Alexander Meehan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1074838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Meehan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Meehan |
| SIGNATURE | MEEHAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dublin City University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1303-6040 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Board of management oversight of primary school ethos (Republic of Ireland)
Owing to historical legacy, the Catholic church is the largest provider of primary education in the Republic of Ireland. Governance of primary schools, including responsibility for upholding school ethos, falls under the legal remit of the largely volunteer school Board of Management (Board of Governors/School Board). This article examines Board of Management oversight of ethos responsibilities and practices within Catholic primary schools in Ire…
Hybrid Deference, Hybrid Chance
If you learn about one kind of chance and nothing else, then you should defer to those chances. But what if you learn about more than one kind of chance? In such “hybrid” cases, familiar chance‐credence principles, like the Principal Principle, go silent when they should intuitively speak. This paper proposes a new principle, the Parent Principle, which speaks in these cases and also yields the right verdicts in single‐kind cases. I discuss the i…
A systematic review of emerging technologies and their impact on adolescent well-being and religious identity
The rapid growth of emerging digital technologies is reshaping youth psychological well-being and religious identity in increasingly plural social contexts. This systematic review examines the impact of deepfakes, gaming, the metaverse, virtual reality, and chat applications on youth well-being, with particular attention to religion as both a protective factor and a target of digital harm. A PRISMA 2020-guided systematic review was conducted usin…
The principal’s role in nurturing catholic school identity in the Republic of Ireland
The role of a school principal is increasingly complex; in Catholic schools, principals face the additional challenge of navigating the terrain between State demands and the requirements of the Catholic community, managing multifaceted and sometimes competing expectations.This paper investigates contemporary views and experiences of principals (headteachers) in Catholic secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland. It examines the results of the …
Bayes Is Back
A core tenet of Bayesian epistemology is that Bayesian conditionalization is the rule of rational credal revision. But it has been pointed out in the recent literature that if learning can be nontransparent, then Bayesian conditionalization does not universally maximize expected accuracy. This result raises an explanatory challenge for any externalist Bayesian who does not want to give up on a connection between accuracy and epistemic rationality…
An accuracy-based approach to quantum conditionalization
A core tenet of Bayesian epistemology is that rational agents update by conditionalization.Accuracy arguments in favour of this norm are well-known.Meanwhile, scholars working in quantum probability and quantum state estimation have proposed multiple updating rules, all of which look prima facie like analogues of Bayesian conditionalization.The most common are Lders conditionalization and Bayesian mean estimation (BME).Some authors also endorse a…
Will There Be Teachers? An Analysis of the Congruence of Religious Beliefs of Initial Teacher Education Students and the Patron's (Religious Education) Programme for Catholic Schools
For historical reasons, the vast majority of primary schools in the Republic of Ireland are under the patronage of the Catholic church. Patronage involves a number of responsibilities, including the provision of a Patron's Programme. Traditionally in the form of Religious Education (RE), such programmes should satisfy the curricular requirement for religious/ethical education and act as an expression of school ethos. In order to meet this respons…
A New Problem for Quantum Mechanics
In this article I raise a new problem for quantum mechanics, which I call the control problem. Like the measurement problem, the control problem places a fundamental constraint on quantum theories. The characteristic feature of the problem is its focus on state preparation. In particular, whereas the measurement problem turns on a premise about the completeness of the quantum state (‘no hidden variables’), the control problem turns on a premise a…
You say you want a revolution
States of ignorance and ignorance of states
The Borel-Kolmogorov Paradox Is Your Paradox Too
The Borel-Kolmogorov paradox is often presented as an obscure problem that certain mathematical accounts of conditional probability must face. In this article, we point out that the paradox arises in the physical sciences, for physical probability or chance. By carefully formulating the paradox in this setting, we show that it is a puzzle for everyone, regardless of one’s preferred probability formalism. We propose a treatment that is inspired by…
Re-Presenting Christian Tradition as a Source of Inspiration and Integration for Educators in Catholic Schools-A Proposal
A significant challenge facing leaders of Catholic schools in Ireland today is to ensure an appreciation for, and understanding of, the Catholic identity of the school among members of staff. A first aim of this research project was to create a 'vital idea' to re-present Christian faith to people working in Catholic schools, in a way that might resonate with the real world of teaching and learning and with their own lives. Drawing from Fratelli T…
Religion as a Source of Well-Being
Internationally, student well-being is emerging as a core concern in the field of education. This article articulates an interdisciplinary perspective on well-being and examines the relationship between religion and well-being as advanced by three recent international studies. It highlights the relationship between religion and spiritual development (as a dimension of well-being). The second part of the article provides a brief outline of second …
Religion as a Source of Well-Being
Internationally, student well-being is emerging as a core concern in the field of education. This article articulates an interdisciplinary perspective on well-being and examines the relationship between religion and well-being as advanced by three recent international studies. It highlights the relationship between religion and spiritual development (as a dimension of well-being). The second part of the article provides a brief outline of second …
You say you want a revolution
States of ignorance and ignorance of states
The Borel-Kolmogorov Paradox Is Your Paradox Too
The Borel-Kolmogorov paradox is often presented as an obscure problem that certain mathematical accounts of conditional probability must face. In this article, we point out that the paradox arises in the physical sciences, for physical probability or chance. By carefully formulating the paradox in this setting, we show that it is a puzzle for everyone, regardless of one’s preferred probability formalism. We propose a treatment that is inspired by…
Re-Presenting Christian Tradition as a Source of Inspiration and Integration for Educators in Catholic Schools-A Proposal
A significant challenge facing leaders of Catholic schools in Ireland today is to ensure an appreciation for, and understanding of, the Catholic identity of the school among members of staff. A first aim of this research project was to create a 'vital idea' to re-present Christian faith to people working in Catholic schools, in a way that might resonate with the real world of teaching and learning and with their own lives. Drawing from Fratelli T…
A New Problem for Quantum Mechanics
In this article I raise a new problem for quantum mechanics, which I call the control problem. Like the measurement problem, the control problem places a fundamental constraint on quantum theories. The characteristic feature of the problem is its focus on state preparation. In particular, whereas the measurement problem turns on a premise about the completeness of the quantum state (‘no hidden variables’), the control problem turns on a premise a…
An accuracy-based approach to quantum conditionalization
A core tenet of Bayesian epistemology is that rational agents update by conditionalization.Accuracy arguments in favour of this norm are well-known.Meanwhile, scholars working in quantum probability and quantum state estimation have proposed multiple updating rules, all of which look prima facie like analogues of Bayesian conditionalization.The most common are Lders conditionalization and Bayesian mean estimation (BME).Some authors also endorse a…
Will There Be Teachers? An Analysis of the Congruence of Religious Beliefs of Initial Teacher Education Students and the Patron's (Religious Education) Programme for Catholic Schools
For historical reasons, the vast majority of primary schools in the Republic of Ireland are under the patronage of the Catholic church. Patronage involves a number of responsibilities, including the provision of a Patron's Programme. Traditionally in the form of Religious Education (RE), such programmes should satisfy the curricular requirement for religious/ethical education and act as an expression of school ethos. In order to meet this respons…
The principal’s role in nurturing catholic school identity in the Republic of Ireland
The role of a school principal is increasingly complex; in Catholic schools, principals face the additional challenge of navigating the terrain between State demands and the requirements of the Catholic community, managing multifaceted and sometimes competing expectations.This paper investigates contemporary views and experiences of principals (headteachers) in Catholic secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland. It examines the results of the …
Bayes Is Back
A core tenet of Bayesian epistemology is that Bayesian conditionalization is the rule of rational credal revision. But it has been pointed out in the recent literature that if learning can be nontransparent, then Bayesian conditionalization does not universally maximize expected accuracy. This result raises an explanatory challenge for any externalist Bayesian who does not want to give up on a connection between accuracy and epistemic rationality…
Board of management oversight of primary school ethos (Republic of Ireland)
Owing to historical legacy, the Catholic church is the largest provider of primary education in the Republic of Ireland. Governance of primary schools, including responsibility for upholding school ethos, falls under the legal remit of the largely volunteer school Board of Management (Board of Governors/School Board). This article examines Board of Management oversight of ethos responsibilities and practices within Catholic primary schools in Ire…
Hybrid Deference, Hybrid Chance
If you learn about one kind of chance and nothing else, then you should defer to those chances. But what if you learn about more than one kind of chance? In such “hybrid” cases, familiar chance‐credence principles, like the Principal Principle, go silent when they should intuitively speak. This paper proposes a new principle, the Parent Principle, which speaks in these cases and also yields the right verdicts in single‐kind cases. I discuss the i…
A systematic review of emerging technologies and their impact on adolescent well-being and religious identity
The rapid growth of emerging digital technologies is reshaping youth psychological well-being and religious identity in increasingly plural social contexts. This systematic review examines the impact of deepfakes, gaming, the metaverse, virtual reality, and chat applications on youth well-being, with particular attention to religion as both a protective factor and a target of digital harm. A PRISMA 2020-guided systematic review was conducted usin…
Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 works) · Religious Education and Schools (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works)