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ID3597472
NAMEAlastair Wilson
GIVEN NAMESAlastair
FAMILY NAMEWilson
SIGNATUREWILSON A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Strathclyde
ORCID0000-0003-3027-5016
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS34
TOTAL CITATIONS117
AUTHOR COUNT34
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1947
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX7
  • Theoretical Relicts: Progress, Reduction, and Autonomy

    Open Access•Katie Robertson, Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2026•Cited by: 1•References: 66

    When once-successful physical theories are abandoned, common wisdom has it that their characteristic theoretical entities are abandoned with them: examples include phlogiston, light rays, Newtonian forces, Euclidean space. But sometimes a theory sees ongoing use, despite being superseded. What should scientific realists say about the characteristic entities of the theories in such cases? The standard answer is that these ‘theoretical relicts’ are…

  • How chance explains

    Open Access•Michael Townsen Hicks, Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Noûs•2023

    What explains the outcomes of chance processes? We claim that their setups do. Chances, we think, mediate these explanations of outcome by setup but do not feature in them. Facts about chances do feature in explanations of a different kind: higher‐order explanations, which explain how and why setups explain their outcomes. In this paper, we elucidate this 'mediator view' of chancy explanation and defend it from a series of objections. We then sho…

  • Counterpossible Reasoning in Physics

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Philosophy of Science•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 10

    This article explores three ways in which physics may involve counterpossible reasoning. The first way arises when evaluating false theories: to say what the world would be like if the theory were true, we need to evaluate counterfactuals with physically impossible antecedents. The second way relates to the role of counterfactuals in characterizing causal structure: to say what causes what in physics, we need to make reference to physically impos…

  • Super-Humeanism: Insufficiently naturalistic and insufficiently explanatory

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Metascience•2018

  • The role of Intergenerational Relationships in Challenging Educational Inequality: Improving Participation of Working-Class Pupils in Higher Education

    Katie Hunter, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Intergenerational…•2018•Cited by: 2•References: 10

    Analysis of data on school leavers in the UK points to considerable inequality in access to higher education. This is particularly acute in Scotland where access to the most competitive courses remains extremely difficult for those young people who are first in their generation to try and enter university or from low-income households. Programs to address this issue have had varied approaches framed around policy ambitions to “close the attainmen…

  • Mentor suitability and mentoring relationship quality: Lessons from the Glasgow Intergenerational Mentoring Network

    Open Access•Katie McArthur, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Community Psychology•2017•Cited by: 1•References: 18

    Inequality in educational attainment is a serious and increasing problem in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, and youth mentoring is gaining popularity as an intervention to address this issue. However, evidence for the effectiveness of mentoring is weak, and research suggests that a large proportion of mentoring relationships end prematurely, which can be harmful to young people. This article draws on data from the Glasgow Intergenera…

  • The Quantum Doomsday Argument

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2017•References: 27

    If the most familiar overlapping (branching universe) interpretation of Everettian quantum mechanics (EQM) is correct, then each of us is constantly splitting into multiple people. This consequence gives rise to the quantum doomsday argument, which threatens to draw crippling epistemic consequences from EQM. However, a diverging (parallel universe) interpretation of EQM undermines the quantum doomsday argument completely. This appears to tell in …

  • Grounding Entails Counterpossible Non‐Triviality

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Philosophy and Phenomenological…•2016•Cited by: 12•References: 1

    This paper outlines a non‐reductive counterfactual account of grounding along interventionist lines, and uses the account to argue that taking grounding seriously requires ascribing non‐trivial truth‐conditions to a range of counterpossible counterfactuals. This result allows for a diagnosis of a route to scepticism about grounding, as deriving at least in part from scepticism about non‐trivial counterpossible truth and falsity

  • Michael G. Titelbaum Quitting Certainties: A Bayesian Framework Modeling Degrees of Belief

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2014

  • The Victorian Empire and Britain's Maritime World, 1837–1901: The sea and global history

    Alastair Wilson, Alastair J Wilson•ARTICLE•The Mariner s Mirror•2014•Cited by: 1

    This book comprises an excellent introductory overview and eight essays covering various aspects of the subject matter indicated in the title. With such a large field to be covered, the subjects ca

  • Everettian Confirmation and Sleeping Beauty

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2014•Cited by: 1•References: 29

    Darren Bradley has recently appealed to observation selection effects to argue that conditionalization presents no special problem for Everettian quantum mechanics, and to defend the ‘halfer’ answer to the puzzle of Sleeping Beauty. I assess Bradley’s arguments and conclude that while he is right about confirmation in Everettian quantum mechanics, he is wrong about Sleeping Beauty. This result is doubly good news for Everettians: they can endorse…

  • Objective Probability in Everettian Quantum Mechanics

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2013•Cited by: 8•References: 30

    David Wallace has given a decision-theoretic argument for the Born Rule in the context of Everettian quantum mechanics (EQM). This approach promises to resolve some long-standing problems with probability in EQM, but it has faced plenty of resistance. One kind of objection (the ‘incoherence problem’) charges that the requisite notion of decision-theoretic uncertainty is unavailable in the Everettian picture, so that the argument cannot gain any t…

  • Who gets to play? Investigating equity in musical instrument instruction in Scottish primary schools

    Lio Moscardini, David Barron et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2012•Cited by: 1•References: 8

    There is a widely held view that learning to play a musical instrument is a valuable experience for all children in terms of their personal growth and development. Although there is no statutory obligation for instrumental music provision in Scottish primary schools, there are well-established Instrumental Music Services in Local Education Authorities that have been developed to provide this facility for pupils. This article presents the findings…

  • Everettian quantum mechanics without branching time

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Synthese•2012•Cited by: 9•References: 17

  • Modality: Metaphysics, Logic and Epistemology

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Australasian Journal of Philosophy•2011

    This wide-ranging and sophisticated collection provides a snapshot of contemporary research on modality. The papers are drawn from presentations at conferences of the Arché modality project, based in St. Andrews between 2003 and 2005. There is a mixture of junior and senior authors, and of substantial and short papers; some of the contributions are accompanied by replies. A scholarly and useful introduction sets the tone.

  • It's like an itch and I want to get it away but it's still there’: Understandings and experiences of anxiety and depression among young people with intellectual disabilities

    Open Access•Kirsten Stalker, Andrew Jahoda et al.•ARTICLE•Scandinavian Journal of…•2011•References: 3

    This paper reports findings from a study funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities which aimed to explore experiences of anxiety and depression among 17 young people with learning disabilities in Scotland. A series of unstructured interviews were conducted with the young people while one semi-structured interview took place with their families and/or with relevant professionals. The young people talked about their distress in…

  • Macroscopic Ontology in Everettian Quantum Mechanics: Macroscopic Ontology in Everettian Quantum Mechanics

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The Philosophical Quarterly•2011•Cited by: 7

    Simon Saunders and David Wallace have proposed an attractive semantics for interpreting linguistic communities embedded in an Everettian multiverse. It provides a charitable interpretation of our ordinary talk about the future, and allows us to retain a principle of bivalence for propositions and to retain the law of excluded middle in the logic of propositions about the future. But difficulties arise when it comes to providing an appropriate acc…

  • Living with Stigma and the Self-Perceptions of People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities: Living with Stigma

    Open Access•Andrew Jahoda, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Issues•2010•Cited by: 16•References: 4

    There is now overwhelming evidence concerning the awareness people with moderate to mild intellectual disabilities have about the stigma they experience in their lives. However, there is still controversy about the potential impact of stigma on their self-perceptions. This article will draw on findings from an ethnographic study to show that even when individuals have difficulty expressing their views verbally, their actions can provide evidence …

  • Key Informants’ Perspectives on Teacher Learning in Scotland

    Aileen Kennedy, Donald Christie et al.•ARTICLE•British Journal of Educational…•2008•References: 10

    This article outlines the policy context for teachers’ learning and continuing professional development in Scotland and considers this in relation to the perspectives of key informants gained through interview. The analysis draws on a triple-lens conceptual framework and points to some interesting contradictions between the policy text and the expressed aspirations of the interviewees. Current policy and the associated structural arrangements are…

  • New Labour, social justice and disabled students in higher education

    Open Access•Sheila Riddell, Teresa Tinklin et al.•ARTICLE•British Educational Research…•2005•Cited by: 2•References: 14

    This article draws on findings from an Economic and Social Research Council funded research project entitled ‘Disabled Students and Multiple Policy Innovations in Higher Education’ (R000239069). It begins with a brief review of theories of social justice and their implications for widening access policies for disabled students. Social justice may be conceptualised in relation to the distribution of social goods and cultural recognition. Related t…

  • Policy and provision for disabled students in higher education in Scotland and England: The Current State of Play

    Teresa Tinklin, Sheila Riddell et al.•ARTICLE•Studies in Higher Education•2004•Cited by: 2•References: 2

    Higher education in the UK has been through a period of major change since the mid‐1980s. A massive expansion in the number of students has been coupled with a reduction in the unit of resource, increased inter‐institutional competition and greater accountability. Within this demanding context, pressure has also been applied to institutions to improve accessibility for disabled people, through funding council mechanisms, quality assurance procedu…

  • Real Jobs’, ‘Learning Difficulties’ and Supported Employment

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Disability & Society•2003•Cited by: 7•References: 2

    Supported employment is now regarded as a major vehicle for enabling people with 'learning difficulties' to enter employment. The purpose of this paper is to use the evidence provided by three case studies of people with 'learning difficulties' who have participated in supported employment to critically examine its fundamental premises. The paper argues that the influences of normalisation theory and the US model of supported employment have comb…

  • A flexible gateway to employment? Disabled people and the Employment Service’s Work Preparation Programme in Scotland

    Sheila Riddell, Pauline Banks et al.•ARTICLE•Policy & Politics•2002•Cited by: 4

    English Over the last two decades, employment policy for disabled people has been dominated by supply-side measures. This article begins with a brief discussion of the historical background to employment policy for disabled people, focusing in particular on job rehabilitation/Work Preparation policies and programmes. The nature and outcomes of the Employment Service’s Work Preparation Programme in Scotland are discussed, drawing on DfEE-funded re…

  • Parents, professionals and special educational needs policy frameworks in England and Scotland

    Sheila Riddell, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Policy & Politics•2002•Cited by: 3

    English The research reported in this article investigates the extent to which parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) were involved in the process of assessment and recording (Scotland) or statementing (England) as active citizens, or whether they continued to occupy the passive role of service client. This article analyses competing SEN policy frameworks in England and Scotland, and explores the position of parents and professi…

  • Gender, social capital and lifelong learning for people with learning difficulties

    Sheila Riddel, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•International Studies in…•2001•Cited by: 3•References: 7

    Social capital is currently a very popular idea in social science. In this article, it is argued that the idea of social capital has tended to be developed in a somewhat unidimensional way which takes little account of wider social factors which structure people's lives. A gender critique of social capital ideas is developed and the extent to which social capital theory may be useful in understanding the ways in which lifelong learning is experie…

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  • Anti-oppressive practice: Emancipation or appropriation

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal of Social Work•2000•Cited by: 17

    This article offers an initial critical discussion of the concept of anti-oppressive practice - AOP - from the perspectives of service users. Whilst acknowledging the emancipatory aspirations of anti-oppressive practice, it also considers its regressive potential. AOP has become central in social work theory and practice and indeed is sometimes presented as a key approach and theory of social work. This discussion highlights the failure so far si…

  • Living with Stigma and the Self-Perceptions of People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities: Living with Stigma

    Open Access•Andrew Jahoda, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Issues•2010•Cited by: 16•References: 4

    There is now overwhelming evidence concerning the awareness people with moderate to mild intellectual disabilities have about the stigma they experience in their lives. However, there is still controversy about the potential impact of stigma on their self-perceptions. This article will draw on findings from an ethnographic study to show that even when individuals have difficulty expressing their views verbally, their actions can provide evidence …

  • Grounding Entails Counterpossible Non‐Triviality

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Philosophy and Phenomenological…•2016•Cited by: 12•References: 1

    This paper outlines a non‐reductive counterfactual account of grounding along interventionist lines, and uses the account to argue that taking grounding seriously requires ascribing non‐trivial truth‐conditions to a range of counterpossible counterfactuals. This result allows for a diagnosis of a route to scepticism about grounding, as deriving at least in part from scepticism about non‐trivial counterpossible truth and falsity

  • Everettian quantum mechanics without branching time

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Synthese•2012•Cited by: 9•References: 17

  • Objective Probability in Everettian Quantum Mechanics

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2013•Cited by: 8•References: 30

    David Wallace has given a decision-theoretic argument for the Born Rule in the context of Everettian quantum mechanics (EQM). This approach promises to resolve some long-standing problems with probability in EQM, but it has faced plenty of resistance. One kind of objection (the ‘incoherence problem’) charges that the requisite notion of decision-theoretic uncertainty is unavailable in the Everettian picture, so that the argument cannot gain any t…

  • Macroscopic Ontology in Everettian Quantum Mechanics: Macroscopic Ontology in Everettian Quantum Mechanics

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The Philosophical Quarterly•2011•Cited by: 7

    Simon Saunders and David Wallace have proposed an attractive semantics for interpreting linguistic communities embedded in an Everettian multiverse. It provides a charitable interpretation of our ordinary talk about the future, and allows us to retain a principle of bivalence for propositions and to retain the law of excluded middle in the logic of propositions about the future. But difficulties arise when it comes to providing an appropriate acc…

  • Real Jobs’, ‘Learning Difficulties’ and Supported Employment

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Disability & Society•2003•Cited by: 7•References: 2

    Supported employment is now regarded as a major vehicle for enabling people with 'learning difficulties' to enter employment. The purpose of this paper is to use the evidence provided by three case studies of people with 'learning difficulties' who have participated in supported employment to critically examine its fundamental premises. The paper argues that the influences of normalisation theory and the US model of supported employment have comb…

  • Counterpossible Reasoning in Physics

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Philosophy of Science•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 10

    This article explores three ways in which physics may involve counterpossible reasoning. The first way arises when evaluating false theories: to say what the world would be like if the theory were true, we need to evaluate counterfactuals with physically impossible antecedents. The second way relates to the role of counterfactuals in characterizing causal structure: to say what causes what in physics, we need to make reference to physically impos…

  • The Significance of the Learning Society for Women and Men with Learning Difficulties

    Sheila Riddell, Stephen Baron et al.•ARTICLE•Gender and Education•2001•Cited by: 5•References: 5

    This article draws on work undertaken as part of the Economic and Social Research Council's Learning Society Programme. The project from which data are drawn, entitled 'The Meaning of the Learning Society for Adults with Learning Difficulties', focused on lifelong learning opportunities available to people with learning difficulties and experiences of these services. The article begins by examining theories of late modernity, their use by feminis…

  • A flexible gateway to employment? Disabled people and the Employment Service’s Work Preparation Programme in Scotland

    Sheila Riddell, Pauline Banks et al.•ARTICLE•Policy & Politics•2002•Cited by: 4

    English Over the last two decades, employment policy for disabled people has been dominated by supply-side measures. This article begins with a brief discussion of the historical background to employment policy for disabled people, focusing in particular on job rehabilitation/Work Preparation policies and programmes. The nature and outcomes of the Employment Service’s Work Preparation Programme in Scotland are discussed, drawing on DfEE-funded re…

  • Parents, professionals and special educational needs policy frameworks in England and Scotland

    Sheila Riddell, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Policy & Politics•2002•Cited by: 3

    English The research reported in this article investigates the extent to which parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) were involved in the process of assessment and recording (Scotland) or statementing (England) as active citizens, or whether they continued to occupy the passive role of service client. This article analyses competing SEN policy frameworks in England and Scotland, and explores the position of parents and professi…

  • Gender, social capital and lifelong learning for people with learning difficulties

    Sheila Riddel, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•International Studies in…•2001•Cited by: 3•References: 7

    Social capital is currently a very popular idea in social science. In this article, it is argued that the idea of social capital has tended to be developed in a somewhat unidimensional way which takes little account of wider social factors which structure people's lives. A gender critique of social capital ideas is developed and the extent to which social capital theory may be useful in understanding the ways in which lifelong learning is experie…

  • The Secret of Eternal Youth: Identity, risk and learning difficulties

    Stephen Baron, Sheila Riddell et al.•ARTICLE•British Journal of Sociology of…•1999•Cited by: 3•References: 3

    Post-war theories of 'youth' as a transitional phase of life are reviewed in terms of their common assumption about the formation of a stable adult identity. The post-modern challenge to the assumption of a stable self is outlined together with attempts by theorists of late modernity to hold structure and agency in creative tension. People with learning difficulties, it is argued, represent an abnormal transition in a Learning Society, thus enabl…

  • Some Implications of Medical Practice and Social Case‐Work for Action Research

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson, A T M Wilson•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Issues•1947•Cited by: 3

  • The role of Intergenerational Relationships in Challenging Educational Inequality: Improving Participation of Working-Class Pupils in Higher Education

    Katie Hunter, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Intergenerational…•2018•Cited by: 2•References: 10

    Analysis of data on school leavers in the UK points to considerable inequality in access to higher education. This is particularly acute in Scotland where access to the most competitive courses remains extremely difficult for those young people who are first in their generation to try and enter university or from low-income households. Programs to address this issue have had varied approaches framed around policy ambitions to “close the attainmen…

  • New Labour, social justice and disabled students in higher education

    Open Access•Sheila Riddell, Teresa Tinklin et al.•ARTICLE•British Educational Research…•2005•Cited by: 2•References: 14

    This article draws on findings from an Economic and Social Research Council funded research project entitled ‘Disabled Students and Multiple Policy Innovations in Higher Education’ (R000239069). It begins with a brief review of theories of social justice and their implications for widening access policies for disabled students. Social justice may be conceptualised in relation to the distribution of social goods and cultural recognition. Related t…

  • Policy and provision for disabled students in higher education in Scotland and England: The Current State of Play

    Teresa Tinklin, Sheila Riddell et al.•ARTICLE•Studies in Higher Education•2004•Cited by: 2•References: 2

    Higher education in the UK has been through a period of major change since the mid‐1980s. A massive expansion in the number of students has been coupled with a reduction in the unit of resource, increased inter‐institutional competition and greater accountability. Within this demanding context, pressure has also been applied to institutions to improve accessibility for disabled people, through funding council mechanisms, quality assurance procedu…

  • Social capital and people with learning difficulties

    Sheila Riddell, Stephen Baron et al.•ARTICLE•Studies in the Education of Adults•1999•Cited by: 2•References: 6

  • Captured Customers: People with learning difficulties in the social market

    Open Access•Sheila Riddell, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•British Educational Research…•1999•Cited by: 2•References: 14

    This article explores the experiences of education, training and employment services for people with learning difficulties, examining the operation of the social market across these different spheres. It begins by discussing some broad features of the market within the public policy arena and the particular models adopted in post‐school education, training and community care. Subsequently, drawing on the research project The Meaning of the Learni…

  • Theoretical Relicts: Progress, Reduction, and Autonomy

    Open Access•Katie Robertson, Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2026•Cited by: 1•References: 66

    When once-successful physical theories are abandoned, common wisdom has it that their characteristic theoretical entities are abandoned with them: examples include phlogiston, light rays, Newtonian forces, Euclidean space. But sometimes a theory sees ongoing use, despite being superseded. What should scientific realists say about the characteristic entities of the theories in such cases? The standard answer is that these ‘theoretical relicts’ are…

  • Mentor suitability and mentoring relationship quality: Lessons from the Glasgow Intergenerational Mentoring Network

    Open Access•Katie McArthur, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Community Psychology•2017•Cited by: 1•References: 18

    Inequality in educational attainment is a serious and increasing problem in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, and youth mentoring is gaining popularity as an intervention to address this issue. However, evidence for the effectiveness of mentoring is weak, and research suggests that a large proportion of mentoring relationships end prematurely, which can be harmful to young people. This article draws on data from the Glasgow Intergenera…

  • The Victorian Empire and Britain's Maritime World, 1837–1901: The sea and global history

    Alastair Wilson, Alastair J Wilson•ARTICLE•The Mariner s Mirror•2014•Cited by: 1

    This book comprises an excellent introductory overview and eight essays covering various aspects of the subject matter indicated in the title. With such a large field to be covered, the subjects ca

  • Everettian Confirmation and Sleeping Beauty

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2014•Cited by: 1•References: 29

    Darren Bradley has recently appealed to observation selection effects to argue that conditionalization presents no special problem for Everettian quantum mechanics, and to defend the ‘halfer’ answer to the puzzle of Sleeping Beauty. I assess Bradley’s arguments and conclude that while he is right about confirmation in Everettian quantum mechanics, he is wrong about Sleeping Beauty. This result is doubly good news for Everettians: they can endorse…

  • Who gets to play? Investigating equity in musical instrument instruction in Scottish primary schools

    Lio Moscardini, David Barron et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2012•Cited by: 1•References: 8

    There is a widely held view that learning to play a musical instrument is a valuable experience for all children in terms of their personal growth and development. Although there is no statutory obligation for instrumental music provision in Scottish primary schools, there are well-established Instrumental Music Services in Local Education Authorities that have been developed to provide this facility for pupils. This article presents the findings…

  • Some Implications of Medical Practice and Social Case‐Work for Action Research

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson, A T M Wilson•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Issues•1947•Cited by: 3

  • Hospital Nursing Auxiliaries: Notes on a Background Survey and Job Analysis

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson, A T M Wilson•ARTICLE•Human Relations•1950

  • Latin-English and English-Latin Vest-Pocket Dictionary. Including Rules of Declension and Conjugation

    John L Heller, Ottenheimer Ottenheimer et al.•ARTICLE•The Classical World•1966

  • Social capital and people with learning difficulties

    Sheila Riddell, Stephen Baron et al.•ARTICLE•Studies in the Education of Adults•1999•Cited by: 2•References: 6

  • The Secret of Eternal Youth: Identity, risk and learning difficulties

    Stephen Baron, Sheila Riddell et al.•ARTICLE•British Journal of Sociology of…•1999•Cited by: 3•References: 3

    Post-war theories of 'youth' as a transitional phase of life are reviewed in terms of their common assumption about the formation of a stable adult identity. The post-modern challenge to the assumption of a stable self is outlined together with attempts by theorists of late modernity to hold structure and agency in creative tension. People with learning difficulties, it is argued, represent an abnormal transition in a Learning Society, thus enabl…

  • Captured Customers: People with learning difficulties in the social market

    Open Access•Sheila Riddell, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•British Educational Research…•1999•Cited by: 2•References: 14

    This article explores the experiences of education, training and employment services for people with learning difficulties, examining the operation of the social market across these different spheres. It begins by discussing some broad features of the market within the public policy arena and the particular models adopted in post‐school education, training and community care. Subsequently, drawing on the research project The Meaning of the Learni…

  • Welfare for those who can? The impact of the quasi-market on the lives of people with learning difficulties

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson, Sheila Riddell et al.•ARTICLE•Critical Social Policy•2000•References: 6

    This article, drawing on the research findings from the ESRC-funded project ‘The Meaning of the Learning Society for Adults with Learning Difficulties’ explores how the introduction of the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act, with its emphasis on the establishment of a ‘mixed economy’ in social care, has affected the lives of people with learning difficulties living in a rural area of Scotland. The impact of the quasi-market, in particular the purcha…

  • Anti-oppressive practice: Emancipation or appropriation

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal of Social Work•2000•Cited by: 17

    This article offers an initial critical discussion of the concept of anti-oppressive practice - AOP - from the perspectives of service users. Whilst acknowledging the emancipatory aspirations of anti-oppressive practice, it also considers its regressive potential. AOP has become central in social work theory and practice and indeed is sometimes presented as a key approach and theory of social work. This discussion highlights the failure so far si…

  • Gender, social capital and lifelong learning for people with learning difficulties

    Sheila Riddel, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•International Studies in…•2001•Cited by: 3•References: 7

    Social capital is currently a very popular idea in social science. In this article, it is argued that the idea of social capital has tended to be developed in a somewhat unidimensional way which takes little account of wider social factors which structure people's lives. A gender critique of social capital ideas is developed and the extent to which social capital theory may be useful in understanding the ways in which lifelong learning is experie…

  • The Significance of the Learning Society for Women and Men with Learning Difficulties

    Sheila Riddell, Stephen Baron et al.•ARTICLE•Gender and Education•2001•Cited by: 5•References: 5

    This article draws on work undertaken as part of the Economic and Social Research Council's Learning Society Programme. The project from which data are drawn, entitled 'The Meaning of the Learning Society for Adults with Learning Difficulties', focused on lifelong learning opportunities available to people with learning difficulties and experiences of these services. The article begins by examining theories of late modernity, their use by feminis…

  • A flexible gateway to employment? Disabled people and the Employment Service’s Work Preparation Programme in Scotland

    Sheila Riddell, Pauline Banks et al.•ARTICLE•Policy & Politics•2002•Cited by: 4

    English Over the last two decades, employment policy for disabled people has been dominated by supply-side measures. This article begins with a brief discussion of the historical background to employment policy for disabled people, focusing in particular on job rehabilitation/Work Preparation policies and programmes. The nature and outcomes of the Employment Service’s Work Preparation Programme in Scotland are discussed, drawing on DfEE-funded re…

  • Parents, professionals and special educational needs policy frameworks in England and Scotland

    Sheila Riddell, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Policy & Politics•2002•Cited by: 3

    English The research reported in this article investigates the extent to which parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) were involved in the process of assessment and recording (Scotland) or statementing (England) as active citizens, or whether they continued to occupy the passive role of service client. This article analyses competing SEN policy frameworks in England and Scotland, and explores the position of parents and professi…

  • Real Jobs’, ‘Learning Difficulties’ and Supported Employment

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Disability & Society•2003•Cited by: 7•References: 2

    Supported employment is now regarded as a major vehicle for enabling people with 'learning difficulties' to enter employment. The purpose of this paper is to use the evidence provided by three case studies of people with 'learning difficulties' who have participated in supported employment to critically examine its fundamental premises. The paper argues that the influences of normalisation theory and the US model of supported employment have comb…

  • Policy and provision for disabled students in higher education in Scotland and England: The Current State of Play

    Teresa Tinklin, Sheila Riddell et al.•ARTICLE•Studies in Higher Education•2004•Cited by: 2•References: 2

    Higher education in the UK has been through a period of major change since the mid‐1980s. A massive expansion in the number of students has been coupled with a reduction in the unit of resource, increased inter‐institutional competition and greater accountability. Within this demanding context, pressure has also been applied to institutions to improve accessibility for disabled people, through funding council mechanisms, quality assurance procedu…

  • New Labour, social justice and disabled students in higher education

    Open Access•Sheila Riddell, Teresa Tinklin et al.•ARTICLE•British Educational Research…•2005•Cited by: 2•References: 14

    This article draws on findings from an Economic and Social Research Council funded research project entitled ‘Disabled Students and Multiple Policy Innovations in Higher Education’ (R000239069). It begins with a brief review of theories of social justice and their implications for widening access policies for disabled students. Social justice may be conceptualised in relation to the distribution of social goods and cultural recognition. Related t…

  • Key Informants’ Perspectives on Teacher Learning in Scotland

    Aileen Kennedy, Donald Christie et al.•ARTICLE•British Journal of Educational…•2008•References: 10

    This article outlines the policy context for teachers’ learning and continuing professional development in Scotland and considers this in relation to the perspectives of key informants gained through interview. The analysis draws on a triple-lens conceptual framework and points to some interesting contradictions between the policy text and the expressed aspirations of the interviewees. Current policy and the associated structural arrangements are…

  • Living with Stigma and the Self-Perceptions of People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities: Living with Stigma

    Open Access•Andrew Jahoda, Alastair Wilson et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Issues•2010•Cited by: 16•References: 4

    There is now overwhelming evidence concerning the awareness people with moderate to mild intellectual disabilities have about the stigma they experience in their lives. However, there is still controversy about the potential impact of stigma on their self-perceptions. This article will draw on findings from an ethnographic study to show that even when individuals have difficulty expressing their views verbally, their actions can provide evidence …

  • Modality: Metaphysics, Logic and Epistemology

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Australasian Journal of Philosophy•2011

    This wide-ranging and sophisticated collection provides a snapshot of contemporary research on modality. The papers are drawn from presentations at conferences of the Arché modality project, based in St. Andrews between 2003 and 2005. There is a mixture of junior and senior authors, and of substantial and short papers; some of the contributions are accompanied by replies. A scholarly and useful introduction sets the tone.

  • It's like an itch and I want to get it away but it's still there’: Understandings and experiences of anxiety and depression among young people with intellectual disabilities

    Open Access•Kirsten Stalker, Andrew Jahoda et al.•ARTICLE•Scandinavian Journal of…•2011•References: 3

    This paper reports findings from a study funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities which aimed to explore experiences of anxiety and depression among 17 young people with learning disabilities in Scotland. A series of unstructured interviews were conducted with the young people while one semi-structured interview took place with their families and/or with relevant professionals. The young people talked about their distress in…

  • Macroscopic Ontology in Everettian Quantum Mechanics: Macroscopic Ontology in Everettian Quantum Mechanics

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The Philosophical Quarterly•2011•Cited by: 7

    Simon Saunders and David Wallace have proposed an attractive semantics for interpreting linguistic communities embedded in an Everettian multiverse. It provides a charitable interpretation of our ordinary talk about the future, and allows us to retain a principle of bivalence for propositions and to retain the law of excluded middle in the logic of propositions about the future. But difficulties arise when it comes to providing an appropriate acc…

  • Who gets to play? Investigating equity in musical instrument instruction in Scottish primary schools

    Lio Moscardini, David Barron et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2012•Cited by: 1•References: 8

    There is a widely held view that learning to play a musical instrument is a valuable experience for all children in terms of their personal growth and development. Although there is no statutory obligation for instrumental music provision in Scottish primary schools, there are well-established Instrumental Music Services in Local Education Authorities that have been developed to provide this facility for pupils. This article presents the findings…

  • Everettian quantum mechanics without branching time

    Open Access•Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•Synthese•2012•Cited by: 9•References: 17

  • Objective Probability in Everettian Quantum Mechanics

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2013•Cited by: 8•References: 30

    David Wallace has given a decision-theoretic argument for the Born Rule in the context of Everettian quantum mechanics (EQM). This approach promises to resolve some long-standing problems with probability in EQM, but it has faced plenty of resistance. One kind of objection (the ‘incoherence problem’) charges that the requisite notion of decision-theoretic uncertainty is unavailable in the Everettian picture, so that the argument cannot gain any t…

  • Michael G. Titelbaum Quitting Certainties: A Bayesian Framework Modeling Degrees of Belief

    Alastair Wilson•ARTICLE•The British Journal for the…•2014

  • The Victorian Empire and Britain's Maritime World, 1837–1901: The sea and global history

    Alastair Wilson, Alastair J Wilson•ARTICLE•The Mariner s Mirror•2014•Cited by: 1

    This book comprises an excellent introductory overview and eight essays covering various aspects of the subject matter indicated in the title. With such a large field to be covered, the subjects ca

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