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Anne Conway as a Priority Monist: A Reply to Gordon-Roth (2020)
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Thomas, E. (2020). Anne Conway as a Priority Monist: A Reply to Gordon-Roth. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 6(3), 275-284. https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2019.1

For early modern metaphysician Anne Conway, the world comprises creatures. In some sense, Conway is a monist about creatures: all creatures are one. Yet, as Jessica Gordon-Roth (2018) has astutely pointed out, that monism can be understood in very di... Read More about Anne Conway as a Priority Monist: A Reply to Gordon-Roth.

Philosophical Perspectives on Earth System Modeling: Truth, Adequacy, and Understanding (2020)
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Gramelsberger, G., Lenhard, J., & Parker, W. (2020). Philosophical Perspectives on Earth System Modeling: Truth, Adequacy, and Understanding. Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth Systems, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019ms001720

We explore three questions about Earth system modeling that are of both scientific and philosophical interest: What kind of understanding can be gained via complex Earth system models? How can the limits of understanding be bypassed or managed? How s... Read More about Philosophical Perspectives on Earth System Modeling: Truth, Adequacy, and Understanding.

Legal Rights and Nature's Contributions to People: Is There a Connection? (2020)
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James, S. P. (2020). Legal Rights and Nature's Contributions to People: Is There a Connection?. Biological Conservation, 241, Article 108325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108325

It has been claimed that approaches to conservation framed in terms of nature’s contributions to people are congenial to ones framed in terms of rights. This paper provides what has so far been lacking – namely, an argument in support of this claim.... Read More about Legal Rights and Nature's Contributions to People: Is There a Connection?.

The power of color (2020)
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Marmodoro, A., & Grasso, M. (2020). The power of color. American Philosophical Quarterly, 57(1), 65-78

Are colors features of objects “out there in the world” or are they features of our inner experience and only “in our head?” Color perception has been the focus of extensive philosophical and scientific debate. In this paper we discuss the limitation... Read More about The power of color.

Moral Education and Transcendental Idealism (2020)
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Saunders, J., & Sticker, M. (2020). Moral Education and Transcendental Idealism. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, 102(4), 646-673. https://doi.org/10.1515/agph-2020-1010

In this paper, we draw attention to several important tensions between Kant’s account of moral education and his commitment to transcendental idealism. Our main claim is that, in locating freedom outside of space and time, transcendental idealism mak... Read More about Moral Education and Transcendental Idealism.

Extrapolation of causal effects – hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator’s circle (2019)
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Khosrowi, D. (2019). Extrapolation of causal effects – hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator’s circle. Journal of Economic Methodology, 26(1), 45-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178x.2018.1561078

I consider recent strategies proposed by econometricians for extrapolating causal effects from experimental to target populations. I argue that these strategies fall prey to the extrapolator’s circle: they require so much knowledge about the target p... Read More about Extrapolation of causal effects – hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator’s circle.

Disclosure of Mental Health: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives (2019)
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Puddifoot, K. (2019). Disclosure of Mental Health: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 26(4), 333-348. https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2019.0048

Should people with mental health conditions ‘come out proud’, disclosing information about their condition(s)? Recent research highlights how disclosing this information can promote empowerment and decrease self-stigma. However, many people with ment... Read More about Disclosure of Mental Health: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives.

Overcoming the Divide between Freedom and Nature: Clarisse Coignet on the Metaphysics of Independent Morality (2019)
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Dunham, J. (2020). Overcoming the Divide between Freedom and Nature: Clarisse Coignet on the Metaphysics of Independent Morality. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 28(5), 987-1008. https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2019.1668351

Clarisse Coignet (1823-1918) played an important role in a number of the most important intellectual movements in nineteenth-century France. She grew up around and documented the leaders of the Fourierist movement, provided the philosophical support... Read More about Overcoming the Divide between Freedom and Nature: Clarisse Coignet on the Metaphysics of Independent Morality.

Extended modal realism — a new solution to the problem of intentional inexistence (2019)
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Thomas, A. D. (2020). Extended modal realism — a new solution to the problem of intentional inexistence. Philosophia, 48(3), 1197-1208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-019-00126-z

Kriegel described the problem of intentional inexistence as one of the ‘perennial problems of philosophy’ (Kriegel Philosophical Perspectives 21(1), 307–340, 2007: 307). In the same paper, Kriegel alluded to a modal realist solution to the problem of... Read More about Extended modal realism — a new solution to the problem of intentional inexistence.

Two Dogmas of the Artistic-Ethical Interaction Debate (2019)
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Hanson, L. (2020). Two Dogmas of the Artistic-Ethical Interaction Debate. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 50(2), 209-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2019.13

Can artworks be morally good or bad? Many philosophers have thought so. Does this moral goodness or badness bear on how good or bad a work is as art? This is very much a live debate. Autonomists argue that moral value is not relevant to artistic valu... Read More about Two Dogmas of the Artistic-Ethical Interaction Debate.

Natural Name Theory and Linguistic Kinds (2019)
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Miller, J. (2019). Natural Name Theory and Linguistic Kinds. Journal of Philosophy, 116(9), 494-508. https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2019116930

The natural name theory, recently discussed by Johnson (2018), is proposed as an explanation of pure quotation where the quoted term(s) refers to a linguistic object such as in the sentence ‘In the above, ‘bank’ is ambiguous’. After outlining the the... Read More about Natural Name Theory and Linguistic Kinds.

Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Predicting What Will Work Locally (2019)
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Cartwright, N., & Joyce, K. (2020). Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Predicting What Will Work Locally. American Educational Research Journal, 57(3), 1045-1082. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831219866687

This essay addresses the gap between what works in research and what works in practice. Currently, research in evidence-based education policy and practice focuses on RCTs. These can support causal ascriptions (‘It worked’) but provide little basis f... Read More about Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Predicting What Will Work Locally.

Elements and (first) principles in chemistry (2019)
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Hendry, R. F. (2021). Elements and (first) principles in chemistry. Synthese, 198, 3391-3411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02312-8

The first principle of chemical composition is that elements are actually present in their compounds. It is a golden thread running through the history of compositional thinking in chemistry since before the chemical revolution. Opposed to this princ... Read More about Elements and (first) principles in chemistry.