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The place of syllogistic in logical theory (1980)
Book
Clark, M. (1980). The place of syllogistic in logical theory. Nottingham University Press

Chapter 1 presents BS, a basic syllogistic system based on Aristotle's logic, in natural deduction form. Chapters 2 and 3 treat the metatheory of BS: consitency, soundness, independence, and completeness. (We show how Aristotle's attempt to show his... Read More about The place of syllogistic in logical theory.

Sortal concepts and modality
Book
Mackie, P. Sortal concepts and modality. University of Nottingham

What is the modal significance of sortal concepts? It is generally accepted that sortal concepts provide persistence conditions with modal implications that are de re, and not merely de dicto. I do not think that this important assumption has receive... Read More about Sortal concepts and modality.

Particularism in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Journal Article
Leibowitz, U. D. Particularism in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Journal of Moral Philosophy,

In this essay I offer a new particularist reading of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. I argue
that the interpretation I present not only helps us to resolve some puzzles about Aristotle’s goals and
methods, but it also gives rise to a novel account... Read More about Particularism in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.

Global Expressivism: language agency without semantics, reality without metaphysics
Book
Barker, S. J. Global Expressivism: language agency without semantics, reality without metaphysics. (submitted to) Oxford University Press. Manuscript submitted for publication

There is a wide-spread belief amongst theorists of mind and language. This is that in order to understand the relation between language, thought, and reality we need a theory of meaning and content, that is, a normative, formal science of meaning, wh... Read More about Global Expressivism: language agency without semantics, reality without metaphysics.

What Pedro could do
Book
Woodard, C. (2007). What Pedro could do. University of Nottingham

This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case. One approach suggests that Act Utilitarianism fails to appreciate the i... Read More about What Pedro could do.

The adequacy of genuine modal realism
Journal Article
Noonan, H. The adequacy of genuine modal realism. Mind,

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

Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts
Journal Article
Noonan, H. Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts

Coincidence (e.g., of a statue and the piece of bronze which constitutes it) comes in two varieties – permanent and temporary. Moderate monism (about coincidence) is
the position that permanent coincidence, but not temporary coincidence, entails ide... Read More about Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts.

Belief and bounded rationality
Journal Article
Jago, M. (2006). Belief and bounded rationality

Imagine the possibilities: information without overload
Journal Article
Jago, M. (2006). Imagine the possibilities: information without overload

Information is often modelled as a set of relevant possibilities, treated as logically possible worlds. However, this has the unintuitive consequence that the logical consequences of an agent's information cannot be informative for that agent. There... Read More about Imagine the possibilities: information without overload.

McGinn on delusion and imagination
Journal Article
Currie, G., & Jones, N. (2006). McGinn on delusion and imagination

Rule-based and Resource-bounded: A New Look at Epistemic Logic
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jago, M. (2006). Rule-based and Resource-bounded: A New Look at Epistemic Logic.

Syntactic logics do not suffer from the problems of logical omniscience but are often thought to lack interesting properties relating to epistemic notions. By focusing on the case of rule-based agents, I develop a framework for modelling resource-bou... Read More about Rule-based and Resource-bounded: A New Look at Epistemic Logic.

Revisions, and Quiddities
Journal Article
Armstrong, D. Revisions, and Quiddities

I used to think of the connection between a particular and a universal that it instantiates as a contingent one. Now I think that this is not quite right. This revision, as I now see it, is not a very large one. I still think that the states of affai... Read More about Revisions, and Quiddities.

Art and the anthropologists
Book Chapter
Currie, G. Art and the anthropologists. In Aesthetic science. Oxford University Press. Manuscript submitted for publication

Artificial Intelligence Systems, Responsibility and Agential Self-Awareness
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farina, L. (2021, September). Artificial Intelligence Systems, Responsibility and Agential Self-Awareness. Presented at PT-AI 2021, Gothenburg, Sweden

This paper investigates the claim that artificial Intelligence Systems cannot be held morally responsible because they do not have an ability for agential self-awareness e.g. they cannot be aware that they are the agents of an action. The main sugges... Read More about Artificial Intelligence Systems, Responsibility and Agential Self-Awareness.