Sommerfeld’s Miracle: The Ultimate Challenge to Scientific Realism
(2017)
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Vickers, P. (2017). Sommerfeld’s Miracle: The Ultimate Challenge to Scientific Realism
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Panpsychism (2017)
Book Chapter
Goff, P. (2017). Panpsychism. In E. Zalta (Ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The ‘Power’-ful Trinity (2017)
Journal Article
Page, B. T. (2017). The ‘Power’-ful Trinity. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 9(4), 155-180. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v9i4.1875This paper proposes a new orthodox Latin Trinitarian model of the Trinity, through employing current work from the metaphysics of powers. It outlines theses defended within the contemporary powers literature that form the backbone of the account and... Read More about The ‘Power’-ful Trinity.
A philosophical argument against evidence-based policy (2017)
Journal Article
Anjum, R., & Mumford, S. (2017). A philosophical argument against evidence-based policy. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 23(5), 1045-1050. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12578
Downward causation (2017)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2017). Downward causation. In M. P. Paoletti, & F. Orilia (Eds.), Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives on Downward Causation (42-53). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315638577
Knowing nature: beyond reduction and emergence (2017)
Book Chapter
Simpson, W. (2017). Knowing nature: beyond reduction and emergence. In A. B. Torrance, & T. H. McCall (Eds.), Knowing Creation: Perspectives from Theology, Philosophy, and Science (237-260). Zondervan
Stoic Blends (2017)
Journal Article
Marmodoro, A. (2017). Stoic Blends . Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy, 32(1), https://doi.org/10.1163/22134417-00321p02
Philosophy of Epidemiology (2017)
Book Chapter
Broadbent, A. (2017). Philosophy of Epidemiology. In J. Marcum (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Companion to Contemporary Philosophy of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474233033.ch-004
Is it a problem that physics is mathematical? (2017)
Journal Article
Goff, P. (2017). Is it a problem that physics is mathematical?. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 24(9-10), 50-58In her paper 'Does the Mathematical Nature of Physics Undermine Physicalism?' Susan Schneider draws attention to a much neglected challenge to physicalism, arising from its mathematical vocabulary. Whilst I agree with Schneider that the mathematical... Read More about Is it a problem that physics is mathematical?.
Language and ontological emergence (2017)
Journal Article
Miller, J. (2017). Language and ontological emergence. Philosophica (Gent. Printed), 91, 105-143Providing empirically supportable instances of ontological emergence is notoriously difficult. Typically, the literature has focused on two possible sources. The first is the mind and consciousness; the second is within physics, and more specifically... Read More about Language and ontological emergence.
Beyond 'crude pragmatism' in sports coaching: Insights from C.S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey: A commentary (2017)
Journal Article
Mumford, S. (2017). Beyond 'crude pragmatism' in sports coaching: Insights from C.S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey: A commentary. International journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 12(1), 65-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954116684224
Emergence and demergence (2017)
Book Chapter
Anjum, R., & Mumford, S. (2017). Emergence and demergence. . Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315638577
Reflections on Contemporary Science and the New Aristotelianism (2017)
Book Chapter
Koons, R. C., Simpson, W. M. R., & Teh, N. J. (2017). Reflections on Contemporary Science and the New Aristotelianism. In W. M. R. Simpson, R. C. Koons, & N. J. Teh (Eds.), Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (1-11). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315211626-1This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book considers the challenge to traditional Aristotelian metaphysics posed by the 'block universe' of special relativity, as modeled by... Read More about Reflections on Contemporary Science and the New Aristotelianism.
Review of Donna Thornton and Kevin Murray, Bibliography of Publications on Irish Placenames (2017)
Journal Article
Uckelman, S. L. (2017). Review of Donna Thornton and Kevin Murray, Bibliography of Publications on Irish Placenames. Peritia, 27, 306-307
Panpsychism (2017)
Digital Artefact
Goff, P. (2017). Panpsychism. [[Media unknown]]
Panpsychism (2017)
Book Chapter
Goff, P. (2017). Panpsychism. In S. Schneider, & M. Velmans (Eds.), Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, 2nd Ed. Blackwell
Conflict and Resolution (editorial for Environmental Values) (2017)
Other
James, S. P. (2017). Conflict and Resolution (editorial for Environmental Values)
Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials (2017)
Journal Article
Deaton, A., & Cartwright, N. (2018). Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials. Social Science & Medicine, 210, 2-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.005Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are increasingly popular in the social sciences, not only in medicine. We argue that the lay public, and sometimes researchers, put too much trust in RCTs over other methods of investigation. Contrary to frequent c... Read More about Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials.
Wittgenstein, Hume and Naturalism (2017)
Book Chapter
Smith, B. (2017). Wittgenstein, Hume and Naturalism. In Wittgenstein and naturalism. Routledge
Randomized Controlled Trials: How Can We Know “What Works”? (2017)
Journal Article
Cowen, N., Virk, B., Mascarenhan-Keyes, S., & Cartwright, N. (2017). Randomized Controlled Trials: How Can We Know “What Works”?. Critical Review, 29(3), 265-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/08913811.2017.1395223“Evidence-based” methods, which most prominently include randomized controlled trials, have gained increasing purchase as the “gold standard” for assessing the effect of public policies. But the enthusiasm for evidence-based research overlooks questi... Read More about Randomized Controlled Trials: How Can We Know “What Works”?.