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Pregnancy, pain and pathology: a reply to Smajdor and Räsänen (2024)
Journal Article

In their recent paper ‘Is pregnancy a disease?’, Anna Smajdor and Joona Räsänen argue in the affirmative, highlighting features shared by both pregnancy and paradigmatic diseases. In particular, they point to the harmful symptoms and side effects of... Read More about Pregnancy, pain and pathology: a reply to Smajdor and Räsänen.

Locative Grounding Harmony (2024)
Journal Article

In this paper, we explore locative grounding harmony, according to which the location of the grounds mirrors the location of the grounded. We proceed in three stages. First, we clarify the notion of locative harmony and describe different locative ha... Read More about Locative Grounding Harmony.

The Tawḥīds of Ibn Taymiyya (2024)
Book Chapter

On The Myth of Psychotherapy * (2024)
Journal Article

Thomas Szasz famously argued that mental illness is a myth. Less famously, Szasz argued that since mental illness is a myth, so too is psychotherapy. Szasz' claim that mental illness is a myth has been much discussed, but much less attention has been... Read More about On The Myth of Psychotherapy *.

Surrogacy and Adoption: An Empirical Investigation of Public Moral Attitudes (2024)
Journal Article

Surrogacy and adoption are both family-making measures subject to extensive domestic and international regulation. In this nationally representative survey study (N = 1552), we explore public attitudes to various forms of surrogacy and adoption in th... Read More about Surrogacy and Adoption: An Empirical Investigation of Public Moral Attitudes.

Just Police Violence: Liberal ideology and the critique of violence from Walter Benjamin to Black Lives Matter (2024)
Journal Article

Policing is broadly legitimate – even while imperfect and in need of reform. This axiom of liberal political theory and practice is shaken by movements like Black Lives Matter, which confront and expose carceral violence as the routine, deadly edge o... Read More about Just Police Violence: Liberal ideology and the critique of violence from Walter Benjamin to Black Lives Matter.

Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility (2024)
Book

Almost everyone grows up in a family, and family ties play an important role in daily life. But what exactly is a 'family'? What is a 'family tie'? We use the general concept of 'family' in many contexts – in fiction, in talk shows, in law, in politi... Read More about Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility.

There are more, or fewer, things than most of us think (2024)
Journal Article

In Chapter 12 of his book Material Beings (Van Inwagen, Peter. 1990. Material Beings. Ithaca: Cornell University Press) van Inwagen argues that there are no artefacts, or very few, certainly fewer than most people believe. Artisans very rarely create... Read More about There are more, or fewer, things than most of us think.

Metaethics and the nature of properties (2024)
Journal Article

This paper explores connections between theories of morality and theories of properties. It argues that: (1) Moral realism is in tension with predicate, class and mereological nominalism; (2) Moral non-naturalism is incompatible with standard version... Read More about Metaethics and the nature of properties.

The Megaric Possibility Paradox (2024)
Journal Article

In Metaphysics Theta 3 Aristotle attributes to the Megarics and unknown others a notorious modal thesis: (M) something can φ only if it is φ-ing. Aristotle does not tell us what motivated (M). Almost all scholars take Aristotle’s report to indicate t... Read More about The Megaric Possibility Paradox.