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100Epistemic Possibility and the Necessity of OriginMetaphilosophy 51 (5): 685-701. 2020.The necessity of origin suggests that a person’s identity is determined by the particular pair of gametes from which the person originated. An implication is that speculative scenarios concerning how we might otherwise have been had our gametic origins been different are dismissed as being metaphysically impossible. Given, however, that many of these speculations are intelligible and commonplace in the discourses of competent speakers, it is overhasty to dismiss them as mistakes. This paper offe…Read more
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182Psychiatric Euthanasia and the Ontology of Mental DisorderJournal of Applied Philosophy 38 (1): 136-154. 2020.In the Netherlands and Belgium, it is lawful for voluntary euthanasia to be offered on the grounds of psychiatric suffering. A recent case that has sparked much debate is that of Aurelia Brouwers, who was helped to die in the Netherlands on account of her suffering from borderline personality disorder. It is sometimes claimed that whether or not a mentally ill person’s wish to die is valid hinges on whether or not that wish is a symptom of the person’s mental disorder. This article addresses the…Read more
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Lancaster UniversityHonorary Research Fellow In Philosophy
Lancaster, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Psychiatry |
Philosophy of Medicine |
Philosophy of Biology |