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nfessions of a schmentencite towards an explicit semantics inquiry forthcoming synopsis semantics works better with explicit variables rather than index parameters topics semantics propositions folk teleology drives persistence judgments with david rose and kevin tobia draft of 8 9 18 synthese forthcoming synopsis causal models show that folk judgments of persistence are driven by teleological considerations topics experimental philosophy persistence folk metaphysics taking causing out of bennett s making things up inquiry 63 2020 722 44 synopsis critical discussion of bennett s book focusing on her claim that causation is a building relation topics grounding causation quantum holism nonseparability as common ground with jenann ismael synthese 197 2020 4131 60 synopsis attempt to clarify a rationale and meaning for quantum holism topics quantum mechanics grounding monism anchoring as grounding on epstein s the ant trap philosophy and phenomenological research 99 2019 749 67 synopsis critical discussion of epstein s book focusing on his distinction between anchoring and grounding topics grounding social ontology laws for metaphysical explanation philosophical issues 27 2017 302 21 synopsis argument that metaphysical explanation requires laws of metaphysics concluding with a functional conception of laws topics grounding explanation laws social construction as grounding or fundamentality for feminists a reply to barnes and mikkola philosophical studies 174 2017 2449 65 synopsis reply to barnes s and mikkola s criticisms that grounding undermines feminist metaphysics claiming that grounding helps clarify the idea of social construction topics grounding feminism social ontology the ground between the gaps philosophers imprint 17 2017 1 26 synopsis grounding meets zombies argument that explanatory gaps are everywhere and bridged by grounding principles topics grounding consciousness cause without default with thomas blanchard making a difference eds beebee hitchcock and price 2017 175 214 oxford synopsis critical discussion of the menzies hall halpern hitchcock idea that causal models need to be supplemented with a default deviant distinction topics causation derivative properties in fundamental laws with michael townsen hicks british journal for the philosophy of science 68 2017 411 50 synopsis argument that physics routinely invokes derivative properties in ways supporting deflationary conceptions of lawhood topics fundamentality lawhood folk mereology is teleological with david rose no û s 51 2017 238 70 expanded version experimental metaphysics ed rose bloomsbury 2017 135 86 synopsis experimental results suggesting that people think that composition occurs when the plurality has a purpose and supporting a dismissive take on folk intuitions topics experimental philosophy mereology folk metaphysics ground rules lessons from wilson scientific composition and metaphysical ground eds aizawa and gillett 2016 143 70 palgrave synopsis reply to wilson s critique of grounding claiming that structural equation models provide a more informative conception of grounding topics grounding it is the business of laws to govern dialectica 70 2016 577 88 synopsis there is no inference problem for non humeans about lawhood topics lawhood humeanism cognitive science and metaphysics partners in debunking alvin goldman and his critics eds kornblith and mclaughlin 2016 337 65 wiley blackwell to be reprinted in metaphysics and cognitive science eds goldman and mclaughlin oxford also tsingua studies in western philosophy 3 2017 434 72 synopsis discussion of the relevance of cognitive science to metaphysics and the roles that both need to play in debunking intuitions topics methodology meta metaphysics grounding in the image of causation philosophical studies 173 2016 49 100 synopsis a formalism for grounding based on structural equation models topics grounding causation what not to multiply without necessity australasian journal of philosophy 93 2015 644 64 synopsis argument that it is only fundamental entities that are not to be multiplied without necessity topics meta metaphysics fundamentality lewis on knowledge ascriptions a companion to david lewis eds loewer and schaffer 2015 473 90 wiley blackwell synopsis critical discussion of lewis s contextualist relevant alternatives theory topics knowledge contextualism knowledge stakes and mistakes with wesley buckwalter no û s 49 2015 201 34 synopsis opinionated state of the art on experimental results about stakes concluding that all else equal stakes do not affect knowledge ascription topics experimental philosophy subject sensitive invariantism epistemic comparativism a contextualist semantics for knowledge ascriptions with zoltán gendler szabó philosophical studies 168 2014 491 543 synopsis attempt to provide a plausible semantics for epistemic contextualism on the model of adverbial quantification topics semantics contextualism contrastive knowledge review of sider s writing the book of the world philosophical review 123 2014 125 9 synopsis review of sider s book arguing that there is a mismatch between two senses of structure topics meta metaphysics grounding knowledge entails dispositional belief with david rose philosophical studies 166 2013 s19 s50 synopsis reply to myers schulz and schwitgebel s experimental results on knowledge without belief and new results supporting entailment for dispositional belief topics experimental philosophy knowledge belief metaphysical semantics meets multiple realizability analysis reviews 73 2013 736 51 synopsis critical discussion of sider s notion of metaphysical semantics focusing on the multiple realizability of nonfundamental truths by fundamental facts topics meta metaphysics grounding the action of the whole proceedings of the aristotelian society 87 2013 67 87 synopsis argument that the cosmos is the one and only fundamental thing since it is the one and only thing that evolves by the fundamental laws topics monism substance causal contextualism contrastivism in philosophy ed blaauw 2012 35 63 routledge synopsis argument that the context sensitivity of causal ascriptions is best understood in a contrastive framework topics contextualism contrastive causation contrastive knowledge surveyed with joshua knobe no û s 46 2012 675 708 synopsis discussion of existing experimental results on knowledge ascriptions and new results favoring a contrastive model topics experimental philosophy contrastive knowledge grounding transitivity and contrastivity grounding and explanation eds correia and schnieder 2012 122 38 cambridge synopsis counterexamples to the transitivity of grounding plus sketch of a contrastive resolution topics grounding why the world has parts reply to horgan potrc spinoza on monism ed goff 2012 77 91 palgrave synopsis reply to horgan potrc s defense of existence monism over priority monism topics monism necessitarian propositions synthese 189 2012 119 62 synopsis is there any good reason to think that propositions are eternal time specific which does not provide parallel reason to think that propositions are necessary world specific topics semantics propositions contrastive knowledge reply to baumann the concept of knowledge ed tolksdorf 2012 411 24 de gruyter synopsis reply to baumann s critical discussion of my contrastive knowledge headed by a short introductory piece called what is contrastivism 353 6 topics contrastive knowledge disconnection and responsibility on moore s causation and responsibility legal theory 18 2012 399 435 synopsis critical discussion of moore s book focusing on the status of omissions topics causation in the law absence causation perspective in taste predicates and epistemic modals epistemic modality eds egan and weatherson 2011 179 226 oxford synopsis defense of a contextualist view of taste predicates and epistemic modals topics semantics contextualism contrastive causation in the law legal theory 16 2010 259 97 synopsis application of the contrastive view of causation to causation in the law with a focus on liability in common law topics contrastive causation causation in the law the internal relatedness of all things mind 119 2010 341 76 synopsis attempt to revive the core neo hegelian argument for monism based on universal internal relatedness topics monism review of price and corry s causation physics and the constitution of reality mind 119 2010 844 8 synopsis review of price and corry s anthology topics causation the debasing demon analysis 70 2010 228 37 synopsis discussion of skeptical doubts involving the basing requirement imperiling even the cartesian cogito topics skepticism the least discerning and most promiscuous truthmaker philosophical quarterly 60 2010 307 24 synopsis defense of the idea that the world is the one and only ultimate truthmaker topics truthmaking monism monism the priority of the whole philosophical review 119 1 2010 31 76 reprinted in spinoza on monism ed goff 2012 9 50 palgrave synopsis discussion of the issue between priority monists and pluralists and defense of priority monism topics monism the deflationary metaontology of thomasson s ordinary objects philosophical books 50 3 2009 142 57 synopsis critical discussion of thomasson s book arguing for a grounding based metaontology as in on what grounds what over a deflationary metaontology topics meta metaphysics spacetime the one substance philosophical studies 145 1 2009 131 48 synopsis arguments for monistic substantivalism supersubstantivalism over dualistic substantivalism substantival spacetime plus distinct material substances topics spacetime monism knowing the answer redux replies to brogaard and kallestrup philosophy and phenomenological research 78 2 2009 477 500 synopsis replies to brogaard s and kallestrup s critical discussions of my knowing the answer topics contrastive knowledge knowledge wh on what grounds what metametaphysics eds chalmers manley and wasserman 2009 347 83 oxford selected as one of the ten best articles published in philosophy in 2009 and reprinted by philosopher s annual 29 eds grim charlow gallow and herold also reprinted in metaphysics an anthology 2nd edition eds kim korman and sosa 2011 73 96 blackwell synopsis conception of metaphysics as primarily concerned with questions of grounding rather than existence topics meta metaphysics grounding knowledge in the image of assertion philosophical issues 18 1 2008 1 19 synopsis stalnaker s view of the nature of assertion williamsons s knowledge account of assertion my contrastive view of knowledge topics assertion contrastive knowledge truth and fundamentality on merrick s truth and ontology philosophical books 49 4 2008 302 16 synopsis critical discussion of merrick s book arguing for an understanding of truthmaking via grounding rather than necessitation topics truthmaking grounding the contrast sensitivity of knowledge ascriptions social epistemology 22 3 2008 235 45 synopsis can a binary non contrastive account of knowledge explain the contrast sensitivity of knowledge ascriptions topics contrastive knowledge review of hüttemann s what s wrong with microphysicalism b ritish journal for the philosophy of science 59 2 2008 253 7 synopsis review of hüttemann s book arguing that the main arguments support monism macrophysicalism rather than hüttemann s own egalitarian view topics physicalism monism truthmaker commitments philosophical studies 141 1 2008 7 19 synopsis distinction between existence commitments understood through quantification and fundamentality commitments understood through truthmaking topics truthmaking ontological commitment monism stanford encyclopedia of philosophy 2007 last revised 2014 synopsis overview of metaphysical monisms and discussions of existence monism exactly one thing exists and priority monism exactly one thing is fundamental topics monism causation and laws of nature reductionism contemporary debates in metaphysics eds hawthorne sider and zimmerman 2007 82 107 blackwell synopsis undergraduate level review of some main arguments for and against treating causation and laws as fundamental topics causation lawhood humeanism knowing the answer philosophy and phenomenological research 75 2 2007 383 403 awarded apa article prize 2008 synopsis argument for a contrastive view of knowledge based on knowledge wh constructions topics contrastive knowledge knowledge wh review of dowe and noordhof s cause and chance causation in an indeterministic world british journal for the philosophy of science 58 4 2007 869 74 synopsis review of dowe and noordhof s anthology topics causation from nihilism to monism australasian journal of philosophy 85 2 2007 175 91 awarded ajp best paper award 2008 synopsis arguments that the mereological nihilist should prefer one big extended simple existence monism over many small simples topics mereology monism closure contrast and answer philosophical studies 133 2 2007 233 55 synopsis how should a contrastivist understand epistemic closure topics contrastive knowledge epistemic closure deterministic chance british journal for the philosophy of science 58 2 2007 113 40 synopsis arguments that determinism is incompatible with robust objective chances other than 0 or 1 topics determinism chance the irrelevance of the subject against subject sensitive invariantism philosophical studies 127 1 2006 87 107 synopsis criticisms of subject sensitive invariantism as an alternative to contextualism topics subject sensitive invariantism contextualism contrastive causation philosophical review 114 3 2005 327 58 synopsis defense of a doubly contrastive view of causation on which causal relations have the form c rather than c causes e rather than e topics contrastive causation contrastive knowledge oxford studies in epistemology 1 eds gendler and hawthorne 2005 235 71 oxford reprinted in the concept of knowledge ed tolksdorf 2012 357 94 de gruyter synopsis defense of a contrastive view of knowledge on which the knowledge relation has the form s knows that p rather than q topics contrastive knowledge what shifts thresholds standards or alternatives contextualism in philosophy eds preyer and peter 2005 115 30 oxford synopsis arguments that contextualists should work with relevant alternatives rather than thresholds for justification cohen or distance of tracking derose topics contextualism quiddistic knowledge philosophical studies 123 1 2 2005 1 32 reprinted in lewisian themes the philosophy of david k lewis eds jackson and priest 2004 210 30 oxford synopsis is the relation between properties and powers contingent or necessary and if contingent how can we know what the properties are topics properties knowledge from contextualism to contrastivism philosophical studies 119 1 2004 73 103 synopsis arguments for a contrastive view of knowledge as resolving problems for indexicalist contextualism topics contextualism contrastive knowledge causes need not be physically connected to their effects 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