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3This review is mainly expository. At one place, Following a suggestion of carnap's, It is suggested that advances in brain physiology might enable us to revive the notion of conventional truth
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Laws of Nature as a Species of RegularitiesIn John Bacon, Keith Campbell & Lloyd Reinhardt (eds.), Ontology, Causality and Mind: Essays in Honour of D M Armstrong, Cambridge University Press. pp. 152-169. 1993.
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RepliesIn John Jamieson Carswell Smart, Philip Pettit, Richard Sylvan & Jean Norman (eds.), Metaphysics and Morality: Essays in Honour of J. J. C. Smart, Blackwell. 1987.
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3The compatibility of direct realism with the scientific account of perception; comment on mark CrooksJournal of Mind and Behavior 23 (3): 239-244. 2002.These comments are concerned to show that direct realism about perception is quite compatible with the physical and neuroscientific story. Use is made of D.M. Armstrong's account of perception as coming to believe by means of the senses. What we come to believe about is the bird on the gatepost, say. So the account is direct realist. But it is obviously compatible with the scientific story which explains how the coming to believe comes about. We can also identify beliefs with brain states
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1Wittgenstein, following a rule, and scientific psychologyIn Edna Ullmann-Margalit (ed.), The Scientific Enterprise, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 123--137. 1992.
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1Extreme and Restricted UtilitarianismIn James Rachels (ed.), Ethical Theory 2: Theories About How We Should Live, Oxford University Press Uk. 1998.
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33The Moving 'Now'Australasian Journal of Philosophy 31 (3). 1953.This Article does not have an abstract
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5Atheism and Theism (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 1996.In this book two philosophers, each committed to unambiguous versions of belief and disbelief, debate the central issues of atheism and theism. Considers one of the oldest and most widely disputed philosophical questions: is there a God? Presents the atheism/theism issue in the form of philosophical debate between two highly regarded scholars, widely praised for the clarity and verve of their work. This second edition contains new essays by each philosopher, responding to criticisms and building…Read more
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4The 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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2Reply to HaldaneIn J. J. C. Smart & J. J. Haldane (eds.), Atheism and Theism, Wiley-blackwell. 1996.This chapter contains section titled: Methodology Representation and Intentionality Consciousness Chicken and Egg Eternity and Sempiternity Theism and the Problem of Evil.
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1Atheism and TheismIn J. J. C. Smart & J. J. Haldane (eds.), Atheism and Theism, Wiley-blackwell. 1996.This chapter contains section titled: Introduction Theism, Spirituality and Science The New Teleology and the Old Pantheism Fine Tuning and the Anthropic Cosmological Principle The Argument from the Appearance of Design God as an Ethical Principle The Argument from Contingency The Argument from Religious Experience Pascal's Wager Miracles Higher Criticism of the New Testament The Problem of Evil Historical Theism and Metaphysical Theism.