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- Zonder meer recht.A. R. J.Groot &H. J. L. M. van de Luytgaarden -1993No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.J. -M. Tison,P. Fransen,Th C. de Kruijf,Jan C. M. Engelen,H. W. M. van Grol,W. G. Tillmans,C. G. M. 'T. Mannetje,R. G. W. Huysmans,C. Augustijn,J. Y. H. Jacobs,Jos Vercruysse,Jos Plantinga,C. A. van Peursen,Frans Vandenbussche,GerGroot,H. P. M. Goddijn &Frans Vosman -1977 -Bijdragen 38 (2):204-229.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.W. Beuken,P. C. Beentjes,Panc Beentjes,A. L. H. M. van Wieringen,P. J. van Midden,J. Lambrecht,B. Dehandschutter,Bart J. Koet,Jos E. Vercruysse,R. G. W. Huysmans,A. H. C. van Eijk,Ulrich Hemel,A. A. Derksen,Charo Crego,GerGroot,H. Bleijendaal,Ben Vedder &Johan G. Hahn -1984 -Bijdragen 45 (4):431-431.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.W. Beuken,P. C. Beentjes,Th C. de Kruijf,P. Smulders,R. G. W. Huysmans,J. Loyson,Guido van Steendam,Ulrich Hemel,A. A. Derksen,H. Bleijendaal,GerGroot,Joh G. Hahn,G. van Steendam,Guido Van Steendam &Jos E. Vercruysse -1983 -Bijdragen 44 (3):324-344.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.W. Beuken,Wim Weren,Tamis Wever,A. L. H. M. Van Wieringen,J. Luyten,P. C. Beentjes,P. Fransen,M. Poorthuis,J. Lambrecht,J. Smit,W. G. Tillmans,A. H. C. Van Eijk,Th C. de Kruijf,Vincent de Haas,Ulrich Hemel,W. G. Tillman,R. G. W. Huysmans,A. Baekelandt,J. W. Besemer,M. F. G. Parmentier,J. Y. H. Jacobs,H. P. M. Goddijn,J. Besemer,A. V. D. Pavert,H. Bleijendaal,Marcello Gallucci,GerGroot,C. Traets,A. A. Derksen &W. de Mahieu -1984 -Bijdragen 45 (1):59-113.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.W. Beuken,P. Fransen,J. Delobel,Theo M. M. A. C. Beil,Jos Vercruysse,H. Rikhof,R. G. W. Huysmans,J. Ghoos,GerGroot,Ben Vedder,A. J. Leijen &A. A. Derksen -1979 -Bijdragen 40 (3):325-344.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.Wim Weren,P. C. Beentjes,Bart-J. Koet,J. -J. Suurmond,Jan Lambrecht,A. L. H. M. van Wieringen,F. De Meyer,L. Dequeker,M. Poorthuis,B. Dehandschutter,Martin Parmentier,G. Rouwhorst,W. Parmentier,M. Parmentier,Marc Schneiders,A. H. C. van Eijk,Ulrich Hemel,Michel Coune,R. G. W. Huysmans,Michael Kuhn,Marc Steen,M. Kuhn,J. Verhaeghe,H. J. Adriaanse,GerGroot,H. Bleijendaal,G. Verwey,A. van de Pavert,J. W. Hacking &Marie-José van Bolhuis -1987 -Bijdragen 48 (1):75-110.No categories
- The Western Image of Chinese Religion From Leibniz To DeGroot.R. J. Zwi Werblowsky -1986 -Diogenes 34 (133):113-121.It is not the purpose of this short essay to try the impossible and give an adequate historical survey of the Western image (or rather images) of China. There is, moreover, a vast literature on the subject to which both sinologists and historians of European culture have contributed. The following paragraphs will restrict themselves to two poles in this history: the perception and reception of China in the 17th century (with Leibniz as the most significant and impressive representative of the (...) period)—in other words the image of China as current among the philosophes i.e., the pre-enlightenment, still Christian humanists, none of which was (or could have been) a sinologist properly speaking—and again at the end of the 19th century, when academic sinology began to get into stride. Without in any way detracting from the significance of his great predecessors and contemporaries, especially Marcel Granet, we shall limit our discussion to J.J.M. deGroot (Leiden and Berlin, d. 1921). (shrink)
- Boekbesprekingen.F. De Meyer,J. Lust,Th C. de Kruijf,H. W. M. van Grol,Marcel Poorthuis,P. C. Beentjes,H. W. Woorts,Martin Parmentier,Marc Schneiders,Bernard Van Dorpe,Hans Goddijn,A. H. C. van Eijk,Ulrich Hemel,Martien Parmentier,Jan van Hooydonk,Teije Brattinga,G. Rouwhorst,J. Besemer,H. J. Adriaanse,Paul van Tongeren,GerGroot,R. Ceusters,Hent de Vries &Johan G. Hahn -1988 -Bijdragen 49 (4):443-472.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.P. C. Beentjes,H. W. M. van Grol,Tamis Wever,W. Beuken,J. Lust,W. Weren,R. Hoet,P. Fransen,F. de Grijs,J. Wissink,Jos Vercruysse,A. Baekelandt,H. P. M. Goddijn,GerGroot &C. Donders -1978 -Bijdragen 39 (3):322-344.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.P. C. Beentjes,M. Poorthuis,U. Hemel,P. Fransen,H. J. van Hout,W. G. Tillmans,J. Wissink,R. G. W. Huysmans,P. Verdeyen,Angela J. M. Holleboom,GerGroot,P. van Tongeren,Marcello Gallucci,A. A. Derksen,Ulrich Hemel,H. Bleijendaal,M. V. D. Berk &H. P. M. Goddijn -1982 -Bijdragen 43 (3):318-344.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.Jan C. M. Engelen,W. Beuken,J. -M. Tison,J. Lambrecht,P. Smulders,P. Fransen,P. Verdeyen,Rob van Kessel,A. H. C. van Eijk,W. G. Tillmans,R. G. W. Huysmans,J. Y. H. Jacobs,GerGroot,A. Poncelet,M. Heijndrikx,C. G. M. 'T. Mannetje,Maria ter Steeg &H. Stroeken -1978 -Bijdragen 39 (1):78-112.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.W. Beuken,Tamis Wever,Th C. de Kruijf,P. Smulders,W. G. Tillmans,Jos Vercruysse,P. Fransen,F. Kurris,Jos E. Vercruysse,R. G. W. Huysmans,S. de Smet,H. P. M. Goddijn,J. Y. H. Jacobs,W. Thys,A. Poncelet,GerGroot,Henk van Luijk,A. A. Derksen &H. Rikhof -1976 -Bijdragen 37 (4):428-461.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.W. Beuken,W. Weren,P. C. Beentjes,Joël Delobel,W. G. Tillmans,Bart-Jan Koet,A. H. C. van Eijk,H. P. M. Goddijn,R. G. W. Huysmans,Jos Vercruysse,Jos E. Vercruysse,H. Bleijendaal,Ulrich Hemel,Th H. Zweerman,A. J. Leijen,Tjeu van den Berk,U. Hemel &GerGroot -1981 -Bijdragen 42 (3):309-345.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.Bernard Van Dorpe,P. Verdeyen,Marc Schneiders,Martin Parmentier,Hans Goddijn,J. -J. Suurmond,G. Rouwhorst,R. G. W. Huysmans,Ulrich Hemel,Johan G. Hahn,H. Bleijendaal,GerGroot &A. van de Pavert -1989 -Bijdragen 50 (1):94-117.No categories
- Boekbesprekingen.Tamis Wever,H. Bleijendaal,P. Fransen,W. Weren,R. Hoet,J. Lambrecht,P. C. Beentjes,Jos E. Vercruysse,Th M. M. A. C. Bell,J. Wissink,A. H. C. van Eijk,R. G. W. Huysmans,GerGroot,H. P. M. Goddijn &A. A. Derksen -1980 -Bijdragen 41 (3):307-343.No categories
- Abstracta and Abstraction in Trope Theory.A. R. J. Fisher -2020 -Philosophical Papers 49 (1):41-67.Trope theory is a leading metaphysical theory in analytic ontology. One of its classic statements is found in the work of Donald C. Williams who argued that tropes qua abstract particulars are the very alphabet of being. The concept of an abstract particular has been repeatedly attacked in the literature. Opponents and proponents of trope theory alike have levelled their criticisms at the abstractness of tropes and the associated act of abstraction. In this paper I defend the concept of a (...) trope qua abstract particular by rejecting arguments that purport to show that tropes should not be understood as abstract and by arguing that the abstractness of tropes plays an indispensable role in one of our more promising trope-theoretic analyses of universals and of concrete objects. (shrink)
- Instantiation in Trope Theory.A. R. J. Fisher -2018 -American Philosophical Quarterly 55 (2):153-164.The concept of instantiation is realized differently across a variety of metaphysical theories. A certain realization of the concept in a given theory depends on what roles are specified and associated with the concept and its corresponding term as well as what entities are suited to fill those roles. In this paper, the classic realization of the concept of instantiation in a one-category ontology of abstract particulars or tropes is articulated in a novel way and defended against unaddressed objections.
- Grace A. de Laguna’s Theory of Universals: A Powers Ontology of Properties and Modality.A. R. J. Fisher -2022 -Australasian Philosophical Review 6 (1):39-48.In this paper I examine Grace A. de Laguna’s theory of universals in its historical context and in relation to contemporary debates in analytic metaphysics. I explain the central features of her theory, arguing that her theory should be classified as a form of immanent realism and as a powers ontology. I then show in what ways her theory affords a theory of modality in terms of potentialities and discuss some of its consequences along the way.
- The Elements and Patterns of Being: Essays in Metaphysics.A. R. J. Fisher (ed.) -2018 - New York, NY: Oxford University Press.Donald C. Williams was a key figure in the development of analytic philosophy. This book will be the definitive source for his highly original work, which did much to bring metaphysics back into fashion. It presents six classic papers and six previously unpublished, revealing his full philosophical vision for the first time.
- Structural universals.A. R. J. Fisher -2018 -Philosophy Compass 13 (10):e12518.Structural universals are a kind of complex universal. They have been put to work in a variety of philosophical theories but are plagued with problems concerning their compositional nature. In this article, we will discuss the following questions. What are structural universals? Why believe in them? Can we give a consistent account of their compositional nature? What are the costs of doing so?
- Priority monism, partiality, and minimal truthmakers.A. R. J. Fisher -2015 -Philosophical Studies 172 (2):477-491.Truthmaker monism is the view that the one and only truthmaker is the world. Despite its unpopularity, this view has recently received an admirable defence by Schaffer :307–324, 2010b). Its main defect, I argue, is that it omits partial truthmakers. If we omit partial truthmakers, we lose the intimate connection between a truth and its truthmaker. I further argue that the notion of a minimal truthmaker should be the key notion that plays the role of constraining ontology and that truthmaker (...) monism is not necessary for an appropriate solution to the problem of finding truthmakers for negative truths. I conclude that we should reject truthmaker monism once and for all. (shrink)
- David Lewis, Donald C. Williams, and the History of Metaphysics in the Twentieth Century.A. R. J. Fisher -2015 -Journal of the American Philosophical Association 1 (1):3--22.The revival of analytic metaphysics in the latter half of the twentieth century is typically understood as a consequence of the critiques of logical positivism, Quine’s naturalization of ontology, Kripke’s Naming and Necessity, clarifications of modal notions in logic, and the theoretical exploitation of possible worlds. However, this explanation overlooks the work of metaphysicians at the height of positivism and linguisticism that affected metaphysics of the late twentieth century. Donald C. Williams is one such philosopher. In this paper I explain (...) how Williams’s fundamental ontology and philosophy of time influenced in part the early formation of David Lewis’s metaphysics. Thus, Williams played an important role in the revival of analytic metaphysics. (shrink)
- On Lewis against magic: a study of method in metaphysics.A. R. J. Fisher -2018 -Synthese 195 (5):2335-2353.David Lewis objected to theories that posit necessary connections between distinct entities and to theories that involve a magical grasping of their primitives. In On the Plurality of Worlds, Lewis objected to nondescript ersatzism on these grounds. The literature contains several reconstructions of Lewis’ critique of nondescript ersatzism but none of these interpretations adequately address his main argument because they fail to see that Lewis’ critique is based on broader methodological considerations. I argue that a closer look at his methodology (...) reveals the broader objection he presented against nondescript ersatzism. This objection, I further argue, remains a challenge for the ersatzer who posits structure-less entities as possible worlds. (shrink)
- Donald C. Williams’s defence of real metaphysics.A. R. J. Fisher -2017 -British Journal for the History of Philosophy 25 (2):332-355.In the middle of last century metaphysics was widely criticized, ridiculed, and committed to the flames. During this period a handful of philosophers, against several anti-metaphysical trends, defended metaphysics and articulated novel metaphysical doctrines. Donald C. Williams was one of these philosophers. But while his contributions to metaphysics are well known his defence of metaphysics is not and yet it played a key part in the development and revival of metaphysics. In this paper I present his defence of metaphysics in (...) its historical context. I also show how his defence is relevant in response to recent attacks on metaphysics. (shrink)
- Naturalness, Arbitrariness, and Serious Ontology.A. R. J. Fisher -2022 - In Helen Beebee & A. R. J. Fisher,Perspectives on the Philosophy of David K. Lewis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 134-53.David Lewis is typically interpreted as a class nominalist. One consequence of class nominalism, which he embraced, is that the reduction of ordered pairs, triples, etc to unordered sets of sets is conventional. The reaction by his Australian counterparts D.M. Armstrong and Peter Forrest was that Lewis was not being ontologically serious. This chapter evaluates this debate over serious ontology. It is argued that in one sense Lewis is ontologically serious, but that his additional commitment to structuralism about classes should (...) push him to adopt a trope-theoretic account of naturalness, which opens up another way to respond to the charge of not doing serious ontology. This conclusion is supported by certain remarks he makes in his correspondence, thus revealing how his thinking about properties appears to have evolved from property-egalitarianism to a sparse theory of tropes. (shrink)
- Musical Works as Structural Universals.A. R. J. Fisher -2021 -Erkenntnis 88 (3):1245-67.In the ontology of music the Aristotelian theory of musical works is the view that musical works are immanent universals. The Aristotelian theory (hereafter Musical Aristotelianism) is an attractive and serviceable hypothesis. However, it is overlooked as a genuine competitor to the more well-known theories of Musical Platonism and nominalism. Worse still, there is no detailed account in the literature of the nature of the universals that the Aristotelian identifies musical works with. In this paper, I argue that the best (...) version of Musical Aristotelianism identifies musical works with structural universals. I first motivate the view by outlining its explanatory benefits. I then argue that Musical Aristotelianism is preferable to Musical Platonism and present a novel account of musical works as structural universals by developing D. M. Armstrong’s theory of structural universals. I discuss the consequences of Musical Aristotelianism with respect to on-going issues in debates about musical works and defend the view against an influential objection, concluding that Musical Aristotelianism is a genuine competitor in debates about the nature of musical works. (shrink)
- The Routledge Handbook of Properties.A. R. J. Fisher &Anna-Sofia Maurin (eds.) -2024 - London: Routledge.The Routledge Handbook of Properties is an outstanding reference source to this perennial topic and is the first major volume of its kind. Essential reading for anyone studying and researching metaphysics, metametaphysics, and ontology.
- Bennett on Parts Twice Over.A. R. J. Fisher -2013 -Philosophia 41 (3):757-761.In this paper I outline the main features of Karen Bennett’s (Australasian Journal of Philosophy 1–21, 2011) non-classical mereology, and identify its methodological costs. I argue that Bennett’s mereology cannot account for the composition of structural universals because it cannot explain the mereological difference between isomeric universals, such as being butane and being isobutane. I consider responses, which come at costs to the view.
- David Lewis on Ways Things Might Be: An Examination of Modal Realism through Lewis’s Correspondence.A. R. J. Fisher -2024 -Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 80 (4):1059-1080.David Lewis is widely known for maintaining the bizarre thesis known as genuine modal realism (hereafter, modal realism). He argued for modal realism on grounds of serviceability in On the Plurality of Worlds. However, earlier in Counterfactuals, he proposed a different kind of argument: from talk of ways things might be to possible worlds. In this paper, I examine the evolution of the latter argument in Lewis’s thought and evaluate its place in his overall case for modal realism, especially in (...) light of the alternative theory of modality known as magical ersatzism. I argue that Lewis turns the argument on its head in his critique of magical ersatzism, but that his later commitment to Ramseyan humility subjects him to a similar criticism. Therefore, the argument is, ultimately, a poisoned pawn for Lewis. (shrink)
- Temporal experience and the present in George P. Adams’ eternalism.A. R. J. Fisher -2023 -British Journal for the History of Philosophy 31 (2):355-376.In the early twentieth century, many philosophers in America thought that time should be taken seriously in one way or another. George P. Adams (1882-1961) argued that the past, present and future are all real but only the present is actual. I call this theory ‘actualist eternalism’. In this paper, I articulate his novel brand of eternalism as one piece of his metaphysical system and I explain how he argued for the view in light of the best explanations of temporal (...) experience and the present. I argue that his exploitation of analogies between time and modality offer some lessons for current debates about time such as the importance of providing a temporal epistemology. I also extract what I call the temporal boundary problem and argue that it gives rise to an unaddressed challenge for presentists and growing block theorists. (shrink)
- Marking the Centenary of Samuel Alexander’s Space, Time and Deity.A. R. J. Fisher (ed.) -2021 - Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.Samuel Alexander was an important figure in the rise of realism in the early twentieth century. Alongside Moore and Russell he forwarded the cause of realism in England with a systematic exposition of a realist metaphysics in his magnum opus Space, Time and Deity (1920). This volume is a collection of essays on Alexander’s philosophy, ranging from his metaphysics of spacetime, theory of categories, epistemology and account of perception, naturalism, and interpretations of reactions by R.G. Collingwood and John Anderson.
- Introduction: the importance of properties.A. R. J. Fisher &Anna-Sofia Maurin -2024 - In A. R. J. Fisher & Anna-Sofia Maurin,The Routledge Handbook of Properties. London: Routledge.In this chapter, we introduce the perennial and sometimes sprawling topic of properties, with a brief historical sketch from Ancient to Modern philosophy throughout various cultures and traditions. We argue that the importance of properties can be shown by explaining what explanatory work they can do in philosophical theorising across many areas of philosophy. The chapters in this volume do just that in their specific ways. We also outline the structure of the volume and summarise each Part, first describing the (...) larger context of each Part and then the upshot of each chapter. (shrink)No categories
- Truthmaking and Fundamentality.A. R. J. Fisher -2016 -Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 97 (4):448-473.I apply the notion of truthmaking to the topic of fundamentality by articulating a truthmaker theory of fundamentality according to which some truths are truth-grounded in certain entities while the ones that don't stand in a metaphysical-semantic relation to the truths that do. I motivate this view by critically discussing two problems with Ross Cameron's truthmaker theory of fundamentality. I then defend this view against Theodore Sider's objection that the truthmaking approach to fundamentality violates the purity constraint. Truthmaker theorists can (...) have a trouble-free theory of fundamentality. (shrink)
- Ideology, Truthmaking and Fundamentality.A. R. J. Fisher -2012 - Dissertation, Syracuse University
- Samuel Alexander's Theory of Categories.A. R. J. Fisher -2015 -The Monist 98 (3):246-67.Samuel Alexander was one of the first realists of the twentieth century to defend a theory of categories. He thought that the categories are genuinely real and grounded in the intrinsic nature of Space-Time. I present his reduction of the categories in terms of Space-Time, articulate his account of categorial structure and completeness, and offer an interpretation of what he thought the nature of the categories really were. I then argue that his theory of categories has some advantages over competing (...) theories of his day, and finally draw some important lessons that we can learn from his realist yet reductionist theory of categories. (shrink)
- Samuel Alexander and the Psychological Origins of Realism.A. R. J. Fisher -2021 - InMarking the Centenary of Samuel Alexander’s Space, Time and Deity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 165-91.This chapter explores the philosophical development of Alexander’s empiricism, interest in experimental psychology, and its connection to realism and its subsequent rise in the early twentieth century. His early interests are most notably his rejection of British idealism and an empiricist tendency derived in part from classical empiricism and empirical developments in psychology. It is argued that Alexander arrives at realism through his work on psychology, thus revealing that the rise of realism has some psychological origins. His philosophical method is (...) also analysed in detail and it is shown that many of his arguments should be understood as following this method and that many objections to his arguments for realism and against his theory of perception can be resisted when this method is taken into consideration. (shrink)
- C.D. Broad on Things and Processes: A Process Ontology of Tropes.A. R. J. Fisher -2022 -History of Philosophy Quarterly 39 (4):385-406.In Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy, C.D. Broad advanced a distinctive ontology of things and processes. He argues that neither things nor processes are reduced to each other but instead are reduced to some further kind of entity: “absolute process.” This paper will present Broad's theory of absolute processes and argue that they are best understood as tropes by developing a version of Donald C. Williams's trope ontology. This process ontology of tropes is then defended against objections in the contemporary metaphysics (...) literature. (shrink)
- Esports: The Chess of the 21st Century.Matthew A. Pluss,Kyle J. M. Bennett,Andrew R. Novak,Derek Panchuk,Aaron J. Coutts &Job Fransen -2019 -Frontiers in Psychology 10.For many decades, researchers have explored the true potential of human achievement. The expertise field has come a long way since the early works of deGroot (1965) and Chase and Simon (1973). Since then, this inquiry has expanded into the areas of music, science, technology, sport, academia and art. Despite the vast amount of research to date, the capability of study methodologies to truly capture the nature of expertise remains questionable. Some considerations include (i) the individual bias in (...) the retrospective recall of developmental activities, (ii) the ability to develop ecologically valid tasks, and (iii) difficulties capturing the influence of confounding factors on expertise. This article proposes that expertise research in electronic sports (esports) presents an opportunity to overcome some of these considerations. Esports involves individuals or teams of players that compete in video game competitions via human-computer interaction. Advantages of applying the expert performance approach in esports include (i) developmental activities are objectively tracked and automatically logged online, (ii) the constraints of representative tasks correspond with the real-world environment of esports performance, and (iii) expertise has emerged without the influence of guided systematic training environments. Therefore, this article argues that esports research provides an ideal opportunity to further advance research on the development and assessment of human expertise. (shrink)
- Causal and Logical Necessity in Malebranche’s Occasionalism.A. R. J. Fisher -2011 -Canadian Journal of Philosophy 41 (4):523-548.The famous Cartesian Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) espoused the occasionalist doctrine that ‘there is only one true cause because there is only one true God; that the nature or power of each thing is nothing but the will of God; that all natural causes are not true causes but only occasional causes’ (LO, 448, original italics). One of Malebranche’s well-known arguments for occasionalism, known as, the ‘no necessary connection’ argument (or, NNC ) stems from the principle that ‘a true cause… is (...) one such that the mind perceives a necessary connection between it and its effect’ (LO, 450). The outline of this paper is as follows. I explicitly layout NNC and articulate some of its prima facie strengths (§1). I then critically discuss, what I take to be, the two main arguments against NNC of the Lee-Pyle interpretation (§2). The main conclusion from (§2) is that Malebranche did not abandon NNC in his later works given textual evidence from the Dialogues, contrary to the Lee-Pyle interpretation. In (§3) I discuss in what ways Suárez, Leibniz, Régis and Spinoza all accepted the main premise of NNC. Then, I rebut Steven Nadler’s influential and unchallenged criticism that Malebranche conflated causal and logical necessity, and provide a more accurate interpretation of Malebranche that only commits him to a partial reduction of causal to logical necessity (§4). (shrink)
- Samuel Alexander's Early Reactions to British Idealism.A. R. J. Fisher -2017 -Collingwood and British Idealism Studies 23 (2):169-196.Samuel Alexander was a central figure of the new wave of realism that swept across the English-speaking world in the early twentieth century. His Space, Time, and Deity (1920a, 1920b) was taken to be the official statement of realism as a metaphysical system. But many historians of philosophy are quick to point out the idealist streak in Alexander’s thought. After all, as a student he was trained at Oxford in the late 1870s and early 1880s as British Idealism was beginning (...) to flourish. This naturally had some effect on his philosophical outlook and it is said that his early work is overtly idealist. In this paper I examine his neglected and understudied reactions to British Idealism in the 1880s. I argue that Alexander was not an idealist during this period and should not be considered as part of the British Idealist tradition, philosophically speaking. (shrink)
- The Pareto Argument for Inequality Revisited.A. R. J. Fisher &Edward F. McClennen -manuscriptOne of the more obscure arguments for Rawls’ difference principle dubbed ‘the Pareto argument for inequality’ has been criticised by G. A. Cohen (1995, 2008) as being inconsistent. In this paper, we examine and clarify the Pareto argument in detail and argue (1) that justification for the Pareto principles derives from rational selfinterest and thus the Pareto principles ought to be understood as conditions of individual rationality, (2) that the Pareto argument is not inconsistent, contra Cohen, and (3) that the (...) kind of bargaining model required to arrive at the particular unequal distribution that the difference principle picks out is a model that is not based on bargaining according to one’s threat advantage. (shrink)
- Examination of Merricks' Primitivism about Truth.A. R. J. Fisher -2014 -Metaphysica 15 (2):281-98.Trenton Merricks argues for and defends a novel version of primitivism about truth : being true is a primitive monadic but non-intrinsic property. This examination consists of the following triad: a critical discussion of Merricks’ argument for his view, a rejection of his objection against Paul Horwich’s minimalist theory of truth, and a direct objection against his view on the grounds that it entails being true is a mysterious and suspicious property. The conclusion is that Merricks’ primitivism should be rejected.
- Correction to: On Lewis against magic: a study of method in metaphysics.A. R. J. Fisher -2020 -Synthese 197 (11):4743-4743.Please note that this article belongs to the Special Issue on the Legacy of David Lewis but was included in issue 195:5 by mistake. It should be regarded as part of this selection of articles.
- The Two Davids and Australian Materialism.A. R. J. Fisher -2021 - In Peter R. Anstey & David Braddon-Mitchell,Armstrong's Materialist Theory of Mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 29-51.This chapter by Fisher continues the theme of the relation between Armstrong and Lewis, only Fisher casts the net far wider. He begins by arguing that there were at least two different lines of influence from early twentieth-century behaviourism to the identity theory: one through logical positivism and the other through ordinary language philosophy, the latter involving Place and Smart, and Lewis and Armstrong. It was Armstrong and Lewis who were to have a profound influence on subsequent developments in analytic (...) philosophy, both methodologically and in metaphysics, and it is for this reason that Fisher devotes the rest of his chapter to tracing the origins of their theories of mind and the manner in which the emphases and methodologies deployed in developing their respective theories became the hallmarks of their wider impact on analytic philosophy. (shrink)
- The importance of properties.A. R. J. Fisher &Anna-Sofia Maurin -2024 - In A. R. J. Fisher & Anna-Sofia Maurin,The Routledge Handbook of Properties. London: Routledge.No categoriesExport citation
Bookmark - Introduction.A. R. J. Fisher -2021 - InMarking the Centenary of Samuel Alexander’s Space, Time and Deity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1-20.In this Introduction, Alexander and his work are outlined in its historical context with an account of his place in the history of philosophy. The background and motivation of the work is given along with a description of the organisation and content of the chapters that follow. Justification is also given for the inclusion of three posthumous papers by Alexander and how these posthumous papers relate to the newly commissioned essays.No categories
- Double blind tests of subliminal self-help audiotapes.Anthony G. Greenwald,E. Spangenberg,A. R. Pratkanis &J. Eskenazi -1991 -Psychological Science.
- China Open - China Closed.R. J. Zwi Werblowsky -1994 -Diogenes 42 (167):1-13.Forbidden areas, i.e. areas (sites, cities, countries) that are inaccessible for topographical reasons or especially because of decisions based on political, religious, or other motivations are usually surrounded by an aura of mystery and almost necessarily arouse curiosity. The dream of generations of explorers was to reach Lhasa. An area can be closed not only to outsiders but also to “insiders:” nobody is allowed to leave for the “outside.” The isolation imposed on Japan by the Tokugawa regime was such a (...) two-way seclusion aided, of course, by geographical conditions and hence easily enforceable. It has been suggested, perhaps not quite seriously, that the famous Chinese wall was meant not only to keep out barbarian invaders, but also to prevent Chinese from leaving. That there was some kind of border control is also suggested by the leger, according to which Lao-tse, before disappearing into the west, committed his teaching, the Tao-te-kinq, to writing at the request of the “gatekeeper.” One may well wonder whether there exists another equally influential text written at the behest of a border policeman! (shrink)
- (1 other version)Citizen science or scientific citizenship? Disentangling the uses of public engagement rhetoric in national research initiatives.Michelle J. Patrick Woolley,Harriet L. McGowan,Victoria Coathup J. A. Teare,R. Fishman Jennifer,A. Settersten Richard,Jane Kaye Sigrid Sterckx &T. Juengst Eric -forthcoming -Most Recent Articles: Bmc Medical Ethics.The language of “participant-driven research,” “crowdsourcing” and “citizen science” is increasingly being used to encourage the public to become involved in research ventures as both subjects and scientists....
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