E J Lowe

Dados Biográficos

ID981432
NOMEE J Lowe
PRENOMESE J
SOBRENOMELowe
ASSINATURALOWE E J
AFILIAÇÕESDurham University
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS44
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES31
TOTAL COMO AUTOR43
TOTAL COMO EDITOR1
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1980
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2018
ÍNDICE H4

  • Metaphysics as the Science of Essence

    E J Lowe, Alexander Carruth et al.BOOKOntology, Modality, and Mind2018

    What is metaphysics? And how is it to be pursued? Elsewhere, I have defended the view that the central task of metaphysics is to chart the possibilities of being : knowledge of what is actual presupposes knowledge of what is possible —of what is really or metaphysically possible. According to this conception of the aim and content of metaphysical theory, metaphysics is above all concerned with identifying the fundamental ontological categories to…

  • The Problem of Universals in Contemporary Philosophy

    Open AccessPeter Van Inwagen, E J Lowe et al.BOOKProblem of Universals in…2015

    Are there any universal entities? Or is the world populated only by particular things? The problem of universals is one of the most fascinating and enduring topics in the history of metaphysics, with roots in ancient and medieval philosophy. This collection of new essays provides an innovative overview of the contemporary debate on universals. Rather than focusing exclusively on the traditional opposition between realism and nominalism, the contr…

  • Truth and Truth-making

    E J Lowe, Adolf RamiBOOKTruth and Truth-Making2014

    1. Introduction: truth and truth-making, A. Rami Part I: Setting the stage 2. Truth and the truth-maker principle in 1921, Kevin Mulligan 3. Truthmakers, Kevin Mulligan, Peter Simons and Barry Smith 4. entailment and Greg Restall 5. Postscript to Truth-makers, entailment and necessity, Greg Restall 6. Truth-making and difference-making, David Lewis 7. The general theory of truth-making, D. M. Armstrong Part II: The current debate 8. Truth-making …

  • Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics

    Open AccessE J LoweCHAPTERAristotle on Method and Metaphysics2013

    The aim of this chapter is to show how, by combining a neo-Aristotelian account of essence with a neo-Aristotelian four-category ontology (of individual substances, modes, substantial universals, and property universals), a thoroughgoing metaphysical foundation for modal truths can be provided — one which avoids any appeal to "possible worlds" and which renders modal truths objective, mind-independent, and yet also humanly knowable. If successful…

  • Forms of Thought

    Open AccessE J LoweBOOKForms of Thought2013

    Forms of thought are involved whenever we name, describe, or identify things, and whenever we distinguish between what is, might be, or must be the case. It appears to be a distinctive feature of human thought that we can have modal thoughts, about what might be possible or necessary, and conditional thoughts, about what would or might be the case if something else were the case. Even the simplest thoughts are structured like sentences, containin…

  • Mental Causation and Ontology

    Rögnvaldur Ingthorsson, S C Gibb et al.BOOKMental Causation and Ontology2013

  • Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics

    Open AccessKit Fine, Tim Crane et al.BOOKContemporary Aristotelian…2011

    Aristotelian (or neo-Aristotelian) metaphysics is currently undergoing something of a renaissance. This volume brings together fourteen essays from leading philosophers who are sympathetic to this conception of metaphysics, which takes its cue from the idea that metaphysics is the first philosophy. The primary input from Aristotle is methodological, but many themes familiar from his metaphysics will be discussed, including ontological categories,…

  • A neo-Aristotelian substance ontology

    Open AccessE J LoweCHAPTERContemporary Aristotelian…2011

    Substance ontologies in the Aristotelian tradition are commonly thought of as being constituent ontologies, because they typically espouse the hylemorphic dualism of Aristotle's Metaphysics, a doctrine according to which an individual substance is always a combination of matter and form. A common presumption is that ontologies inspired by Aristotle are 'constituent' ontologies, whereas ones inspired by Plato are 'relational', a presumption founde…

  • The rationality of metaphysics

    Open AccessE J LoweARTICLESynthese2011Citada por: 5Referências: 3

  • Real Essentialism - David S. Oderberg

    E J LoweARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly2009

    David Oderberg's new book is, as far as I know, the only comprehensive book‐length exposition, defence and application of Aristotelian essentialism written from the perspective of modern analytic philosophy. It is a major intellectual achievement, which will repay close reading and re‐reading by friends and foes of essentialism alike. The ‘real’ in the book's title is there to mark the distinction between this truly Aristotelian conception of ess…

  • Personal Agency

    E J LoweBOOKPersonal agency2008

    This book has two Parts. Part I prepares the ground for this theory of rational free action by seeking to undermine the threat that physicalism presents to it. This it does this by challenging the cogency of the causal closure argument for physicalism in all of its forms. It shows that a dualistic philosophy of mind — one which holds that human mental states and their subjects cannot simply be identified with bodily states and human bodies respec…

  • All the Power in the World - Peter Unger

    E J LoweARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly2008

    This book is interesting in patches, but suffers from three major defects. First, it is inordinately long: it could easily have been condensed into a book one third its length. Secondly, it is written in an irritatingly jokey and homely style, in a vain attempt to appeal to a non‐academic audience. Example drawn at random: ‘Now, don't misunderstand me here; [this argument] doesn't knock my socks off, certainly not at this late date, with so much …

  • If 2 = 3, Then 2 + 1 = 3 + 1’

    E J LoweARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly2008Referências: 3

    Jan Heylen and Leon Horsten object to my proposed analysis of ordinary‐language conditionals by appealing to certain putative counter‐examples. In this reply, I explain how, by ignoring my reading of the indicative/subjunctive distinction, their objection misses its target. I also criticize their underlying methodology

  • The Determinists Have Run Out of Luck—For a Good Reason

    Open AccessStorrs Mccall, E J LoweARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…2008

    In his paper “Bad luck once again” Neil Levy attacks our proof of the consistency of libertarianism by reiterating a time-worn compatibilist complaint.11 Neil Levy, “Bad Luck Once Again” (next article), discussing McCall and Lowe, “Indeterminist Free Will,”Philosophy and Phenomenological Research LXX (2005), pp. 681–690. This is, that what is not determined must be due to chance. If A has a choice of X or Y, neither X nor Y being causally determi…

  • How Are Identity Conditions Grounded

    E J LoweCHAPTERPersistence2007

  • Powerful Particulars

    Open AccessE J LoweARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…2006

    John Heil's new book (Heil 2003) is remarkable in many ways. In a concise, lucid and accessible manner, it develops a complete system of ontology with many strikingly original features and then applies that ontology to fundamental issues in the philosophy of mind, with illuminating results. Although Heil acknowledges his intellectual debts to C. B. Martin (p. viii), he is unduly modest about his own contribution to the development and application…

  • The Four-Category Ontology

    E J LoweBOOKThe four-category ontology2005

    This text presents a comprehensive metaphysical system fully explained and defended as Lowe sets out his theory of what there is. He offers novel solutions to many outstanding problems in metaphysics and the philosophy of science.

  • Is Conceptualist Realism a Stable Position

    Open AccessE J LoweARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…2005Referências: 1

  • Indeterminist Free Will

    Open AccessStorrs Mccall, E J LoweARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…2005Citada por: 3

    The aim of the paper is to prove the consistency of libertarianism. We examine the example of Jane, who deliberates at length over whether to vacation in Colorado (C) or Hawaii (H), weighing the costs and benefits, consulting travel brochures, etc. Underlying phenomenological deliberation is an indeterministic neural process in which nonactual motor neural states n(C) and n(H) corresponding to alternatives C and H remain physically possible up un…

  • Locke

    Open AccessE J LoweARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…2004

  • Recent Advances in Metaphysics

    E J Lowe, Peter LangARTICLEFacta Philosophica2003

  • In Defense of Moderate‐Sized Specimens of Dry Goods

    Open AccessE J LoweARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…2003Citada por: 2

  • Material Coincidence and the Cinematographic Fallacy

    E J LoweARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly2002

    Eric T. Olson has argued that those who hold that two material objects can exactly coincide at a moment of time, with one of these objects constituting the other, face an insuperable difficulty in accounting for the alleged differences between the objects, such as their being of different kinds and possessing different persistence‐conditions. The differences, he suggests, are inexplicable, given that the objects in question are composed of the sa…

  • The Possibility of Metaphysics

    John Heil, E J LoweARTICLEThe Philosophical Review2001

    1. The Possibility of Metaphysics 2. Objects and Identity 3. Identity and Unity 4. Time and Persistence 5. Persistence and Substance 6. Substance and Dependence 7. Primitive Substances 8. Categories and Kinds 9. Matter and Form 10. Abstract Entities 11. Facts and the World 12. The Puzzle of Existence Bibliography Index

  • An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind

    Open AccessE J LoweBOOKIntroduction to the Philosophy of…2000

    In this book Jonathan Lowe offers a lucid and wide-ranging introduction to the philosophy of mind. Using a problem-centred approach designed to stimulate as well as instruct, he begins with a general examination of the mind-body problem and moves on to detailed examination of more specific philosophical issues concerning sensation, perception, thought and language, rationality, artificial intelligence, action, personal identity and self-knowledge…