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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.2021.757583

Prison 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.

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/s1477175621000294

The 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

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

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/s41285-021-00170-4

How ‘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/s11229-021-03450-8

Powers 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/s11229-021-03368-1

This 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.

Stereotypes, Epistemic Dilemmas and Epistemic Dispositions (2021)
Book Chapter
Puddifoot, K. (2021). Stereotypes, Epistemic Dilemmas and Epistemic Dispositions. In K. McCain, S. Stapleford, & M. P. Steup (Eds.), Epistemic Dilemmas: New Arguments, New Angles. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003134565

People sometimes face an epistemic dilemma with regards to stereotyping. We harbor a stereotype that reflects something of social reality, e.g., high rates of criminal involvement among members of a certain social group. But if we apply the stereotyp... Read More about Stereotypes, Epistemic Dilemmas and Epistemic Dispositions.