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Why Big Theories are Here to Stay (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartwright, N. (2019, November). Why Big Theories are Here to Stay. Presented at «The Theoretical University» in the Data Age. Have the great theories become obsolete?, Bielefield University

Overcoming the Divide between Freedom and Nature: Clarisse Coignet on the Metaphysics of Independent Morality (2019)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Introduction (2019)
Book Chapter
Cowie, C., & Rowland, R. (2020). Introduction. In Companions in guilt : arguments in metaethics (1-16). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429454677-1

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book aims to distinguish between two kinds of companions in guilt strategy: by analogy, and by entailment. It explores the methodology o... Read More about Introduction.

Natural Name Theory and Linguistic Kinds (2019)
Journal Article
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.

Implicit Bias and Prejudice (2019)
Book Chapter
Holroyd, J., & Puddifoot, K. (2019). Implicit Bias and Prejudice. In M. G. Fricker, J. H. Peter, & N. David Pedersen (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315717937

Empirical research has substantiated the finding that very many of us harbour implicit biases: fast, automatic, and difficult to control processes that encode stereotypes and evaluative content, and influence how we think and behave. The influence of... Read More about Implicit Bias and Prejudice.

Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Predicting What Will Work Locally (2019)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.