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The Criminal Is Political: Policing Politics in Real Existing Liberalism (2017)
Journal Article
Duff, K. (2017). The Criminal Is Political: Policing Politics in Real Existing Liberalism. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 3(4), 485-502. https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2017.39

The familiar irony of ‘real existing socialism’ is that it never was. Socialist ideals were used to legitimize regimes that fell far short of realizing those ideals—indeed, that violently repressed anyone who tried to realize them. This paper suggest... Read More about The Criminal Is Political: Policing Politics in Real Existing Liberalism.

Determination and uniformity: the problem with speech-act theories of fiction (2017)
Journal Article
Predelli, S. (2019). Determination and uniformity: the problem with speech-act theories of fiction. Erkenntnis, 84(2), 309–324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-017-9959-2

Taking inspiration from Searle’s ‘The Logic of Fictional Discourse’, this essay presents an argument against different versions of the so-called ‘speech act theory of fiction’. In particular, it argues that a Uniformity Argument may be constructed, w... Read More about Determination and uniformity: the problem with speech-act theories of fiction.

Explanatory abstractions (2017)
Journal Article
Jansson, L., & Saatsi, J. (2019). Explanatory abstractions. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 70(3), 817–844. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axx016

A number of philosophers have recently suggested that some abstract, plausibly non-causal and/or mathematical, explanations explain in a way that is radically different from the way causal explanation explain. Namely, while causal explanations explai... Read More about Explanatory abstractions.

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. Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany: Editiones Scholasticae

Is believing for a normative reason a composite condition? (2017)
Journal Article
Cunningham, J. J. (2019). Is believing for a normative reason a composite condition?. Synthese, 196(9), 3889-3910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1630-6

Here is a surprisingly neglected question in contemporary epistemology: what is it for an agent to believe that p in response to a normative reason for them to believe that p? On one style of answer, believing for the normative reason that q factors... Read More about Is believing for a normative reason a composite condition?.

Mereological nihilism: keeping it simple (2017)
Journal Article
Thunder, S. D. (2017). Mereological nihilism: keeping it simple. Thought: A Journal of Philosophy, 6(4), 278-287. https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.262

In this paper I argue that, contra Karen Bennett (mereological) nihilism is more ontologically parsimonious than its main rival, (mereological) universalism.

Criminalization and the collateral consequences of conviction (2017)
Journal Article
Hoskins, Z. (2017). Criminalization and the collateral consequences of conviction. Criminal Law and Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-017-9449-2

Convicted offenders face a host of so-called “collateral” consequences: formal measures such as legal restrictions on voting, employment, housing, or public assistance, as well as informal consequences such as stigma, family tensions, and financial i... Read More about Criminalization and the collateral consequences of conviction.

Material Objects and Essential Bundle Theory (2017)
Journal Article
BARKER, S., & Jago, M. (2018). Material Objects and Essential Bundle Theory. Philosophical Studies, 175(12), 2969-2986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0990-6

In this paper we present a new metaphysical theory of material objects. On our theory, objects are bundles of property instances, where those properties give the nature or essence of that object. We call the theory essential bundle theory. Property p... Read More about Material Objects and Essential Bundle Theory.

Material objects and essential bundle theory (2017)
Journal Article
Barker, S., & Jago, M. (2017). Material objects and essential bundle theory. Philosophical Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0990-6

In this paper we present a new metaphysical theory of material objects. On our theory, objects are bundles of property instances, where those properties give the nature or essence of that object. We call the theory essential bundle theory. Property p... Read More about Material objects and essential bundle theory.

Multiple-Offense Sentencing Discounts: Score One for Hybrid Accounts of Punishment (2017)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, Z. (2017). Multiple-Offense Sentencing Discounts: Score One for Hybrid Accounts of Punishment. In J. V. Roberts, J. W. D. Keijser, & J. Ryberg (Eds.), Sentencing for Multiple Crimes (75-93). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190607609.003.0005

© Oxford University Press 2018. This chapter examines one intuitively appealing legal practice for which retributivist accounts struggle to find justification: multiple-offense sentencing discounts. It also considers several proposed strategies for j... Read More about Multiple-Offense Sentencing Discounts: Score One for Hybrid Accounts of Punishment.

Commitment in cases of trust and distrust (2017)
Journal Article
Tallant, J. (2017). Commitment in cases of trust and distrust. Thought: Fordham University Quarterly, 6(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.259

There is a well-developed literature on trust. Distrust, on the other hand, has gathered far less attention in the philosophical literature (though there is a burgeoning business literature on the topic). A recent exception to that trend in the philo... Read More about Commitment in cases of trust and distrust.

Accessing online data for youth mental health research: meeting the ethical challenges (2017)
Journal Article
Perez Vallejos, E., Koene, A., Carter, C. J., Hunt, D., Woodard, C., Urquhart, L., …Statache, R. (in press). Accessing online data for youth mental health research: meeting the ethical challenges. Philosophy && Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-017-0286-y

This article addresses the general ethical issues of accessing online personal data for research purposes. The authors discuss the practical aspects of online research with a specific case study that illustrates the ethical challenges encountered whe... Read More about Accessing online data for youth mental health research: meeting the ethical challenges.

Credit and Investment: A Matter of Faith (2017)
Book Chapter
Goodchild, P. (2017). Credit and Investment: A Matter of Faith. In A. Tynan, L. Milesi, & C. J. Müller (Eds.), Credo, Credit, Crisis: Speculations on Faith and Money. Rowman & Littlefield International

Reasons Internalism and the function of normative reasons (2017)
Journal Article
Sinclair, N. (2017). Reasons Internalism and the function of normative reasons. Dialectica, 71(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-8361.12177

What is the connection between reasons and motives? According to Reasons Internalism there is a non-trivial conceptual connection between normative reasons and the possibility of rationally accessing relevant motivation. Reasons Internalism is attrac... Read More about Reasons Internalism and the function of normative reasons.