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The Ontology of E. J. Lowe's Substance Dualism (2018)
Book Chapter
Carruth, A. D., & Gibb, S. C. (2018). The Ontology of E. J. Lowe's Substance Dualism. In A. D. Carruth, S. C. Gibb, & J. Heil (Eds.), Ontology, Modality, Mind: Themes from the Metaphysics of E. J. Lowe. Oxford University Press

Revelation, consciousness+ and the phenomenal powers view (2018)
Journal Article
Goff, P. (2020). Revelation, consciousness+ and the phenomenal powers view. Topoi, 39, 1089-1092. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-018-9594-9

Revelation is roughly the thesis that we have introspective access to the essential nature of our conscious states. This thesis is appealed to in arguments against physicalism. Little attention has been given to the problem that Revelation is a sourc... Read More about Revelation, consciousness+ and the phenomenal powers view.

If anyone is in Christ – new creation! (2018)
Journal Article
Page, B. T. (2020). If anyone is in Christ – new creation!. Religious Studies, 56(4), 525-541. https://doi.org/10.1017/s003441251800063x

This paper investigates the metaphysical transformation that occurs when a believer becomes a new creation, something which hasn’t yet been explored in the literature. I start by setting out what this ontological transformation involves, and then pro... Read More about If anyone is in Christ – new creation!.

Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity (with focus on his Letter ad Ablabius) (2018)
Book Chapter
Marmodoro, A. (2018). Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity (with focus on his Letter ad Ablabius). In A. Marmodoro, & N. McLynn (Eds.), Exploring Gregory of Nyssa : philosophical, theological and historical studies (220-234). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198826422.003.0012

This chapter explores Gregory’s metaphysics of the Trinity, which used an innovative distinction between stuffs (e.g. gold), which cannot be counted, and individuals (e.g. rings), which can. Gregory identifies the nature of any kind with the totality... Read More about Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity (with focus on his Letter ad Ablabius).

Whole, but not one (2018)
Book Chapter
Marmodoro, A. (2018). Whole, but not one. In J. Heil, S. Gibb, & A. Carruth (Eds.), Ontology, modality, mind : themes from the metaphysics of E. J. Lowe (60-72). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198796299.003.0005

A number of contemporary metaphysicians find Aristotle’s hylomorphism a promising and yet wanting account of what there is, and have engaged in ‘reconditioning’ it into a sound metaphysics (e.g. Jaworski 2016, Koons 2014, Rea 2011, among others). Jon... Read More about Whole, but not one.

Will Your Policy Work? Experiments versus Models (2018)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2018). Will Your Policy Work? Experiments versus Models. In I. Peschard, & B. van Frassen (Eds.), The experimental side of modeling. University of Minnesota Press

The Bright Side of Memory Errors (2018)
Other
Puddifoot, K., & Bortolotti, L. (2018). The Bright Side of Memory Errors

The paper discusses the epistemic benefits of cognitive mechanisms producing distorted memories. Aimed at a non-specialist audience.

Constitutivism about Epistemic Normativity (2018)
Book Chapter
Cowie, C., & Greenberg, A. (2018). Constitutivism about Epistemic Normativity. In C. Kyriacou, & R. McKenna (Eds.), Metaepistemology : realism and anti-realism (173-196). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93369-6_8

According to constitutivists about epistemic normativity, epistemic normativity is explained by the nature of belief. Specifically, it is explained by the fact that, as a matter of conceptual necessity, belief stands in a normative relation to truth.... Read More about Constitutivism about Epistemic Normativity.

Cross-disciplinary evidence principles for social-environmental sustainability (2018)
Journal Article
Game, E., Tallis, H., Olander, L., Alexander, S., Busch, J., Cartwright, N., …Sutherland, W. (2018). Cross-disciplinary evidence principles for social-environmental sustainability. Nature Sustainability, 1(9), 452-454. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0141-x

Evidence-based approaches to sustainability challenges must draw on knowledge from the environment, development and health communities. To be practicable, this requires an approach to evidence that is broader and less hierarchical than the standards... Read More about Cross-disciplinary evidence principles for social-environmental sustainability.

Beyond Professional Self-Interest: Medical Ethics and the Disciplinary Function of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, 1858-1914 (2018)
Journal Article
Maehle, A. (2020). Beyond Professional Self-Interest: Medical Ethics and the Disciplinary Function of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, 1858-1914. Social History of Medicine, 33(1), 41-56. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hky072

Traditional historiography tends to draw a negative picture of British doctors’ ethics during the long nineteenth century. The medical professional ethics of this period have been described as self-serving and as a tool to monopolise the health care... Read More about Beyond Professional Self-Interest: Medical Ethics and the Disciplinary Function of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, 1858-1914.

Merleau-Ponty and Metaphysical Realism (2018)
Journal Article
James, S. P. (2018). Merleau-Ponty and Metaphysical Realism. European Journal of Philosophy, 26(4), 1312-1323. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12386

Global metaphysical antirealism (or “antirealism”) is often thought to entail that the identity of each and every concrete entity in our world ultimately depends on us—on our adoption of certain social and linguistic conventions, for instance, or on... Read More about Merleau-Ponty and Metaphysical Realism.

Physical Properties (2018)
Book Chapter
Carruth, A. (2018). Physical Properties. In M. Guta (Ed.), Counsciousness and the Ontology of Properties (24-39). Routledge

Music in body and imagination (2018)
Book Chapter
Evans, H. (2018). Music in body and imagination. In Y. Kim, & S. Gilman (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of music and the body. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190636234.013.12

Music is widely thought to have therapeutic possibilities. The predominant attempts to understand music-as-therapy focus on “how it works.”. This readily leads to reductionist accounts that appear to leave out an understanding of musical experience—a... Read More about Music in body and imagination.

Individuating Processes (2018)
Book Chapter
Pemberton, J. (2018). Individuating Processes. In O. Bueno, R.-L. Chen, & M. B. Fagan (Eds.), Individuation, process, and scientific practices (39-62). Oxford University Press

The Real Problem with Perturbative Quantum Field Theory (2018)
Journal Article
Fraser, J. D. (2020). The Real Problem with Perturbative Quantum Field Theory. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 71(2), 391-413. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axx042

The perturbative approach to quantum field theory (QFT) has long been viewed with suspicion by philosophers of science. This article offers a diagnosis of its conceptual problems. Drawing on Norton’s ([2012]) discussion of the notion of approximation... Read More about The Real Problem with Perturbative Quantum Field Theory.