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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.

Do We Have Moral Duties to Past People? (2021)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2021). Do We Have Moral Duties to Past People?. In S. M. Gardiner (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190881931.013.34

This chapter aims, first, to investigate the metaphysical difficulties concerning the status of the dead and the basis of the obligations that the living owe to them and, second, to determine in more detail what rights the dead may have and what obli... Read More about Do We Have Moral Duties to Past People?.

Time through time: its evolution through western philosophy in seven ideas (2021)
Journal Article
Thomas, E. (2021). Time through time: its evolution through western philosophy in seven ideas. Think, 20(58), 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477175621000038

What is time? Just like everything else in the world, our understanding of time has changed continually over time. This article tracks this question through the history of Western philosophy and looks at major answers from the likes of Aristotle, Kan... Read More about Time through time: its evolution through western philosophy in seven ideas.

A Problem for Natural-Kind Essentialism and Formal Causes (2021)
Book Chapter
Alvarado, J. T., & Tugby, M. (2021). A Problem for Natural-Kind Essentialism and Formal Causes. In L. Jansen, & P. Sandstad (Eds.), Neo-Aristotelian perspectives on formal causation (201-221). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429329821

A combination of formal causation and natural-kind essentialism has good prospects. After all, natural-kind essentialists are under pressure to accept that natural kinds ground or formally cause the properties that characterize them. However, natural... Read More about A Problem for Natural-Kind Essentialism and Formal Causes.

Powers: The No-Successor Problem (2021)
Journal Article
Pemberton, J. (2021). Powers: The No-Successor Problem. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 7(2), 213-230. https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2020.13

This essay considers the implications for the powers metaphysic of the no-successor problem: As there are no successors in the set of real numbers, one state cannot occur just after another in continuous time without there being a gap between the two... Read More about Powers: The No-Successor Problem.

The bagatelle of human flourishing: Using realist evaluation to disentangle the multiple wellbeing benefits of participatory music activity (2021)
Journal Article
Fletcher, A., & Hackett, S. (2021). The bagatelle of human flourishing: Using realist evaluation to disentangle the multiple wellbeing benefits of participatory music activity. Musicology research, 7(Winter 2021),

The benefits of music participation are seen across health, education and social care contexts, and can help different people with different needs in different ways. As the boundaries between these contexts increasingly overlap, the need for flexible... Read More about The bagatelle of human flourishing: Using realist evaluation to disentangle the multiple wellbeing benefits of participatory music activity.