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Personal identity: the simple and complex views revisited (2019)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. (2019). Personal identity: the simple and complex views revisited. Disputatio, 11(52), 9-22. https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2019-0001

Eric Olson has argued, startlingly, that no coherent account can be given of the distinction made in the personal identity literature between ‘complex views’ and ‘simple views’. ‘We tell our students,’ he writes, ‘that accounts of personal identity o... Read More about Personal identity: the simple and complex views revisited.

Presentism and actualism (2018)
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Noonan, H. (2019). Presentism and actualism. Philosophia, 47(2), 489–497. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-018-9993-6

Presentism, some say, is either the analytic triviality that the only things that exist now are ones that exist now or the obviously false claim that the only things that have ever existed or will are ones that exist now. I argue that the correct und... Read More about Presentism and actualism.

The new Aristotelian essentialists (2017)
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Noonan, H. (2018). The new Aristotelian essentialists. Metaphysica, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2018-0004

In recent years largely due to the seminal work of Kit Fine and that of Jonathan Lowe there has been a resurgence of interest in the concept of essence and the project of explaining de re necessity in terms of it. Of course, Quine rejected what he ca... Read More about The new Aristotelian essentialists.

Modal realism, still at your convenience (2017)
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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)
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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)
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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.

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)
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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.

Tollensing van Inwagen (2014)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. W. (2014). Tollensing van Inwagen. Philosophia, 42(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-014-9521-2

Presentism and eternalism (2013)
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Noonan, H. (2013). Presentism and eternalism. Erkenntnis, 78(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-011-9303-1

Moderate monism, sortal concepts and relative identity (2013)
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Noonan, H. (2013). Moderate monism, sortal concepts and relative identity. Monist, 96(1), https://doi.org/10.5840/monist20139616

A flaw in Kripke's modal argument? (2012)
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Noonan, H. (in press). A flaw in Kripke's modal argument?. Philosophia, 41(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-012-9388-z

The complex and simple views of personal identity (2011)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. (2011). The complex and simple views of personal identity. Analysis, 71(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anq114

A flaw in Sider's vagueness argument for unrestricted merelogical composition (2010)
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Noonan, H. (2010). A flaw in Sider's vagueness argument for unrestricted merelogical composition. Analysis, 70(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anq070

Bird against the Humeans (2010)
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Noonan, H. (2010). Bird against the Humeans. Ratio, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2009.00451.x

The thinking animal problem and personal pronoun revisionism (2010)
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Noonan, H. (2010). The thinking animal problem and personal pronoun revisionism. Analysis, 70(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anp137

Perdurance, location and classical mereology (2009)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. (2009). Perdurance, location and classical mereology. Analysis, 69(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anp073

Personal pronoun revisonism - asking the right question
Journal Article
Noonan, H. Personal pronoun revisonism - asking the right question. Analysis, 72(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/ans037