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Panpsychism (2017)
Book Chapter
Goff, P. (2017). Panpsychism. In E. Zalta (Ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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

Language and ontological emergence (2017)
Journal Article
Miller, J. (2017). Language and ontological emergence. Philosophica (Gent. Printed), 91, 105-143

Providing 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.

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/10.4324/9781315211626-1

This 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.

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

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.2017.12.005

Randomized 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.

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”?.