Anthony Byrne
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 246929 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Anthony Byrne |
| NOMBRES | Anthony |
| APELLIDO | Byrne |
| FIRMA | BYRNE A |
| AFILIACIONES | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3652-1492 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 43 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 94 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 43 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1993 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Replies to Moran, Gallois, and Bar-On and Johnson
I am very grateful to Dorit Bar-On, Drew Johnson, André Gallois, and Dick Moran for their thoughtful commentaries. Bar-On, Gallois, and Moran are discussed extensively in Transparency and Self-Know
The Paraphilia Natural Kind Hypothesis Is Alive and Well
How Many Sexes? How Many Genders
The British philosopher and public intellectual C. E. M. Joad was a regular panelist on the BBC radio show The Brains Trust during and after the Second World War. He often began an answer to listeners’ questions with his catchphrase “It all depends what you mean by...,” which caught on throughout the country (Ayto & Crofton, 2011). If any question deserves Joad’s catchphrase, it is “How many genders?”
Conspiracy theory beliefs in the adolescent population
Seeing or Saying
Another Myth of Persistence
Gender dysphoria is “the aversion to some or all of those physical characteristics or social roles that connote one’s own biological sex” (Schneider et al., 2009, p. 28). The onset of gender dysphoria may be in early childhood or “around puberty or even much later in life” (American Psychiatric and Association, 2022, p. 517). This Letter concerns childhood-onset gender dysphoria; not gender dysphoria that first manifests in adolescence or adultho…
Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a devastating and enduring mass-bereavement event, with uniquely difficult sets of circumstances experienced by people bereaved at this time. However, little is known about the long-term consequences of these experiences, including the prevalence of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) and other conditions in pandemic-bereaved populations. Methods: = 185) months post-bereavement. Using measures of Prolonged Gr…
Understanding how shared decision‐making approaches and patient aids influence patients with advanced cancer when deciding on palliative treatments and care
Whither naïve realism? – I
Different authors offer subtly different characterizations of naïve realism. We disentangle the main ones and argue that illusions provide the best proving ground for naïve realism and its main rival, representationalism. According to naïve realism, illusions never involve perceptual error. We assess two leading attempts to explain apparent perceptual error away, from William Fish and Bill Brewer, and conclude that they fail. Another leading atte…
The Origin of “Gender Identity”
More on “Gender Identity”
Understanding public attitudes to death talk and advance care planning in Northern Ireland using health behaviour change theory
This study contributes to a small but emergent research area examining barriers and facilitators to talking about death and dying. Findings from this study can be used to inform new public health programmes towards empowering adults to have these conversations with others in their community towards upstreaming advance care planning
Factors Associated With Higher Levels of Grief and Support Needs Among People Bereaved During the Pandemic
We identified factors associated with higher levels of grief and support needs among 711 people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK (deaths 16 March 2020-2 January 2021). An online survey assessed grief using the Adult Attitude to Grief (AAG) scale, which calculates an overall index of vulnerability (IOV) (range 0-36), and practical and emotional support needs in 13 domains. Participants' mean age was 49.5 (SD 12.9); 628 (88.6%) femal…
The Female of the Species
Maggie Heartsilver’s “Deflating Byrne’s ‘Are women adult human females?’” subjects the arguments and conclusion of “Are women...?” to a probing and comprehensive stress-test. The present paper responds to Heartsilver’s objections, and also discusses the significance of the proposition that trans women are women
Hallucination and Its Objects
When one visually hallucinates, the object of one’s hallucination is not before one’s eyes. On the standard view, that is because the object of hallucination does not exist, and so is not anywhere. Many different defenses of the standard view are on offer; each has problems. This article defends the view that there is always an object of hallucination—a physical object, sometimes with spatiotemporally scattered parts
Perception and Probability
This paper investigates the tension between probabilistic cognition and non-probabilistic perception.The tension is real, and the solution-to adapt a phrase from Quine and Goodmanis to renounce credences altogether. 2: Belief and credenceStart with belief-also known as full belief or outright belief. 1 For the purposes of this paper, we can adopt the simple view that believing p is a relational state of people and other animals: to believe p is t…
Involving High-Grade Glioma Patients and Their Carers in Qualitative Research to Promote Structured Physical Activity
Introduction: Structured physical activity may improve physical, cognitive, and social functionality, as well as overall quality of life of people with high-grade glioma. Yet, engaging them in such activities remains highly challenging due to their unique disease burden and perceived 'loss of control.' A greater understanding of patients' interests, preferences, behavioral motivations, and perceived barriers around physical activity is needed to …
Are women adult human females
Indigenous voices in the State Library of New South Wales
The State Library of New South Wales holds the world’s most extensive collection on the European exploration and colonisation of Australia and its region and the subsequent development of Australia. Much is held about the Indigenous peoples, some created by Indigenous artists and chroniclers, but the majority by others including explorers, government officers, missionaries and settlers as well as the more recent ethnographers, historians and writ…
Using Modern Technologies to Capture and Share Indigenous Astronomical Knowledge
Indigenous Knowledge is important for Indigenous communities across the globe and for the advancement of our general scientific knowledge. In particular, Indigenous astronomical knowledge integrates many aspects of Indigenous Knowledge, including seasonal calendars, navigation, food economics, law, ceremony, and social structure. Capturing, managing, and disseminating this knowledge in the digital environment poses a number of challenges, which w…
The History and Cultural Heritage of Chinese Calligraphy, Printing and Library Work
and Library Work," hosted by IFLA RBMS and the Cultural Department of Zhejiang Provincial Government, now has its grand opening here on the banks of West Lake in the beautiful city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Please allow me on behalf of the Conference Preparatory Committee and the Cultural Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Government to extend our warm welcome and sincere
Experience and Content
The ‘content view’, in slogan form, is ‘Perceptual experiences have representational content’. I explain why the content view should be reformulated to remove any reference to ‘experiences’. I then argue, against Bill Brewer, Charles Travis and others, that the content view is true. One corollary of the discussion is that the content of perception is relatively thin (confined, in the visual case, to roughly the output of ‘mid‐level’ vision). Fina…
Possibility and Imagination
Hoffman’s “proof” of the possibility of spectrum inversion
Introspection
Intentionalism Defended
Research Article| April 01 2001 Intentionalism Defended Alex Byrne Alex Byrne Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2001) 110 (2): 199–240. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-110-2-199 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Alex Byrne; Intentionalism Defended. The Philosophical Review 1 April 2001; 110 (2): 199–240. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215…
Experience and Content
The ‘content view’, in slogan form, is ‘Perceptual experiences have representational content’. I explain why the content view should be reformulated to remove any reference to ‘experiences’. I then argue, against Bill Brewer, Charles Travis and others, that the content view is true. One corollary of the discussion is that the content of perception is relatively thin (confined, in the visual case, to roughly the output of ‘mid‐level’ vision). Fina…
Possibility and Imagination
The Origin of “Gender Identity”
Color and Similarity 1
Similarity claims about the colors, for instance that blue is more similar to purple than to yellow, are Sometimes held to pose a serious problem for physicalism about color: the view that colors are physical properties of some kind. I examine various responses to this problem, find them wanting, and give my own solution, which appeals to the way colors are visually represented. Finally, I argue that the proposed account removes the principal mot…
Perception and Probability
This paper investigates the tension between probabilistic cognition and non-probabilistic perception.The tension is real, and the solution-to adapt a phrase from Quine and Goodmanis to renounce credences altogether. 2: Belief and credenceStart with belief-also known as full belief or outright belief. 1 For the purposes of this paper, we can adopt the simple view that believing p is a relational state of people and other animals: to believe p is t…
Intentionalism Defended
Traditionally, perceptual experiences—for example, the experience of seeing a cat—were thought to have two quite distinct components. When one sees a cat, one’s experience is “about ” the cat: this is the representational or intentional component of the experience. One’s experience also has phenomenal character: this is the sensational component of the experience. Although the intentional and sensational components at least typically go together,…
More on “Gender Identity”
Hallucination and Its Objects
When one visually hallucinates, the object of one’s hallucination is not before one’s eyes. On the standard view, that is because the object of hallucination does not exist, and so is not anywhere. Many different defenses of the standard view are on offer; each has problems. This article defends the view that there is always an object of hallucination—a physical object, sometimes with spatiotemporally scattered parts
Do Colours Look Like Dispositions? Reply to Langsam and Others
Dispositional theories of colour have been attacked by McGinn and others on the ground that ‘Colours do not look like dispositions’. Langsam has argued that on the contrary they do, in ‘Why Colours Do Look Like Dispositions’, The Philosophical Quarterly, 50 (2000), pp. 68–75. I make three claims. First, neither side has made its case. Secondly, it is true, at least on one interpretation, that colours do not look like dispositions. Thirdly, this d…
On Misinterpreting Kripke's Wittgenstein
Saul Kripke's much discussed Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Languagel has, I believe, been widely misinterpreted. The purpose of this note is to offer a correction. As it happens, on my reading of Kripke's text Kripke's Wittgenstein begins to look recognisably like Wittgenstein himself. But I shall not be concerned here with the question of whether Kripke's Wittgenstein is Wittgenstein. My only aim is to correct the misinterpretation
The Female of the Species
Maggie Heartsilver’s “Deflating Byrne’s ‘Are women adult human females?’” subjects the arguments and conclusion of “Are women...?” to a probing and comprehensive stress-test. The present paper responds to Heartsilver’s objections, and also discusses the significance of the proposition that trans women are women
Involving High-Grade Glioma Patients and Their Carers in Qualitative Research to Promote Structured Physical Activity
Introduction: Structured physical activity may improve physical, cognitive, and social functionality, as well as overall quality of life of people with high-grade glioma. Yet, engaging them in such activities remains highly challenging due to their unique disease burden and perceived 'loss of control.' A greater understanding of patients' interests, preferences, behavioral motivations, and perceived barriers around physical activity is needed to …
Semantic Values
Philosophy of Mind
Matters of Metaphysics
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Belief and Meaning
Part 1 Belief, meaning, and the external world: what is meant by the of content? externalism what is meant by the of content?. Part 2 The unity of interntional content: the threat to the unity of content the orthodox externalisms why the orthodox externalisms threaten unity and mine doesn't some objections to the charge of disunity self-knowledge more objections to the charge of disunity. Part 3 Society and norm: the relevance of norms and rules …
Spin Control Comment on John McDowell's "Mind and World"
We have justified beliefs about the external world, and some of these are formed directly on the basis of perception. I may justifiably believe that a certain dog is in certain manger, and I may have this belief because I can see that the dog is in the manger. So far, so good. How is it that we can perceive and believe that things are thus and so and, moreoever, be justified in so believing? One of the main concerns of Mind and World1 is to answe…
On Misinterpreting Kripke's Wittgenstein
Saul Kripke's much discussed Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Languagel has, I believe, been widely misinterpreted. The purpose of this note is to offer a correction. As it happens, on my reading of Kripke's text Kripke's Wittgenstein begins to look recognisably like Wittgenstein himself. But I shall not be concerned here with the question of whether Kripke's Wittgenstein is Wittgenstein. My only aim is to correct the misinterpretation
Philosophy of Mind
Cosmic Hermeneutics
Chalmers on Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics
In his book, The Conscious Mind , David Chalmers argues that his theory of consciousness can lend support to the Everett “no collapse” interpretation of quantum mechanics. We argue that Chalmers's argument fails, and that any Everett-style interpretation should be rejected
Problems of Vision
Intentionalism Defended
Traditionally, perceptual experiences—for example, the experience of seeing a cat—were thought to have two quite distinct components. When one sees a cat, one’s experience is “about ” the cat: this is the representational or intentional component of the experience. One’s experience also has phenomenal character: this is the sensational component of the experience. Although the intentional and sensational components at least typically go together,…
Intentionalism Defended
Research Article| April 01 2001 Intentionalism Defended Alex Byrne Alex Byrne Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2001) 110 (2): 199–240. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-110-2-199 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Alex Byrne; Intentionalism Defended. The Philosophical Review 1 April 2001; 110 (2): 199–240. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215…
Do Colours Look Like Dispositions? Reply to Langsam and Others
Dispositional theories of colour have been attacked by McGinn and others on the ground that ‘Colours do not look like dispositions’. Langsam has argued that on the contrary they do, in ‘Why Colours Do Look Like Dispositions’, The Philosophical Quarterly, 50 (2000), pp. 68–75. I make three claims. First, neither side has made its case. Secondly, it is true, at least on one interpretation, that colours do not look like dispositions. Thirdly, this d…
Fact and Value
The diversity of topics discussed in this book reflects the breadth of Judith Jarvis Thomson's philosophical work. Throughout her long career at MIT, Thomson's straightforward approach and emphasis on problem-solving have shaped philosophy in significant ways. Some of the book's contributions discuss specific moral and political issues such as abortion, self-defense, the rights and obligations of prospective fathers, and political campaign financ…
Purple Haze
Conscious experience presents a deep puzzle. On the one hand, a fairly robust materialism must be true in order to explain how it is that conscious events causally interact with non-conscious, physical events. On the other hand, we cannot explain how physical phenomena give rise to conscious experience. In this wide-ranging study, Joseph Levine explores both sides of the mind-body dilemma, presenting the first book-length treatment of his highly …
Semantic Values
Purple Haze
Book Review| October 01 2002 Purple Haze: The Puzzle of Consciousness Joseph Levine, Purple Haze: The Puzzle of Consciousness. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. 204. Alex Byrne Alex Byrne Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2002) 111 (4): 594–597. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-111-4-594 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Alex Byrne; Purple Haze: T…
Color realism and color science
The target article is an attempt to make some progress on the problem of color realism. Are objects colored? And what is the nature of the color properties? We defend the view that physical objects (for instance, tomatoes, radishes, and rubies) are colored, and that colors are physical properties, specifically, types of reflectance. This is probably a minority opinion, at least among color scientists. Textbooks frequently claim that physical obje…
Color and Similarity 1
Similarity claims about the colors, for instance that blue is more similar to purple than to yellow, are Sometimes held to pose a serious problem for physicalism about color: the view that colors are physical properties of some kind. I examine various responses to this problem, find them wanting, and give my own solution, which appeals to the way colors are visually represented. Finally, I argue that the proposed account removes the principal mot…
What phenomenal consciousness is like
Introspection
Hoffman’s “proof” of the possibility of spectrum inversion
Possibility and Imagination
Experience and Content
The ‘content view’, in slogan form, is ‘Perceptual experiences have representational content’. I explain why the content view should be reformulated to remove any reference to ‘experiences’. I then argue, against Bill Brewer, Charles Travis and others, that the content view is true. One corollary of the discussion is that the content of perception is relatively thin (confined, in the visual case, to roughly the output of ‘mid‐level’ vision). Fina…
The History and Cultural Heritage of Chinese Calligraphy, Printing and Library Work
and Library Work," hosted by IFLA RBMS and the Cultural Department of Zhejiang Provincial Government, now has its grand opening here on the banks of West Lake in the beautiful city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Please allow me on behalf of the Conference Preparatory Committee and the Cultural Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Government to extend our warm welcome and sincere
Using Modern Technologies to Capture and Share Indigenous Astronomical Knowledge
Indigenous Knowledge is important for Indigenous communities across the globe and for the advancement of our general scientific knowledge. In particular, Indigenous astronomical knowledge integrates many aspects of Indigenous Knowledge, including seasonal calendars, navigation, food economics, law, ceremony, and social structure. Capturing, managing, and disseminating this knowledge in the digital environment poses a number of challenges, which w…
Indigenous voices in the State Library of New South Wales
The State Library of New South Wales holds the world’s most extensive collection on the European exploration and colonisation of Australia and its region and the subsequent development of Australia. Much is held about the Indigenous peoples, some created by Indigenous artists and chroniclers, but the majority by others including explorers, government officers, missionaries and settlers as well as the more recent ethnographers, historians and writ…
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