-
9The general form of the argument for berkeleian idealismIn John Foster & Howard Robinson (eds.), Essays on Berkeley: a tercentennial celebration, Oxford University Press. pp. 163--186. 1985.
-
9Matter and Sense: A Critique of Contemporary MaterialismCambridge University Press. 1982.Published in 1982 by CUP (pb. 2009) it discusses the forms of materialism then current, including Davidson, early Rorty, but concentrating on Smart and Armstrong, and arguing that central state materialism fails to give a better 'occurrent' account of conscious states than does behaviourism/functionalism, as Armstrong claims. The book starts with a version of the 'knowledge argument' and ends with a chapter claiming that our conception of matter/the physical is more problematic than our concepti…Read more
-
9DualismIn Stephen P. Stich & Ted A. Warfield (eds.), The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Argument for Predicate Dualism Why Predicate Dualism leads to Dualism Proper Is the Talk of “Perspectives” Legitimate? A Surprising Ally The Optionality of Non‐basic Levels and the Unavoidability of Psychology Why Bundle Dualism Will Not Do Two Reflections on this Conclusion An Objection Conclusion.
-
8From the Knowledge Argument to Mental Substance: Resurrecting the MindCambridge University Press. 2016.This book presents a strong case for substance dualism and offers a comprehensive defense of the knowledge argument, showing that materialism cannot accommodate or explain the 'hard problem' of consciousness. Bringing together the discussion of reductionism and semantic vagueness in an original and illuminating way, Howard Robinson argues that non-fundamental levels of ontology are best treated by a conceptualist account, rather than a realist one. In addition to discussing the standard versions…Read more
-
8Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2009.Berkeley's idealism started a revolution in philosophy. As one of the great empiricist thinkers he not only influenced British philosophers from Hume to Russell and the logical positivists in the twentieth century, he also set the scene for the continental idealism of Hegel and even the philosophy of Marx. This edition of Berkeley's two key works has an introduction which examines and in part defends his arguments for idealism, as well as offering a detailed analytical contents list, extensive p…Read more
-
5V-Vagueness, Realism, Language and ThoughtProceedings of the Aristotelian Society 109 (1pt1): 83-101. 2009.
-
4BerkeleyIn Nicholas Bunnin & E. P. Tsui‐James (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy, Blackwell. 2002.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction: Berkeley, Common Sense and the ‘New Philosophy’ Abstract Ideas, Relative Ideas and Immaterialism Qualities, Ideas and Sensations Conceivability, Perceivability and Intrinsic Properties From Phenomenalism to Theism.
-
4Two Berkelian Arguments about the Nature of SpaceIn Timo Airaksinen & Bertil Belfrage (eds.), Berkeley's lasting legacy: 300 years later, Cambridge Scholars Press. pp. 79-90. 2011.I consider two arguments about the nature of space that occur in George Berkeley which I think are not sufficiently discussed. The first concerns the phenomenology of space, the second its physics. The first is the "mite" argument and the second concerns Isaac Newton's two thought experiments about absolute space, the "bucket" thought experiment and the "balls" thought experiment. The former suggests that there is no such thing as objective size. Berkeley's position is more confusing on the seco…Read more
-
3A dualist account of embodimentIn J. R. Smythies & J. Beloff (eds.), The Case for Dualism, Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. pp. 43-57. 1989.
-
3Supervenience, reductionism, and emergenceIn Robin Le Poidevin, Simons Peter, McGonigal Andrew & Ross P. Cameron (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics, Routledge. 2009.
-
2The Subject of Experience By Galen Strawson Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, 315 + xv pp., £35 ISBN: 9780198777885 (review)Philosophy 94 (2): 339-342. 2019.
-
1Physicalism, externalism and perceptual representationIn Edmond Leo Wright (ed.), New Representationalisms: Essays in the Philosophy of Perception, Brookfield: Avebury. 1993.
-
1The Self and TimeIn Peter van Inwagen & Dean Zimmerman (eds.), Persons: Human and Divine, Oxford University Press. pp. 55-83. 2007.
-
1Two Berkelian Arguments about the Nature of SpaceFilozofia 64 123-132. 2009.The author considers two arguments concerning the nature of space which occur in Berkeley and which he thinks are not sufficiently discussed. The first one concerns the phenomenology of space, the second the physics of space. The first one is the “mite” argument, while the second draws from Newton’s two thought experiments concerning absolute space: the “bucket” experiment and the “balls” experiment. The author’s aim is to support the idealist approach to space.
-
1Matter: Turning the tablesIn Matter and Sense: A Critique of Contemporary Materialism, Cambridge University Press. 1982.
-
1Sense-Data, Intentionality, and Common SenseIn G. Forrai (ed.), Intentionality: Past and Future, Rodopi Ny. 2005.
-
Form and the Immateriality of the Intellect from Aristotle to AquinasOxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 207-226. 1991.
-
The ontology of the mentalIn Michael J. Loux & Dean W. Zimmerman (eds.), The Oxford handbook of metaphysics, Oxford University Press. 2003.
-
Behaviorism and stimulus materialismIn Matter and Sense: A Critique of Contemporary Materialism, Cambridge University Press. 1982.
-
The disappearance theoryIn Matter and Sense: A Critique of Contemporary Materialism, Cambridge University Press. 1982.
-
The ontology of the mentalIn Michael J. Loux & Dean W. Zimmerman (eds.), The Oxford handbook of metaphysics, Oxford University Press. 2003.
-
Aristotle and the Later Tradition: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 1991 (edited book)Oxford University Press UK. 1991.This volume contains papers by a group of leading experts on Aristotle and the later Aristotelian tradition of Neoplatonism. The discussion ranges from Aristotle's treatment of Parmenides, the most important pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, to Neoplatonic and medieval use of Aristotle, for which Aristotle himself set guidelines in his discussions of his predecessors. Traces of these guidelines can be seen in the work of Plotinus, and that of the later Greek commentators on Aristotle. The study of…Read more
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Mind |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Religion |