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The Criminal Is Political: Policing Politics in Real Existing Liberalism (2017)
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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)
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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.

Fischer and the fixity of the past (2017)
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Mackie, P. (in press). Fischer and the fixity of the past. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v9i4.2028

Presentism remains (2017)
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Tallant, J. (2019). Presentism remains. Erkenntnis, 84(2), 409–435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-017-9965-4

Here I examine some recent attempts to provide a new way of thinking about the philosophy of time that question the central role of ‘presentness’ within the definition of presentism. The central concern raised by these critics turns on the intelligib... Read More about Presentism remains.

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.

What good is meaning in life? (2017)
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Woodard, C. (2017). What good is meaning in life?. De Ethica, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.17467

Most philosophers writing on meaning in life agree that it is a distinct kind of final value. This consensus view has two components: the ‘final value claim’ that meaning in life is a kind of final value, and the ‘distinctness claim’ that it is disti... Read More about What good is meaning in life?.

Explanatory abstractions (2017)
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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.

Is believing for a normative reason a composite condition? (2017)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Commitment in cases of trust and distrust (2017)
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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)
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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.

Presentism, persistence and trans-temporal dependence (2017)
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Tallant, J. (2018). Presentism, persistence and trans-temporal dependence. Philosophical Studies, 175(9), 2209-2220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0955-9

My central thesis is that presentism is incompatible with all of the main theories of persistence: endurance, exdurance (stage theory) and perdurance.

Reasons Internalism and the function of normative reasons (2017)
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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.

Propositions as truthmaker conditions (2017)
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Jago, M. (2017). Propositions as truthmaker conditions. Argumenta, 4(2), 293-308. https://doi.org/10.23811/47.arg2017.jag

Propositions are often aligned with truth-conditions. The view is mistaken, since propositions discriminate where truth conditions do not. Propositions are hyperintensional: they are sensitive to necessarily equivalent differences. I investigate an a... Read More about Propositions as truthmaker conditions.

Intuitions, reflective judgments, and experimental philosophy (2017)
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Hannon, M. (2018). Intuitions, reflective judgments, and experimental philosophy. Synthese, 195(9), 4147-4168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1412-1

Experimental philosophers are often puzzled as to why many armchair philosophers question the philosophical significance of their research. Armchair philosophers, in contrast, are often puzzled as to why experimental philosophers think their work she... Read More about Intuitions, reflective judgments, and experimental philosophy.

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.

Conceptual role semantics and the reference of moral concepts (2017)
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Sinclair, N. (2018). Conceptual role semantics and the reference of moral concepts. European Journal of Philosophy, 26(1), 95-121. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12191

© 2017 The Authors European Journal of Philosophy Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This paper examines the prospects for a conceptual or functional role theory of moral concepts. It is argued that such an account is well-placed to explain both th... Read More about Conceptual role semantics and the reference of moral concepts.