Pianos, Toys, Music and Noise
Conversations with Steve Beresford
(2021)
Book
Conversations with Steve Beresford. Bloomsbury
All Outputs (58)
Reconsidering Causal Powers: Historical and Conceptual Perspectives, Eds. H. Lagerlund, B. Hill, S. Psillos (2021)
Journal Article
Simpson, W. (2021). Reconsidering Causal Powers: Historical and Conceptual Perspectives, Eds. H. Lagerlund, B. Hill, S. Psillos. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 29(5), 958-960
Emergence: Towards a New Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science by M. Tabaczek (2021)
Journal Article
Simpson, W. (2021). Emergence: Towards a New Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science by M. Tabaczek. The Thomist, 85, 159-163
Bergson and William James (2021)
Book Chapter
Dunham, J. (2021). Bergson and William James. In M. Sinclair, & Y. Wolf (Eds.), The Bergsonian Mind. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429020735In this chapter, I show that Bergson’s philosophy had a significant impact on the development of James’s thought. Although many commentators have denied this, including Bergson himself, this is because they have not realised just how much James’s phi... Read More about Bergson and William James.
Causal Powers in Aristotle and his Predecessors (2021)
Book Chapter
Marmodoro, A. (2021). Causal Powers in Aristotle and his Predecessors. In J. Jorati (Ed.), Powers: A History (10-27). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190925512.003.0002This chapter introduces the reader to Aristotle’s account of causal powers and highlights the conceptual innovations he introduced in relation to the accounts of his predecessors, most notably Anaxagoras and Plato. The chapter argues that Aristotle’s... Read More about Causal Powers in Aristotle and his Predecessors.
Plague, Displacement, and Ecological Disruption in Bombay, 1896 (2021)
Book Chapter
Webster, E. (2021). Plague, Displacement, and Ecological Disruption in Bombay, 1896. In M. Gharipour, & C. DeClerq (Eds.), Epidemic Urbanism: Contagious Diseases in Global Cities. Intellect Press
Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers (2021)
Journal Article
Fletcher, A., McKie, L., MacPherson, I., & Tombs, J. (2021). Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers. Frontiers in Sociology, 6, Article 757583. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.757583Prison workers occupy a niche role. Balancing the care and welfare of prisoners while simultaneously restricting their freedoms is a stressful job, laced with danger, that occurs entirely within the bounded context of the prison. Here, wellbeing and... Read More about Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers.
Much ado about something: a response to “COVID-19: underpowered randomised trials, or no randomised trials?” (2021)
Journal Article
Haber, N. A., Wieten, S. E., Smith, E. R., & Nunan, D. (2021). Much ado about something: a response to “COVID-19: underpowered randomised trials, or no randomised trials?”. Trials, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05755-y
Livability and a Framework for Climate Mobilities Justice (2021)
Journal Article
Capisani, S. (2021). Livability and a Framework for Climate Mobilities Justice. Philosophy and Public Affairs, 11(1),
How Stereotypes Deceive Us (2021)
Book
Puddifoot, K. (2021). How Stereotypes Deceive Us. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192845559.001.0001Stereotypes sometimes lead us to make poor judgements of other people, but they also have the potential to facilitate quick, efficient, and accurate judgements. How can we discern whether any individual act of stereotyping will have the positive or n... Read More about How Stereotypes Deceive Us.
Why studying the history of philosophy matters (2021)
Journal Article
Marmodoro, A. (2022). Why studying the history of philosophy matters. Think, 21(60), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477175621000294The debate over whether and how philosophers of today may usefully engage with philosophers of the past is nearly as old as the history of philosophy itself. Does the study of the history of philosophy train or corrupt the budding philosopher's mind?... Read More about Why studying the history of philosophy matters.
Instantiation (2021)
Journal Article
Marmodoro, A. (2021). Instantiation. Metaphysics, 4(1), 32-46
Some Hope for Kant’s Groundwork III (2021)
Journal Article
Saunders, J. (2021). Some Hope for Kant’s Groundwork III. Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174x.2021.1997798Kant worries that if we are not free, morality will be nothing more than a phantasm for us. In the final section of the Groundwork, he attempts secure our freedom, and with it, morality. Here is a simplified version of his argument: 1. A rational wil... Read More about Some Hope for Kant’s Groundwork III.
Forms and Structure in Plato's Metaphysics (2021)
Book
Marmodoro, A. (2021). Forms and Structure in Plato's Metaphysics. Oxford University Press
Locke, Newton, and Edmund Law (2021)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2021). Locke, Newton, and Edmund Law. In J. Gordon-Roth, & S. Weinberg (Eds.), The Lockean Mind. Routledge
Words, Species, and Kinds (2021)
Journal Article
Miller, J. (2021). Words, Species, and Kinds. Metaphysics, 4(1), 18-31. https://doi.org/10.5334/met.70It has been widely argued that words are analogous to species such that words, like species, are natural kinds. In this paper, I consider the metaphysics of word-kinds. After arguing against an essentialist approach, I argue that word-kinds are homeo... Read More about Words, Species, and Kinds.
Absence and Nothing (2021)
Book
Mumford, S. (2021). Absence and Nothing. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198831532.001.0001
What is evidence as evidence is used? A case of dualism? (2021)
Journal Article
Fletcher, A. N. (2022). What is evidence as evidence is used? A case of dualism?. Social Theory & Health, 20(3), 291-305. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-021-00170-4How ‘evidence’ is conceptualised, generated and deployed in meso-level policy implementation on the ground is critical to health delivery. Using the case of a large-scale health service reconfiguration in northwest England, this study began as a narr... Read More about What is evidence as evidence is used? A case of dualism?.
The dynamical essence of powers (2021)
Journal Article
Roselli, A., & Austin, C. (2021). The dynamical essence of powers. Synthese, 199(5-6), 14951-14973. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03450-8Powers are properties defined by what they do. The focus of the large majority of the powers literature has been mainly put on explicating the (multifaceted) results of the production of a power in certain (multifaceted) initial conditions: but all t... Read More about The dynamical essence of powers.
Rigour versus the need for evidential diversity (2021)
Journal Article
Cartwright, N. (2021). Rigour versus the need for evidential diversity. Synthese, 199(5-6), 13095-13119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03368-1This paper defends the need for evidential diversity and the mix of methods that that can in train require. The focus is on causal claims, especially ‘singular’ claims about the effects of causes in a specific setting—either what will happen or what... Read More about Rigour versus the need for evidential diversity.