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Essential bundle theory and modality (2018)
Journal Article
Jago, M. (2021). Essential bundle theory and modality. Synthese, 198(4), 1439–1454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1819-3

Bundle theories identify material objects with bundles of properties. On the traditional approach, these are the properties possessed by that material object. That view faces a deep problem: it seems to say that all of an object’s properties are esse... Read More about Essential bundle theory and modality.

Bálint's syndrome, object seeing, and spatial perception (2018)
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French, C. (in press). Bálint's syndrome, object seeing, and spatial perception. Mind and Language, https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12187

Ordinary cases of object seeing involve the visual perception of space and spatial location. But does seeing an object require such spatial perception? An empirical challenge to the idea that it does comes from reflection upon Bálint's syndrome, for... Read More about Bálint's syndrome, object seeing, and spatial perception.

Persistence and modality (2018)
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Mackie, P. (2018). Persistence and modality. Synthese, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1776-x

It seems plausible to say that what changes an entity can or cannot survive depends on its persistence conditions, and that these depend, in turn, on its sortal kind. It might seem to follow that an entity cannot belong to two sortal kinds with poten... Read More about Persistence and modality.

Is perception the canonical route to aesthetic judgement? (2018)
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Robson, J. (2018). Is perception the canonical route to aesthetic judgement?. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 96(4), 657-668. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2017.1389964

It is commonplace amongst philosophers of art to make claims which postulate important links between aesthetics and perception. In this paper, I focus on one such claim: that perception is the canonical route to aesthetic judgement. I consider a rang... Read More about Is perception the canonical route to aesthetic judgement?.

Privacy Rights and Public Information (2018)
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Rumbold, B., & Wilson, J. (2019). Privacy Rights and Public Information. Journal of Political Philosophy, 27(1), 3-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12158

Causation in a timeless world? (2018)
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Tallant, J. (2018). Causation in a timeless world?. Inquiry, 62(3), 300-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2018.1446051

This paper is an attempt to answer the question, 'could there be causation in a timeless world?' My conclusion: tentatively, yes. The paper and argument have three parts. Part one introduces salient issues and spells out the importance of this (initi... Read More about Causation in a timeless world?.

Omni-beauty as a divine attribute (2018)
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Robson, J. (2019). Omni-beauty as a divine attribute. Religious Studies, 55(1), 55-75. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412518000112

Abstract: the claim that God is perfectly beautiful has played a key role within the history of a number of religious traditions. However, this view has received surprisingly little attention from philosophers of religion in recent decades. In this p... Read More about Omni-beauty as a divine attribute.

The Criminal Is Political: Policing Politics in Real Existing Liberalism (2017)
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Duff, K. (2017). The Criminal Is Political: Policing Politics in Real Existing Liberalism. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 3(4), 485-502. https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2017.39

The familiar irony of ‘real existing socialism’ is that it never was. Socialist ideals were used to legitimize regimes that fell far short of realizing those ideals—indeed, that violently repressed anyone who tried to realize them. This paper suggest... Read More about The Criminal Is Political: Policing Politics in Real Existing Liberalism.

Fischer and the fixity of the past (2017)
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Mackie, P. (in press). Fischer and the fixity of the past. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v9i4.2028

Determination and uniformity: the problem with speech-act theories of fiction (2017)
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Predelli, S. (2019). Determination and uniformity: the problem with speech-act theories of fiction. Erkenntnis, 84(2), 309–324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-017-9959-2

Taking inspiration from Searle’s ‘The Logic of Fictional Discourse’, this essay presents an argument against different versions of the so-called ‘speech act theory of fiction’. In particular, it argues that a Uniformity Argument may be constructed, w... Read More about Determination and uniformity: the problem with speech-act theories of fiction.