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32A Thomist MetaphysicsIn Richard M. Gale (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2002.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Aquinas, Aristotle, and Descriptive Metaphysics Substance and Accident Form, Matter, and Identity Individuation Substance, Causality, and Science Individuals, Universals, and Abstraction Mind and Soul Essence, Existence, and God.
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28What Future has Catholic Philosophy?Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 71 79-90. 1997.
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3 ResponseLogos. Anales Del Seminario de Metafísica [Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España] 5 (3). 2002.
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19Identity, Community and the Limits of MulticulturePublic Affairs Quarterly 7 (3): 199-214. 1993.
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2Psychoanalysis, cognitive psychology and self-consciousnessIn P. Clark & C. Wright (eds.), Mind, Psychoanalysis and Science, Blackwell. 1988.
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11The Philosophy of Thomas Reid: A Collection of Essays (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2003.Thomas Reid was one of the greatest philosophers of the eighteenth century and a contemporary of Kant's. This volume is part of a new wave of international interest in Reid from a new generation of scholars. The volume opens with an introduction to Reid's life and work, including biographical material previously little known. A classic essay by Reid himself - 'Of Power' - is then reproduced, in which he sets out his distinctive account of causality and agency. This is followed by ten original es…Read more
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138Naturalism and the problem of intentionalityInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 32 (September): 305-22. 1989.To the memory of Ian McFetridge 1948?1988 The general concern of the essay is with the question of whether cognitive states can be accounted for in naturalistic (i.e. physicalist) terms. An argument is presented to the effect that they cannot. This turns on the idea that cognitive states involve modes of presentation the identity and individuation conditions of which are ineliminably both intentional and intensional and consequently they cannot be accounted for in terms of physico?causal powers.…Read more
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48Return to the Crossroads: Maritain Fifty Years onBritish Journal of Educational Studies 43 (2). 1995.Writing a little over a decade ago of developments in educational philosophy, R. F. Dearden remarked on the dearth of alternative approaches to that of conceptual analysis which predominated, at least in Anglophone cultures, at that time. One possible avenue of enquiry which he identified as conspicuously absent in this respect was the development of a distinctively Catholic approach to problems of educational philosophy, observing that a work of the mid-war years, Maritain's Education at the Cr…Read more
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7Thomistic Ethics in AmericaLogos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 3 (4): 150-168. 2000.
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13The Philosophy of State CompensationJournal of Applied Philosophy 12 (3): 273-282. 1995.Notwithstanding that there is now widespread interest in the rights of victims, little has been written about the theoretical justification of state compensation. Here we offer an initial exploration of the field in the hope that others might venture further and examine the points at which issues of compensation connect with other general and specific themes in social and political philosophy. For example, there has been much discussion about communitarian conceptions of civil society but the pr…Read more
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14'Medical ethics'--an alternative approachJournal of Medical Ethics 12 (3): 145-150. 1986.Contemporary medical ethics is generally concerned with the application of ethical theory to medico-moral dilemmas and with the critical analysis of the concepts of medicine. This paper presents an alternative programme: the development of a medical philosophy which, by taking as its starting point the two questions: what is man? and, what constitutes goodness in life? offers an account of health as one of the primary concepts of value. This view of the subject resembles that implied by ancient …Read more
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101Aquinas and the Active IntellectPhilosophy 67 (260). 1992.Anyone who comes to read some of Aquinas' works and at the same time looks around for modern discussions of them will be struck by two things: first, the greater part of the latter is the product of American and European Catholic neo-scholasticism; and second, that, with a few distinguished exceptions,1 what is contributed by writers of the analytical tradition is often a blend of uninformed generalizations and some suspicion that what Aquinas presents is not so much independent philosophy as pr…Read more
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51Robin le poidevin, arguing for atheism. (London: Routledge, 1996.) Pp. 159. £37.50 hb, £10.99 pbReligious Studies 33 (4): 473-484. 1997.
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Adam Smith, theology, and natural law ethicsIn Paul Oslington (ed.), Adam Smith as theologian, Routledge. 2011.
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1The wonders of ScotlandThe Philosophers' Magazine 42 80-82. 2008.It is now commonplace to observe that the Scottish enlightenment had an effect on the political and educational institutions of North America, including the Constitution of the United States and early colleges such as Princeton. Less well known is its influence on reforming movements in continental Europe, particularly in France and Spain.
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96(I am) thinkingRatio 16 (2): 124-139. 2003.The activity of thought is deeply perplexing. Anyone resistant to its consignment to the domain of sub‐personal psychology, or to quasi‐behaviouristic elimination, needs to address such matters as why it is that thinking seems to elude capture in consciousness, and what the nature of self‐ascription may be. This paper takes up from an earlier discussion by Claudio Costa (‘ “I’m Thinking” ’Ratio 2001) and argues that his account of thinking is flawed. It also argues, in opposition to Costa, that …Read more
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34Thomas Reid and the History of IdeasAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 74 (3): 447-469. 2000.
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7Philosophy and its Public Role: Essays in Ethics, Politics, Society and Culture (edited book)Imprint Academic. 2004.This brings together moral, social and political philosophers from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States who explore a wide range of issues under the three headings of Philosophy, Society and Culture; Ethics, Economics and Justice; and Rights, Law and Punishment. The topics discussed range from the public responsibility of intellectuals to the justice of military tribunals, and from posthumous reproduction to the death penalty.