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204The determinists have run out of luck—for a good reasonPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 77 (3): 745-748. 2008.In his paper ‘‘Bad luck once again’’ Neil Levy attacks our proof of the consistency of libertarianism by reiterating a time-worn compatibilist complaint.1 This is, that what is not determined must be due to chance. If A has a choice of X or Y, neither X nor Y being causally determined, then if A chooses X it can only be by chance, never for a reason. The only ‘‘reason’’ that could explain the choice of X over Y would have to be a causally sufficient reason, which would rule out A’s having a genuin…Read more
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126Indeterminist free willPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 70 (3). 2005.The aim of the paper is to prove the consistency of libertarianism. We examine the example of Jane, who deliberates at length over whether to vacation in Colorado (C) or Hawaii (H), weighing the costs and benefits, consulting travel brochures, etc. Underlying phenomenological deliberation is an indeterministic neural process in which nonactual motor neural states n(C) and n(H) corresponding to alternatives C and H remain physically possible up until the moment of decision. The neurophysiological…Read more
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27Indeterminist Free WillPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 70 (3): 681-690. 2007.The aim of the paper is to prove the consistency of libertarianism. We examine the example of Jane, who deliberates at length over whether to vacation in Colorado (C) or Hawaii (H), weighing the costs and benefits, consulting travel brochures, etc. Underlying phenomenological deliberation is an indeterministic neural process in which nonactual motor neural states n(C) and n(H) corresponding to alternatives C and H remain physically possible up until the moment of decision. The neurophysiological…Read more
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13Atwell R. Turquette. A method for constructing implication logics. Zeitschrift für mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik, vol. 12 , pp. 267–278 (review)Journal of Symbolic Logic 33 (2): 308-309. 1968.
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26P. T. Geach. Aristotle on conjunctive propositions. Ratio , vol. 5 no. 1 , pp. 33–45Journal of Symbolic Logic 38 (4): 661-662. 1973.
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44A. N. Prior. Recent advances in tense logic. Basic issues in the philosophy of time, edited by Eugene Freeman and Wilfrid Sellars, Open Court, LaSalle, Ill., 1971, pp. 1–15. , pp. 325–339.) (review)Journal of Symbolic Logic 40 (1): 99. 1975.
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12Jean-Louis Gardies. La logique du temps. Collection SUP. Presses Universitaires de France, Paris1975, 160 pp (review)Journal of Symbolic Logic 42 (3): 430-432. 1977.
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114Model of the UniverseOxford University Press UK. 1996.Storrs McCall presents an original philosophical theory of the nature of the universe based on a striking new model of its space- time structure. He shows how his model illuminates a broad range of subjects, including causation, probability, quantum mechanics, identity, and free will, and argues that the fact that the model throws light on such a large number of problems constitutes strong evidence that the universe is as the model portrays it.
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18Note on “The Art of Time Travel: An Insoluble Problem Solved”Manuscrito 40 (1): 279-280. 2017.ABSTRACT In their contribution to the first part of this special issue Craig Bourn and Emily Caddick Bourne claim to have solved a puzzle I put forward in my ‘An Insoluble Problem’. Here I argue that their attempt fails.
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6The Determinists Have Run Out of Luck---For a Good ReasonPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 77 (3): 745-748. 2008.
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215Does the Brain Lead the Mind?Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 86 (2): 262-265. 2013.Over the last 25 years, experimental findings published by Benjamin Libet have indicated that conscious acts of will are preceded by a characteristic kind of brain event of which the agent is not conscious. It, Libet says, rather than the will, is what causes actions. His discoveries, if correct, would seem to imply that the notion of a free, conscious will is an illusion, and that actions are initiated by neural processes not under conscious control. In what follows it is argued that Libet’s co…Read more
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29Łukasiewicz Jan. Aristotle's syllogistic from the standpoint of modern formal logic. Second edition of XVII 209. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1957, xiii + 222 pp (review)Journal of Symbolic Logic 27 (2): 217-218. 1962.
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284The definition of enduranceAnalysis 69 (2): 277-280. 2009.David Lewis, following in the tradition of Broad, Quine and Goodman, says that change in an object X consists in X's being temporally extended and having qualitatively different temporal parts. Analogously, change in a spatially extended object such as a road consists in its having different spatial parts . The alternative to this view is that ordinary objects undergo temporal change in virtue of having different intrinsic non-relational properties at different times. They endure, remaining the …Read more
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36Review: Jean-Louis Gardies, La Logique du Temps (review)Journal of Symbolic Logic 42 (3): 430-432. 1977.
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41Aristotle's modal syllogismsNorth-Holland Pub. Co.. 1963.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To …Read more
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442Objective time flowPhilosophy of Science 43 (3): 337-362. 1976.A theory of temporal passage is put forward which is "objective" in the sense that time flow characterizes the universe independently of the existence of conscious beings. The theory differs from Grunbaum's "mind-dependence" theory, and is designed to avoid Grunbaum's criticisms of an earlier theory of Reichenbach's. The representation of temporal becoming is accomplished by the introduction of indeterministic universe-models; each model representing the universe at a time. The models depict the…Read more
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