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IntroductionIn C. Macdonald, Barry C. Smith & C. J. G. Wright (eds.), Knowing Our Own Minds: Essays in Self-Knowledge, Oxford University Press. 1998.
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4Universals and the Realism/Nominalism DisputeIn Cynthia MacDonald (ed.), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: The Issue Varieties of Nominalism Two Conceptions of Universals The Regress Charge and two Unsuccessful Attempts to Meet it An Alternative.
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2EventsIn Cynthia MacDonald (ed.), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: Our Ontological Commitment to Events Three Criteria: Spatio‐temporal Coincidence, Necessary Spatio‐temporal Coincidence, and Sameness of Cause and Effect The Property Exemplification Account of Events (PEE)
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1Persons and Personal IdentityIn Cynthia MacDonald (ed.), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: Our Ontological Commitment to Persons Candidates for Persistence Conditions for Persons The Closest Continuer Theory and Its Problems Does the Concept of Identity Apply to Persons? The Multiple Occupancy Thesis Back to Basics: Continuity and Fission A Suggestion.
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The Nature and Function of MetaphysicsIn Cynthia MacDonald (ed.), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2008.This chapter contains section titled: The Methodology and Subject Matter of Metaphysics Aristotle's Conception of Metaphysics Kant's Conception of Metaphysics A Working Conception of Metaphysics.
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7Some Tools of MetaphysicsIn Cynthia MacDonald (ed.), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: Criteria of Ontological Commitment: Two Examples ‘No Entity without Identity’: Identity Conditions for Objects Individuation Conditions, Identity Conditions, and Metaphysical Kinds Principles and Criteria of Identity.
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3Material SubstancesIn Cynthia MacDonald (ed.), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains section titled: Our Ontological Commitment to Material Substances The Bundle Theory and the Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles Problems with the Bundle Theory The Bare Substratum Theory and the Principle of Acquaintance Objections to the Bare Substratum Theory An Alternative.
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BibliographyIn Cynthia MacDonald (ed.), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2005.
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FrontmatterIn Cynthia MacDonald (ed.), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2005.The prelims comprise: Half Title Title Copyright Contents Preface.
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IndexIn Cynthia MacDonald (ed.), Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics, Wiley-blackwell. 2005.
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35On the Unifier—Multiplier ControversyCanadian Journal of Philosophy 8 (4). 1978.Many recent discussions of the identity and individuation of actions focus on attempts to find satisfactory answers to questions like, “When, if ever, is a shooting a killing?” Those who attempt to answer such questions divide themselves, on the whole, into two opposing groups. I. Thalberg has conveniently labelled the members of one group ‘unifiers’, and the members of the other group ‘multipliers’.The unifier account is commonly attributed to philosophers such as G. E. M. Anscombe and Donald D…Read more
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5Cicero, Pro Flacco, 37Classical Quarterly 29 (1): 217-218. 1979.Haec quae est a nobis prolata laudatio obsignata erat creta ilia Asiatica quae fere est omnibus nota nobis, qua utuntur omnes non modo in publicis sed etiam in privatis litteris quas cotidie videmus mitti a publicanis, saepe uni cuique nostrum.
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16McDowell’s Alternative Conceptions of the WorldInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 19 (1): 87-94. 2011.
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8Book note (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83 (4): 615. 2005.This Article does not have an abstract
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44Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 1998.This volume is a comprehensive survey of contemporary thought on a wide range of issues and provides students with the basic background to current debates in metaphysics
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18Critical noticesInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 5 (2). 1997.An Essay On Rights By Hillel Steiner Basil Blackwell, 1994. Pp. x + 305. ISBN 0-631-19027-9. Price 14.95 Connectionism and eliminativism: reply to Stephen Mills in Vol. 5, No. 1.
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IntrospectionIn Brian P. McLaughlin, Ansgar Beckermann & Sven Walter (eds.), The Oxford handbook of philosophy of mind, Oxford University Press. 2007.
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43Emergence and Non-reductive PhysicalismIn Sophie Gibb, Robin Findlay Hendry & Tom Lancaster (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Emergence, Routledge. pp. 195-205. 2018.
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