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16McDowell’s Alternative Conceptions of the WorldInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 19 (1): 87-94. 2011.
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12Cicero, Pro Flacco, 37Classical Quarterly 29 (1): 217-218. 1979.Haec quae est a nobis prolata laudatio obsignata erat creta ilia Asiatica quae fere est omnibus nota nobis, qua utuntur omnes non modo in publicis sed etiam in privatis litteris quas cotidie videmus mitti a publicanis, saepe uni cuique nostrum.
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11Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary MetaphysicsWiley-Blackwell. 2008._Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics_ is about some of the most fundamental kinds of things that there are; the things that we encounter in everyday experience. A book about the things that we encounter in everyday experience. Contains a thorough and accessible discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics. Examines a wide range of ontological categories, including both particulars and universals. Mounts a forceful and persuasive case for anti-reductionism
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11Berkeley, by George PitcherJournal of the British Society for Phenomenology 12 (1): 91-93. 1981.
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7Some Tools of MetaphysicsIn Varieties of Things, Blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: Criteria of Ontological Commitment: Two Examples ‘No Entity without Identity’: Identity Conditions for Objects Individuation Conditions, Identity Conditions, and Metaphysical Kinds Principles and Criteria of Identity.
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6Book note (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83 (4): 615. 2005.This Article does not have an abstract
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6Externalism and Authoritative Self-KnowledgeIn Crispin Wright, Barry C. Smith & Cynthia Macdonald (eds.), Knowing Our Own Minds, Oxford University Press. pp. 123-155. 1998.Externalism in the philosophy of mind has been thought by many to pose a serious threat to the claim that subjects are in general authoritative with regard to certain of their own intentional states.<sup>1</sup> In a series of papers, Tyler Burge (1985_a_, 1985_b_, 1988, 1996) has argued that the distinctive entitlement or right that subjects have to self- knowledge in certain cases is compatible with externalism, since that entitlement is environmentally neutral, neutral with respect to the iss…Read more
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6Explanation in HistoriographyIn Aviezer Tucker (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography, Blackwell. 2008.This chapter contains sections titled: 1 2 3 Acknowledgment Bibliography.
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4Universals and the Realism/Nominalism DisputeIn Varieties of Things, Blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: The Issue Varieties of Nominalism Two Conceptions of Universals The Regress Charge and two Unsuccessful Attempts to Meet it An Alternative.
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4Psychological Type‐Type Reduction Via DisjunctionSouthern Journal of Philosophy 30 (1): 65-69. 1992.
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3Material SubstancesIn Varieties of Things, Blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: Our Ontological Commitment to Material Substances The Bundle Theory and the Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles Problems with the Bundle Theory The Bare Substratum Theory and the Principle of Acquaintance Objections to the Bare Substratum Theory An Alternative.
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2EventsIn Varieties of Things, Blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: Our Ontological Commitment to Events Three Criteria: Spatio‐temporal Coincidence, Necessary Spatio‐temporal Coincidence, and Sameness of Cause and Effect The Property Exemplification Account of Events (PEE)
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2Classicism vs. connectionismIn Cynthia Macdonald & Graham F. Macdonald (eds.), Connectionism: Debates on Psychological Explanation, Blackwell. 1995.
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1Causal relevance and explanatory exclusionIn Cynthia Macdonald & Graham Macdonald (eds.), Philosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation, Blackwell. 1995.
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1Reductionism: Historiography and PsychologyIn Aviezer Tucker (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography, Blackwell. 2008.This chapter contains sections titled: 1 2 3 4 5 Bibliography.
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1Persons and Personal IdentityIn Varieties of Things, Blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: Our Ontological Commitment to Persons Candidates for Persistence Conditions for Persons The Closest Continuer Theory and Its Problems Does the Concept of Identity Apply to Persons? The Multiple Occupancy Thesis Back to Basics: Continuity and Fission A Suggestion.
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Anti-individualism and Psychological ExplanationIn Cynthia Macdonald & Graham Macdonald (eds.), Philosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation, Blackwell. 1995.
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Vermazen, B. and Hintikka, M , "Essays on Davidson: Actions and Events" (review)Mind 94 (n/a): 632. 1985.
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IntroductionIn Cynthia Macdonald & Graham Macdonald (eds.), Emergence in Mind, Oxford University Press. 2010.
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