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13Ii. the concept of forceAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 30 (2). 1952.This Article does not have an abstract
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12Reason and ConductPhilosophy 25 (94). 1950.The title of this paper is in many ways a bad one, but it does have the advantage of familiarity, and so indicates a well-known group of questions. The questions which philosophers who have talked about “Reason and Conduct” have really been discussing and which they help us to answer have been these: “What are the various ways in which the words “reasonable,” ‘wise,’ ‘foolish,’ etc., are used?” “In what senses may actions and choices be called ‘reasonable,’ and are these senses of ‘reasonable’ c…Read more
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12Book reviews : Method and appraisal in the physical sciences: The critical background to modern science, 1800-1905. Edited by Colin Howson. New York: Cam bridge university press, 1976. Pp. VII + 344. $24.50 (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 7 (4): 425-426. 1977.
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11Book Reviews : Renascent Rationalism. By HELIER J. ROBINSON. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1975. Pp. xi + 290. $14.95 (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 7 (3): 311-312. 1977.
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11Infinite Minds: A Philosophical CosmologyAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 80 (4): 522-524. 2002.Book Information Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology. Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology John Leslie Oxford Clarendon Press 2001 xii + 234 £25 By John Leslie. Clarendon Press. Oxford. Pp. xii + 234. £25
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11SELLARS, Wilfrid: Science and Metaphysics (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 47 (n/a): 80. 1969.
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9Reviews (review)Metaphilosophy 11 (3‐4): 281-306. 2007.THOMASS. KUHN. The essential tension: selected studies in scientific tradition and change. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1977. DAVID L. NORTON, Personal destinies: a philosophy of ethical individualism. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press. 1976. ELIZABETHH ANKINSW OLGAST. Paradoxes of knowledge. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1977. 214 pages. ISBN: 0‐8014‐1090‐8; BD215. W63. LAWRENCEH AWORTH.D ecadence and objectivity. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto…Read more
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9The Coming of DisbeliefIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Voices of Disbelief, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009-09-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Notes.
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8Utilitarianism and Beyond Edited by Amartya Sen and Bernard WilliamsCambridge University Press, 1982, vii + 290 pp., £20, £7.50 paper (review)Philosophy 58 (225): 413-414. 1983.
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7Further Reflections on Atheism for the Second EditionIn J. J. C. Smart & J. J. Haldane (eds.), Atheism and Theism, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains section titled: Preliminary Anselm's Argument Plantinga's Argument A Putative a priori Disproof of the Existence of God Further Reflections on Necessity and Theism The Fine‐Tuning Argument Again The Fine‐Tuning Argument: Bayesian Considerations Biological Considerations A Possible Olive Branch (or maybe Twig) to the Theist Can Theists and Atheists Come to Agree?
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6Ockham’s razorIn James H. Fetzer (ed.), Principles of philosophical reasoning, Rowman & Allanheld. pp. 118--28. 1984.
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6Ethics, Persuasion and TruthRoutledge. 1984.Originally published in 1984, deals with meta-ethics - that is the semantics and pragmatics of ethical language. This book eschews the notions of meaning and analyticity on which meta-ethics normally depends. It discusses questions of free will and responsibility and the relations between ethics on the one hand and science and metaphysics on the other. The author regards ethics as concerned with deciding what to do and with persuading others - not with exploring a supposed realm of ethical fact.
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6The space-time worldIn Tim Crane & Katalin Farkas (eds.), Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology, Oxford University Press Uk. 2004.
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6CARNAP, R.: "The philosophy of Rudolf Carnap"Australasian Journal of Philosophy 43 (n/a): 84. 1965.
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5Utilitarianism and Generalized BenevolencePacific Philosophical Quarterly 61 (1-2): 115-121. 1980.
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5Book Reviews : Renascent Rationalism. By HELIER J. ROBINSON. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1975. Pp. xi + 290. $14.95 (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 7 (3): 311-312. 1977.
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4PUTNAM, H.: "Realism and Reason: Philosophical Papers. Volume 3" (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 63 (n/a): 533. 1985.
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4Book Reviews : Method and Appraisal in the Physical Sciences: The Critical Background to Modern Science, 1800-1905. Edited by COLIN HOWSON. New York: Cam bridge University Press, 1976. Pp. vii + 344. $24.50 (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 7 (4): 425-426. 1977.
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3S. A. Grave: "A History of Philosophy in Australia" (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 67 (n/a): 345. 1989.