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Object Seeing and Spatial Perception (2018)
Book Chapter
French, C. (2018). Object Seeing and Spatial Perception. In F. Macpherson, & F. Dorsch (Eds.), Phenomenal Presence. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199666416.003.0006

This chapter considers the Spatiality Claim: if one sees an object then one sees some of that object’s spatial properties. The author considers an argument for this given by Cassam (2007), and challenges Cassam’s argument. His argument involves the i... Read More about Object Seeing and Spatial Perception.

Naïve realism and diaphaneity (2018)
Journal Article
French, C. (2018). Naïve realism and diaphaneity. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 118(2), 149-175. https://doi.org/10.1093/arisoc/aoy006

Naïve Realists think that the ordinary mind-independent objects that we perceive are constitutive of the character of experience. Some understand this in terms of the idea that experience is diaphanous: that the conscious character of a perceptual ex... Read More about Naïve realism and diaphaneity.

From nature to grounding (2018)
Book Chapter
Jago, M. (2018). From nature to grounding. In R. Bliss, & G. Priest (Eds.), Reality and its structure: essays in fundamentality. Oxford University Press

Grounding is a powerful metaphysical concept; yet there is widespread scepticism about the intelligibility of the notion. In this paper, I propose an account of an entity’s nature or essence, which I then use to provide grounding conditions for that... Read More about From nature to grounding.

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.

What Truth Is (2018)
Book
Jago, M. (2018). What Truth Is. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198823810.001.0001

© Mark Jago 2018. What Truth Is presents and defends a novel theory of what truth is, in terms of the metaphysical notion of truthmaking. This is the relation which holds between a truth and some entity in the world, in virtue of which that truth is... Read More about What Truth Is.

Bálint's syndrome, object seeing, and spatial perception (2018)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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?.