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Content-Determinacy Skepticism and Phenomenal IntentionalityIn Stephen Cade Hetherington & David Macarthur (eds.), Living Skepticism. Essays in Epistemology and Beyond, Brill. 2022.
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46Philosophy Then and Now: An Introductory Text with Readings (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 1998.Philosophy Then and Now provides an innovative and engaging blend of introductory text with classic and contemporary readings. Each of the eight parts begins with an introductory section on the major ideas associated with a seminal figure from the history of philosophy. This is followed by key selections from the essential writings of that philosopher, as well as influential selections from contemporary figures. Key figures covered include: Socrates, Aquinas, Locke, Descartes, Mill, Nietzsche, M…Read more
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49Addiction and Responsibility (edited book)MIT Press. 2011.Addictive behavior threatens not just the addict's happiness and health but also the welfare and well-being of others. It represents a loss of self-control and a variety of other cognitive impairments and behavioral deficits. An addict may say, "I couldn't help myself." But questions arise: are we responsible for our addictions? And what responsibilities do others have to help us? This volume offers a range of perspectives on addiction and responsibility and how the two are bound together. Disti…Read more
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5Consciousness and IntentionalityIn Susan Schneider & Max Velmans (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, Wiley. 2017.Consciousness and intentionality help to define the mental qua mental. Consciousness and intentionality, insist some philosophers, although perhaps often co‐occurring, are mutually independent or separable. Consciousness and intentionality, insist others, are interdependent or inseparable. This chapter discusses an important aspect of inseparatism: the relation between phenomenal character and intentional content. The contemporary philosophers and theorists have developed inseparatist or nearly …Read more
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70Review of Ian Hacking: Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory (review)Ethics 106 (4): 845-848. 1996.
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70Probing for relevance: What metacognition tells us about the power of consciousnessConsciousness and Cognition 9 (2): 172-177. 2000.Metacognitive attitudes can affect behavior but do they do so, as Koriat claims, because they enhance voluntary control? This Commentary makes a case for saying that metacognitive consciousness may enhance not control but subjective predictability and may be best studied by examining not just healthy, well-integrated cognizers, but victims of multilevel mental disorders
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59Review of Stephen F. Braude: First Person Plural: Multiple Personality and the Philosophy of Mind. (review)Ethics 105 (3): 655-657. 1995.
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128The Oxford handbook of philosophy and psychiatry (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2013.Philosophy has much to offer psychiatry, not least regarding ethical issues, but also issues regarding the mind, identity, values, and volition. This has become only more important as we have witnessed the growth and power of the pharmaceutical industry, accompanied by developments in the neurosciences. However, too few practising psychiatrists are familiar with the literature in this area. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry offers the most comprehensive reference resource for thi…Read more
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69How to be realistic about folk psychologyPhilosophical Psychology 1 (1): 69-81. 1988.Folk psychological realism is the view that folk psychology is true and that people really do have propositional attitudes, whereas anti-realism is the view that folk psychology is false and people really do not have propositional attitudes. We argue that anti-realism is not worthy of acceptance and that realism is eminently worthy of acceptance. However, it is plainly epistemically possible to favor either of two forms of folk realism: scientific or non-scientific. We argue that non-scientific …Read more
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On What Is Good: A Study of B. F. Skinner's Operant Behaviorist ViewBehavior and Philosophy 5 (2): 97. 1977.
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When Selfconsciousness Breaks: Alien Voices and Inserted ThoughtsPhilosophical Quarterly 52 (206): 128-131. 2002.
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8The formation of the medical and surgical professorial units in the London teaching hospitalsAnnals of Science 26 (1): 1-22. 1970.
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269_The Disordered Mind: An Introduction to Philosophy of Mind and Mental Illness, second edition_ examines and explains, from a philosophical standpoint, what mental disorder is: its reality, causes, consequences, and more. It is also an outstanding introduction to philosophy of mind from the perspective of mental disorder. Revised and updated throughout, this _second edition_ includes new discussions of grief and psychopathy, the problems of the psychophysical basis of disorder, the nature of sel…Read more
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13The Abraham Dilemma: A Divine DelusionInternational Perspectives in. 2015.What, if anything, is religious or spiritual delusion? What does religious delusion reveal about the difference between good and bad spirituality? 'The Abraham Dilemma' is the first book written by a philosopher on the topic of religious delusion - on the disorder's causes, contents, consequences, diagnosis and treatment.
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20Connectionism in Pavlovian harnessIn Terence E. Horgan & John L. Tienson (eds.), Connectionism and the Philosophy of Mind, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 143--166. 1991.
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4Internal-World Skepticism and the Self-Presentational Nature of Phenomenal ConsciousnessIn Kriegel Uriah & Kenneth Williford (eds.), Self-representational Approaches to Consciousness, Bradford. 2006.
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25Personal Identity. By Sydney Shoemaker and Richard Swinburne (review)Modern Schoolman 64 (4): 303-304. 1987.
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18"Human Action and Its Explanation: A Study on the Philosophical Foundations of Psychology," by Raimo Tuomela (review)Modern Schoolman 56 (1): 80-82. 1978.
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58Reconceiving Schizophrenia (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2006.Schizophrenia has been investigated predominately from psychological, psychiatric and neurobiological perspectives. This book is unique in examining it from a philosophical point of view. It should appeal to every reader who wants to better understand this major mental illness, providing unique insights into the 'experience' of schizophrenia.
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A companion to cognitive scienceIn Dennis M. Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Blackwell. 1996.
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27Philosophical PsychopathologyMIT Press. 1994.A benchmark volume for an emerging field where mental disorders serve as the springboard for philosophical insights.
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