline is separate from classical logic; it is seen as an addition or expansion of the more basic propositional and predicate logics. This approach is in contrast with logic in the Middle Ages, which was primarily inten... Read More about A quantified temporal logic for ampliation and restriction.

Casimir force in a compressive transformation medium (2013)
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Simpson, W. M. R. (2013). Casimir force in a compressive transformation medium. Physical Review A, 88(6), Article 063852. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.88.063852

We consider an example of an idealized inhomogeneous metamaterial which, when introduced into a Casimir cavity, reduces the magnitude of the Casimir force. It has recently been argued, however, that Casimir-Lifshitz forces in inhomogeneous media are... Read More about Casimir force in a compressive transformation medium.

A new argument against compatibilism (2013)
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Mumford, S., & Anjum, R. L. (2014). A new argument against compatibilism. Analysis, 74(1), 20-25. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/ant095

If one’s solution to the free will problem is in terms of real causal powers of agents then one ought to be an incompatibilist. Some premises are contentious but the following new argument for incompatibilism is advanced: 1. If causal determinism is... Read More about A new argument against compatibilism.

The Entailment Problem and the Subset Account of Property Realization (2013)
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Gibb, S. (2014). The Entailment Problem and the Subset Account of Property Realization. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 92(3), 551-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2013.857701

Proponents of the subset account of property realization commonly make the assumption that the summing of properties entails the summing of their forward-looking causal features. This paper seeks to establish that this assumption is false. Moreover,... Read More about The Entailment Problem and the Subset Account of Property Realization.

To Inspect and Make Safe: On the Morally Responsible Liability of Property Owners (2013)
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Faraci, D., & Jaworski, P. M. (2013). To Inspect and Make Safe: On the Morally Responsible Liability of Property Owners. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 17(4), 697-709. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-013-9473-9

There is currently a stalemate over the correct approach to legal liability. To take a prominent example, it remains a point of contention whether land owners should be held liable for injuries to trespassers. Many of those who insist that land owner... Read More about To Inspect and Make Safe: On the Morally Responsible Liability of Property Owners.

Graph-theoretic Models of Dispositional Structures (2013)
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Tugby, M. (2013). Graph-theoretic Models of Dispositional Structures. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 27(1), 23-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2013.783979

The focus of this article is the view about fundamental natural properties known as dispositional monism. This is a holistic view about nature, according to which all properties are essentially interrelated. The general question to be addressed conce... Read More about Graph-theoretic Models of Dispositional Structures.

Finding - and Failing to Find - Meaning in Nature (2013)
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James, S. P. (2013). Finding - and Failing to Find - Meaning in Nature. Environmental Values, 22(5), 609-625. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327113x13745164553833

This paper is about how we should evaluate our tendencies to find - or fail to find - different meanings in the natural world. It has three aims: (1) to show that some virtues and vices can be exhibited in our tendencies to find or to overlook the me... Read More about Finding - and Failing to Find - Meaning in Nature.

A Phenomenological Challenge to "Enlightened Secularism" (2013)
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Kidd, I. J. (2013). A Phenomenological Challenge to "Enlightened Secularism". Religious Studies, 49(3), 377-398. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412512000327

This article challenges Philip Kitcher's recent proposals for an ‘enlightened secularism’. I use William James's theory of the emotions and his related discussion of ‘temperaments’ to argue that religious and naturalistic commitments are grounded in... Read More about A Phenomenological Challenge to "Enlightened Secularism".

Lexicalisation and the Origin of the Human Mind (2013)
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Hughes, T. J., & Miller, J. (2014). Lexicalisation and the Origin of the Human Mind. Biosemiotics, 7(1), 11-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-013-9189-1

This paper will discuss the origin of the human mind, and the qualitative discontinuity between human and animal cognition. We locate the source of this discontinuity within the language faculty, and thus take the origin of the mind to depend on the... Read More about Lexicalisation and the Origin of the Human Mind.

The Status of Delusion in the Light of Marcus’s Revisionary Proposals (2013)
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Wilkinson, S. (2013). The Status of Delusion in the Light of Marcus’s Revisionary Proposals. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 28(3), 421-436

Marcus’s view of belief is applied to the debate that centers around the question, “Are delusions beliefs?” Two consequences of this are that, i) the question, “Are delusions beliefs?”, strictly speaking, needs rephrasing and ii) that, once the quest... Read More about The Status of Delusion in the Light of Marcus’s Revisionary Proposals.

Do Property Rights Presuppose Scarcity? (2013)
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Faraci, D. (2013). Do Property Rights Presuppose Scarcity?. Journal of Business Ethics, 125(3), 531-537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1866-0

There is a common view, dating back at least to Hume, that property rights presuppose scarcity. This paper is a critical examination of that thesis. In addition to questioning the thesis, the paper highlights the need to divorce the debate over this... Read More about Do Property Rights Presuppose Scarcity?.