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An excess of meaning : conceptual over-interpretation in confabulation and schizophrenia (2020)
Journal Article
Bergamin, J. A. (2020). An excess of meaning : conceptual over-interpretation in confabulation and schizophrenia. Topoi, 39, 163-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-018-9609-6

I argue that ordinary (non-pathological) confabulation is a side-effect of an interpretive faculty that makes sense of the world by rationalising our experience within the context of a personal and cultural narrative. However, I argue that a hyperact... Read More about An excess of meaning : conceptual over-interpretation in confabulation and schizophrenia.

Arguing to theism from consciousness (2020)
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Page, B. (2020). Arguing to theism from consciousness. Faith and Philosophy, 37(3), 336-362. https://doi.org/10.37977/faithphil.2020.37.3.5

I provide an argument from consciousness for God’s existence. I first give a form of the argument which ultimately, I think is difficult to evaluate. As such I move on to provide what I take to be a stronger argument, where I claim that consciousness... Read More about Arguing to theism from consciousness.

Getting serious about shared features (2020)
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Khosrowi, D. (2020). Getting serious about shared features. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 71(2), 523-546. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axy029

In Simulation and Similarity, Michael Weisberg offers a similarity-based account of the model–world relation, which is the relation in virtue of which successful models are successful. Weisberg’s main idea is that models are similar to targets in vir... Read More about Getting serious about shared features.

A conciliatory answer to the paradox of the ravens (2020)
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Peden, W. (2020). A conciliatory answer to the paradox of the ravens. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 51(1), 45-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-019-09485-3

In the Paradox of the Ravens, a set of otherwise intuitive claims about evidence seems to be inconsistent. Most attempts at answering the paradox involve rejecting a member of the set, which seems to require a conflict either with commonsense intuiti... Read More about A conciliatory answer to the paradox of the ravens.

Meeting the evil god challenge (2020)
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Page, B., & Baker-Hytch, M. (2020). Meeting the evil god challenge. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 101(3), 489-514. https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12304

The evil god challenge is an argumentative strategy that has been pursued by a number of philosophers in recent years. It is apt to be understood as a parody argument: a wholly evil, omnipotent, and omniscient God is absurd, as both theists and athei... Read More about Meeting the evil god challenge.

Extrapolation of causal effects – hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator’s circle (2019)
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Khosrowi, D. (2019). Extrapolation of causal effects – hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator’s circle. Journal of Economic Methodology, 26(1), 45-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178x.2018.1561078

I consider recent strategies proposed by econometricians for extrapolating causal effects from experimental to target populations. I argue that these strategies fall prey to the extrapolator’s circle: they require so much knowledge about the target p... Read More about Extrapolation of causal effects – hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator’s circle.

How long is now? A new perspective on the specious present (2019)
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Roselli, A. (2019). How long is now? A new perspective on the specious present. Disputatio: International Journal of Philosophy, 10(49), 119-140. https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2018-0009

What is the Specious Present? Which is its duration? And why, ultimately, do we need it to figure in our phenomenological account of temporal perception? In this paper, after introducing the role of the Specious Present in the main models that accoun... Read More about How long is now? A new perspective on the specious present.

Wherein lies the debate? Concerning whether God is a person (2018)
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Page, B. T. (2018). Wherein lies the debate? Concerning whether God is a person. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 85(3), 297-317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-018-9694-x

Within contemporary philosophy of religion there are three main ways in which God is conceptualised in relation to personhood: (1) God is a person and so personal (PP). (2) God is non-personal, and so is not a person (NPNP). (3) God is a personal non... Read More about Wherein lies the debate? Concerning whether God is a person.

Imprecise probability and the measurement of Keynes’s 'Weight of arguments' (2018)
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Peden, W. (2018). Imprecise probability and the measurement of Keynes’s 'Weight of arguments'

Many philosophers argue that Keynes’s concept of the “weight of arguments” is an important aspect of argument appraisal. The weight of an argument is the quantity of relevant evidence cited in the premises. However, this dimension of argumentation do... Read More about Imprecise probability and the measurement of Keynes’s 'Weight of arguments'.

In defense of “targeting” some dissent about science (2018)
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Nash, E. J. (2018). In defense of “targeting” some dissent about science. Perspectives on Science, 26(3), 325-359. https://doi.org/10.1162/posc_a_00277

In a recent article in this journal—“Who’s Afraid of Dissent?”—Immaculada de Melo-Martín and Kristen Intemann argue that “targeting” dissent about science that is perceived to be problematic is both misguided and dangerous. I contend that their argum... Read More about In defense of “targeting” some dissent about science.

Methodological individualism : true and false (2018)
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Malt, A. J. (2018). Methodological individualism : true and false. Review of Austrian Economics, 31(1), 73-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11138-016-0373-9

I apply Hayek’s distinction between ‘true’ and ‘false’ individualism to methodological individualism. Hayek traced ‘false’ individualism to Cartesian rationalism; Hayek’s rejection of Mises’ praxeology was due to its rationalist underpinnings. The fi... Read More about Methodological individualism : true and false.

Realism on the rocks : novel success and James Hutton's theory of the earth (2018)
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Rossetter, T. (2018). Realism on the rocks : novel success and James Hutton's theory of the earth. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 67, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.10.005

In this paper, I introduce a new historical case study into the scientific realism debate. During the late-eighteenth century, the Scottish natural philosopher James Hutton made two important successful novel predictions. The first concerned granitic... Read More about Realism on the rocks : novel success and James Hutton's theory of the earth.

Being-in-the-flow : expert coping as beyond both thought and automaticity (2017)
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Bergamin, J. A. (2017). Being-in-the-flow : expert coping as beyond both thought and automaticity. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 16(3), 403-424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-016-9463-1

Hubert Dreyfus argues that explicit thought disrupts smooth coping at both the level of everyday tasks and of highly-refined skills. However, Barbara Montero criticises Dreyfus for extending what she calls the ‘principle of automaticity’ from our eve... Read More about Being-in-the-flow : expert coping as beyond both thought and automaticity.

Objectivity – what it is for, when we can have it and when we can’t (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Hardie, J. (2016). Objectivity – what it is for, when we can have it and when we can’t

The usage of the words “public” and “public sphere” betrays a multiplicity of concurrent meanings. Their origins go back to various historical phases and....they fuse into a clouded amalgam. Jűrgen Habermas German: I wonder what future historians wil... Read More about Objectivity – what it is for, when we can have it and when we can’t.

Elements, principles and the narrative of affinity. Mi Gyung Kim : affinity that illusive dream : a genealogy of the chemical revolution (2004)
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Eddy, M. D. (2004). Elements, principles and the narrative of affinity. Mi Gyung Kim : affinity that illusive dream : a genealogy of the chemical revolution. Foundations of Chemistry, 6(2), 161-175. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Afoch.0000035061.02831.45

In the 18th century, the concept of ‘affinity’, ‘principle’ and ‘element’ dominated chemical discourse, both inside and outside the laboratory. Although much work has been done on these terms and the methodological commitments which guided their usag... Read More about Elements, principles and the narrative of affinity. Mi Gyung Kim : affinity that illusive dream : a genealogy of the chemical revolution.

The University of Edinburgh natural history class lists 1782-1800 (2003)
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Eddy, M. D. (2003). The University of Edinburgh natural history class lists 1782-1800. Archives of Natural History, 30(1), 97-117

In 1779 Revd Dr John Walker was appointed to be the University of Edinburgh’s Professor of Natural History. Because of the institutional structure of the university, he took care to keep detailed class lists from 1782 to 1800. These are extant in the... Read More about The University of Edinburgh natural history class lists 1782-1800.