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Imprecise probability and the measurement of Keynes’s 'Weight of arguments' (2018)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Nuclear Politics in Asia (2017)
Book
Kouhi Esfahani, M., & Mohammadighalehtaki, A. (Eds.). (2017). Nuclear Politics in Asia. Routledge

Socio-political entrepreneurship in Israel: the case of the Northern Islamic Movement (2017)
Preprint / Working Paper
Tauber, L. A. (2017). Socio-political entrepreneurship in Israel: the case of the Northern Islamic Movement

This paper examines the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel by using ‘socio-political entrepreneurship’ as the analytical framework. While the notion of entrepreneurship originated in the field of economics, it has also taken hold in th... Read More about Socio-political entrepreneurship in Israel: the case of the Northern Islamic Movement.

Being-in-the-flow : expert coping as beyond both thought and automaticity (2017)
Journal Article
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.

The Middle East in the international system: improving, understanding and breaking down the international relations/area studies divide (2017)
Preprint / Working Paper
Fawcett, L. (2017). The Middle East in the international system: improving, understanding and breaking down the international relations/area studies divide

The year 2016 is a particularly timely one for a re-launch of the Institute for Middle East and Islamic Studies at Durham University. Events in the Middle East and North Africa continue to present huge challenges for regional and international order... Read More about The Middle East in the international system: improving, understanding and breaking down the international relations/area studies divide.

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.

Islamism and Cultural Expression in the Arab World. (2015)
Book
Hamdar, A., & Moore, L. (Eds.). (2015). Islamism and Cultural Expression in the Arab World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315726731

Whereas most studies of Islamism focus on politics and religious ideology, this book analyses the ways in which Islamism in the Arab world is defined, reflected, transmitted and contested in a variety of creative and other cultural forms. It covers a... Read More about Islamism and Cultural Expression in the Arab World..

The Female Suffering Body: Illness and Disability in Modern Arabic Literature. (2014)
Book
Hamdar, A. (2014). The Female Suffering Body: Illness and Disability in Modern Arabic Literature. Syracuse University Press

Although there is a history of rich, complex, and variegated representations of female illness in Western literature over the last two centuries, the sick female body has traditionally remained outside the Arab literary imagination. Hamdar takes on t... Read More about The Female Suffering Body: Illness and Disability in Modern Arabic Literature..