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What Problem Did Ladd-Franklin (Think She) Solve(d)? (2021)
Journal Article
Uckelman, S. L. (2021). What Problem Did Ladd-Franklin (Think She) Solve(d)?. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 62(3), 527-552. https://doi.org/10.1215/00294527-2021-0026

Christine Ladd-Franklin is often hailed as a guiding star in the history of women in logic—not only did she study under C. S. Peirce and was one of the first women to receive a PhD from Johns Hopkins, she also, according to many modern commentators,... Read More about What Problem Did Ladd-Franklin (Think She) Solve(d)?.

The twin origins of renormalization group concepts (2021)
Journal Article
Fraser, J. D. (2021). The twin origins of renormalization group concepts. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 89, 114-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.08.002

This paper traces the origin of renormalization group concepts back to two strands of 1950s high energy physics: the causal perturbation theory programme, which gave rise to the Stueckelberg-Petermann renormalization group, and the debate about the c... Read More about The twin origins of renormalization group concepts.

Socially Embedded Agency: Lessons from Marginalized Identities (2021)
Book Chapter
Webster, A. K. (2021). Socially Embedded Agency: Lessons from Marginalized Identities. In D. Shoemaker (Ed.), Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility Volume 7 (104-129). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192844644.003.0006

This chapter proposes a distinctive kind of agency that can vindicate the agency of members of marginalized groups while accommodating the autonomy-undermining influences of oppression. Socially embedded agency—the locus of which is in the exercise o... Read More about Socially Embedded Agency: Lessons from Marginalized Identities.

The Indirect Health Effects of COVID-19: Emerging Findings from Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa, and Uganda (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Bayani, D., Krubiner, C., Barasa, E., Biribawa, C., Broadbent, A., Casas, L., Chalkidou, K., Chi, Y., Combrink, H., Denis, O., Kaakyo, M., Kabia, E., Kasera, K., Kazungu, J., Ogero, M., Organi, S., Paterno, A., Regan, L., Smart, B., Streicher, P., …Walker, D. The Indirect Health Effects of COVID-19: Emerging Findings from Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa, and Uganda

What Counts as a 'Good Metaphysical Language'? (2021)
Book Chapter
Miller, J. (2021). What Counts as a 'Good Metaphysical Language'?. In J. Miller (Ed.), The Language of Ontology (102-118). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192895332.003.0007

The objectively best language is intended to refer to some metaphysically privileged language that ‘carves reality at its joints’ perfectly. That is, it is the kind of language that various ‘metaphysical deflationists’ have argued is impossible. One... Read More about What Counts as a 'Good Metaphysical Language'?.

Sensation and the Grammar of Life: Anscombe’s Procedure and Her Purpose (2021)
Book Chapter
Mac Cumhaill, C., & Wiseman, R. (2021). Sensation and the Grammar of Life: Anscombe’s Procedure and Her Purpose. In H. Logue, & L. Richardson (Eds.), Purpose and Procedure in Philosophy of Perception (276-294). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198853534.003.0014

Anscombe’s published writings, lectures, and notes on sensation offer material for a sophisticated critique of philosophical theories of perception and a novel analysis of the concept of sensation. Her philosophy of perception begins with the traditi... Read More about Sensation and the Grammar of Life: Anscombe’s Procedure and Her Purpose.