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    Review (review)
    British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 47 (3): 463-466. 1996.
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    Listening to Fictions: a Study of Fieldian Nominalism
    British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 50 (3): 431--55. 1999.
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    The Julio César Problem
    Dialectica 59 (2): 223-236. 2005.
    One version of the Julius Caesar problem arises when we demand assurance that expressions drawn from different theories or stretches of discourse refer to different things. The counter‐Caesar problem arises when assurance is demanded that expressions drawn from different theories. refer to the same thing. The Julio César problem generalises from the counter‐Caesar problem. It arises when we seek reassurance that expressions drawn from different languages refer to the same kind of things. If the …Read more
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    What is this discipline called history of philosophy? What standards are relevant to its assessment? There aren’t single, straightforward answers to these quest.
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    Speaking with Shadows: A Study of Neo‐Logicism
    British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 54 (1): 103-163. 2003.
    According to the species of neo‐logicism advanced by Hale and Wright, mathematical knowledge is essentially logical knowledge. Their view is found to be best understood as a set of related though independent theses: (1) neo‐fregeanism—a general conception of the relation between language and reality; (2) the method of abstraction—a particular method for introducing concepts into language; (3) the scope of logic—second‐order logic is logic. The criticisms of Boolos, Dummett, Field and Quine (amon…Read more
  •  22
    Relations. Basic Elements in Metaphysics
    International Journal of Philosophical Studies 1-5. forthcoming.
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    On How We Know What there is
    Analysis 58 (1): 27-37. 1998.
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    Is there a particular‐universal distinction? Ramsey famously advocated scepticism about this distinction. In “Some Formal Ontological Relations” E.J. Lowe argues against Ramsey that a particular‐universal distinction can be made out after all if only we allow ourselves the resources to distinguish between the elements of a four‐fold ontology. But in defence of Ramsey I argue that the case remains to be made in favour of either the four‐fold ontology Lowe recommends or the articulation of a parti…Read more
  •  15
    Could nothing matter?
    Analysis 62 (2): 125-135. 2002.
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    The Russell-Wittgenstein dispute: a new perspective
    In M. Textor (ed.), Judgement and Truth in Early Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology, . pp. 206-241. 2013.
  •  10
    Where are Particulars and Universals?
    Dialectica 52 (3): 203-227. 1998.
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    Introduction
    Philosophical Quarterly 54 (214): 1-15. 2004.
    Frege attempted to provide arithmetic with a foundation in logic. But his attempt to do so was confounded by Russell's discovery of paradox at the heart of Frege's system. The papers collected in this special issue contribute to the on-going investigation into the foundations of mathematics and logic. After sketching the historical background, this introduction provides an overview of the papers collected here, tracing some of the themes that connect them.
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    De Re Modality, Essentialism, and Lewis's Humeanism
    In Barry Loewer & Jonathan Schaffer (eds.), A Companion to David Lewis, Wiley. 2015.
    Modality is standardly thought to come in two varieties: de dicto and de re. De re modality concerns the attribution of modal features to things or individuals, and enshrines a commitment to Aristotelian essentialism. This chapter considers how David Lewis's conception of de re modality fits into his overall metaphysics. The hypothesis is that the driving force behind his metaphysics in general, and his adherence to counterpart theory in particular, is the distinctly Humean thought that necessar…Read more
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    Review of Soames (2018) (review)
    Dialectica 74 (1): 157-162. 2020.
    Review of: Soames, Scott. 2018. The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 2: A New Vision, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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    XI*-Can the Property Boom Last?
    Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 101 (3): 225-246. 2001.
  •  1
    The Cambridge Revolt Against Idealism: Was There Ever an Eden?
    In Armen T. Marsoobian, Eric Cavallero & Alexis Papazoglou (eds.), The Pursuit of Philosophy, Wiley. 2012-08-29.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Genesis Logical Constants Converse Relations Acknowledgments References.
  • Identity and Modality
    Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 69 (2): 398-399. 2007.
  • Book Reviews (review)
    with Connie Xiaokang Yu, Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Dale Jacquette, Maarten Marx, Stig Alstrup Rasmussen, and Sven Ove Hansson
    Studia Logica 77 (1): 129-147. 2004.