Professor Emily Thomas' Outputs (12)

Metaphysical Idealists in Britain: Constance Naden, Victoria Welby, and Arabella Buckley (2023)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2023). Metaphysical Idealists in Britain: Constance Naden, Victoria Welby, and Arabella Buckley. In A. Stone, & L. Moland (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century (C34S1–C34N22). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197558898.013.34

Idealists agree that reality is somehow mental, holding say that reality comprises consciousness or spirit. Idealism can be developed in many different ways and, before the distinctive movement known as “British idealism” emerged, other idealisms wer... Read More about Metaphysical Idealists in Britain: Constance Naden, Victoria Welby, and Arabella Buckley.

Space and its Relationship to God (2022)
Book Chapter
Janiak, A., & Thomas, E. (2022). Space and its Relationship to God. In D. Miller, & D. Jalobeanu (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution (424-438). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333108.025

During the Scientific Revolution, philosophers wondered how best to understand space. Many debates revolved around the account advanced in Descartes’s Principles of Philosophy (1644), and this chapter treats it as a focal point. Descartes argued for... Read More about Space and its Relationship to God.

Locke, Newton, and Edmund Law (2021)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2021). Locke, Newton, and Edmund Law. In J. Gordon-Roth, & S. Weinberg (Eds.), The Lockean Mind. Routledge

Travel as Exploration: Science, the Unknown and Personal Discovery (2021)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2021). Travel as Exploration: Science, the Unknown and Personal Discovery. In M. Niblett, & K. Beuret (Eds.), Why Travel? (205-228). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529216394.ch011

Samuel Alexander’s Place in British Philosophy: Realism and Naturalism from the 1880s Onwards (2021)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2021). Samuel Alexander’s Place in British Philosophy: Realism and Naturalism from the 1880s Onwards. In A. Fisher (Ed.), Marking the Centenary of Samuel Alexander's Space, Time and Deity (113-127). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65121-3_7

Travelling for Exploration: Science, Space Travel, and Personal Discovery (2021)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2021). Travelling for Exploration: Science, Space Travel, and Personal Discovery. In M. Niblett, & K. Beuret (Eds.), Why Travel? Understanding our Need to Move and How it Shapes our Lives. Bristol University Press

The History of Philosophy and its Disappeared Women (2020)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2020). The History of Philosophy and its Disappeared Women. In E. Vintiadis (Ed.), Philosophy by Women: 23 Philosophers Reflect on Philosophy and Its Values. Routledge

Travel Writing and Early Modern Experimental Philosophy (2020)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (in press). Travel Writing and Early Modern Experimental Philosophy. In Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20791-9_97-1

Anne Conway on the Identity of Creatures over Time (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2018). Anne Conway on the Identity of Creatures over Time. In E. Thomas (Ed.), Early Modern Women on Metaphysics. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316827192.008

Creation, Divine Freedom, and Catharine Cockburn: An Intellectualist on Possible Worlds and Contingent Laws (2017)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2017). Creation, Divine Freedom, and Catharine Cockburn: An Intellectualist on Possible Worlds and Contingent Laws. In Women and Liberty, 1600-1800. Oxford University Press

Samuel Alexander’s Spacetime God: A Naturalist Rival to Current Emergentist Theologies (2016)
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. (2016). Samuel Alexander’s Spacetime God: A Naturalist Rival to Current Emergentist Theologies. In A. A. Buckareff, & Y. Nagasawa (Eds.), Alternative Concepts of God (255-273). Oxford University Press

Cavendish, Conway, and Cockburn on Matter
Book Chapter
Thomas, E. Cavendish, Conway, and Cockburn on Matter. In K. Detlefsen, & L. Shapiro (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy. Routledge