Outputs (18)

Russell-names: an introduction to Millian descriptivism (2015)
Journal Article
Predelli, S. (2016). Russell-names: an introduction to Millian descriptivism. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 45(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-015-9390-6

This essay studies the semantic properties of what I call Russell-names. Russell-names bear intimate semantic relations with descriptive conditions, in consonance with the main tenets of descriptivism. Yet, they are endowed with the semantic properti... Read More about Russell-names: an introduction to Millian descriptivism.

Plenitude, pluralism and neo-Lockean persons (2015)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. (2015). Plenitude, pluralism and neo-Lockean persons. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 22(11-12),

Explanatory asymmetries: laws of nature rehabilitated (2015)
Journal Article
Jansson, L. (2015). Explanatory asymmetries: laws of nature rehabilitated. Journal of Philosophy, 112(11), https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil20151121138

The problem of explanatory non-symmetries provides the strongest reason to abandon the view that laws can figure in explanations without causal underpinnings. I argue that this problem can be overcome. The solution that I propose starts from noticing... Read More about Explanatory asymmetries: laws of nature rehabilitated.

The political is political: Conformity and the illusion of dissent in contemporary political philosophy (2015)
Journal Article
Duff, K. (2016). The political is political: Conformity and the illusion of dissent in contemporary political philosophy. Contemporary Political Theory, 15(3), e50-e53. https://doi.org/10.1057/cpt.2015.51

The new a-theory of time (2015)
Journal Article
Tallant, J. (2015). The new a-theory of time. Inquiry, 58(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2015.1069067

The New A-theory of Time (TNAT) is the view, to be elaborated and defended in this article, that many times exist, and that time is real in virtue of every moment in time bearing each of the so-called A-properties: past, present and future. I argue t... Read More about The new a-theory of time.

Against strong pluralism (2015)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. W. (in press). Against strong pluralism. Philosophia, 43(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-015-9640-4

Strong pluralists hold that not even permanent material coincidence is enough for identity. Strong pluralism entails the possibility of purely material objects -- even if not coincident -- alike in all general respects, categorial and dispositional,... Read More about Against strong pluralism.

Hybrid theories (2015)
Book Chapter
Woodard, C. (2015). Hybrid theories. In G. Fletcher (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of philosophy of well-being. Routledge

Idiosyncratic Perception (2015)
Journal Article

Some have argued that we can put pressure on a relational view of experience with reference to the fact that the idiosyncrasies of perceivers can affect the qualitative characters of their experiences. Quassim Cassam calls this the problem of idiosyn... Read More about Idiosyncratic Perception.

Who’s afraid of the predicate theory of names? (2015)
Journal Article
Predelli, S. (2015). Who’s afraid of the predicate theory of names?. Linguistics and Philosophy, 38(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-015-9177-9

This essay is devoted to an analysis of the semantic significance of a fashionable view of proper names, the Predicate Theory of names (PT), typically developed in the direction of the Metalinguistic Theory of names (MT). According to MT, ‘syntactic... Read More about Who’s afraid of the predicate theory of names?.

Identity over time, constitution and the problem of personal identity (2015)
Book Chapter
Curtis, B. L., & NOONAN, H. W. (2015). Identity over time, constitution and the problem of personal identity. In S. M. Miller (Ed.), The Constitution of Phenomenal Consciousness: Toward a science and theory (348-371). John Benjamins Publishing Co