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In pain (2001)
Journal Article
Noordhof, P. (2001). In pain. Analysis, 61(2),

Sortal concepts and modality
Book
Mackie, P. Sortal concepts and modality. University of Nottingham

What is the modal significance of sortal concepts? It is generally accepted that sortal concepts provide persistence conditions with modal implications that are de re, and not merely de dicto. I do not think that this important assumption has receive... Read More about Sortal concepts and modality.

Global Expressivism: language agency without semantics, reality without metaphysics
Book
Barker, S. J. Global Expressivism: language agency without semantics, reality without metaphysics. (submitted to) Oxford University Press. Manuscript submitted for publication

There is a wide-spread belief amongst theorists of mind and language. This is that in order to understand the relation between language, thought, and reality we need a theory of meaning and content, that is, a normative, formal science of meaning, wh... Read More about Global Expressivism: language agency without semantics, reality without metaphysics.

What Pedro could do
Book
Woodard, C. (2007). What Pedro could do. University of Nottingham

This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case. One approach suggests that Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the i... Read More about What Pedro could do.