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The Simple and Complex Views of Personal Identity Distinguished (2017)
Book Chapter
Noonan, H., & Curtis, B. L. (2017). The Simple and Complex Views of Personal Identity Distinguished. In V. Buonomo (Ed.), The Persistence of Persons: Studies in the Metaphysics of Personal Identity Over Time. Editiones Scholasticae

Modal realism, still at your convenience (2017)
Journal Article
Noonan, H., & Jago, M. (in press). Modal realism, still at your convenience. Analysis, 77(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anx037

Divers (2014) presents a set of de re modal truths which, he claims, are inconvenient for Lewisean modal realism. We argue that there is no inconvenience for Lewis.

Additional reflections on Putnam, Wright and Brains in Vats (2016)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. W. (2016). Additional reflections on Putnam, Wright and Brains in Vats. Metaphysica, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2016-0016

Putnam’s argument against the sceptical Brain-in-a-Vat hypothesis continues to intrigue. I argue in what follows that the argument refutes a particular kind of sceptic and make a proposal about its more general significance. To appreciate the soundne... Read More about Additional reflections on Putnam, Wright and Brains in Vats.

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),

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.

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

The Passage of Time (2015)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. W. (2015). The Passage of Time. Metaphysica, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2015-0006

Eric Olson argues that the dynamic view of time must be false. It requires that the question ‘How fast does time pass?’ has an answer. But its only possible answer, one second per second, is not an answer. I argue that Olson has failed to identify wh... Read More about The Passage of Time.

Two boxing is not the rational option (2015)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. (in press). Two boxing is not the rational option. Ratio, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12093

In the standard Newcomb scenario two-boxing is not the rational act and, in general, in Newcomb-style cases the ‘two-boxing’ choice is not the rational act. Hence any decision theory which recommends two-boxing is unacceptable.

Two-boxing is irrational (2015)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. (in press). Two-boxing is irrational. Philosophia, 43(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-015-9589-3

Philosophers debate whether one-boxing or two-boxing is the rational act in a Newcomb situation. I shall argue that one-boxing is the only rational choice. This is so because there is no intelligible aim by reference to which you can justify the choi... Read More about Two-boxing is irrational.

Castles Built on Clouds: Vague Identity and Vague Objects (2014)
Book Chapter
Curtis, B., & NOONAN, H. (2014). Castles Built on Clouds: Vague Identity and Vague Objects. In K. Akiba, & A. Abasnezhad (Eds.), Vague Objects and Vague Identity: New Essays on Ontic Vagueness (305-326). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7978-5

Can identity itself be vague? Can there be vague objects? Does a positive answer to either question entail a positive answer to the other? In this chapter, we answer these questions as follows: no, no, and yes. First, we discuss Evans’s famous 1978 a... Read More about Castles Built on Clouds: Vague Identity and Vague Objects.