Most Recent Articles from Mind

• Essentialism: origin and order - response to article by John Hawthorne and Tamar Szabo Gendler in this issue, p. 285 

  Origin essentialism is considered, in response to discussion by John Hawthorne and Tamar Szabo Gendler. Topics include the dialectical situation,...

  04/01/00 by Teresa Robertson · More from publication

• Ramachandran's four counterexamples - response to article by Murali Ramachandran in this issue, p. 309 

  Four alleged counterexamples to a previously presented theory of causation are discussed. The most substantial issues are related to similarity...

  04/01/00 by Paul Noordhof · More from publication

• Origin essentialism: the arguments reconsidered - response to Teresa Robertson, Mind, vol. 107, p. 729, 1998 

  Kripke-style arguments for origin essentialism are discussed in relation to Ship of Theseus type cases, with a focus on discussion by Teresa...

  04/01/00 by John Hawthorne · More from publication

• The relevance of metaphysics to bioethics: a reply to Earl Conee - Mind, vol. 108, p. 619, 1999 

  Earl Conee's views on the relationship between metaphysics and the morality of abortion are discussed. Conee fails to show that metaphysical...

  04/01/00 by Timothy Chappell · More from publication

• Reply to Timothy Chappell - response to article in this issue, p. 275, on metaphysics and the morality of abortion 

  Two points clarify the argument concerning the relationship between metaphysics and the morality of abortion, in reply to issues raised by Timothy...

  04/01/00 by Earl Conee · More from publication

• A quick reply to Putnam's paradox 

  Putnam's model-theoretic argument against metaphysical realism is shown to be unsound. The claim that an ideal epistemic theory is necessarily true...

  04/01/00 by Timothy Chambers · More from publication

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