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Work in Progress

Fictional Naming

Compositionality and Context Sensitivity

I argue that the the forms of compositionality threatened by radical contextualism are not forms of compositionality we ought to care about.

Published Articles and Articles In Press

"What are Beall and Restall pluralists about?" Australasian Journal of Philosophy 82 (2004) 409-420. AJP (subscribers) or Preprint.

I argue that Beall and Restall's claim that there is one true logic of metaphysical modality is incompatible with the formulation of logical pluralism that they give. I investigate various ways of reconciling their pluralism with this claim, but conclude that none of the options can be made to work.

"Did Duns Scotus Invent Possible Worlds Semantics?" Australasian Journal of Philosophy 78 (2000) 196-212. Preprint.

I argue that, contra the claims of Knuuttila and Dumont, Scotus can not be credited with the invention of possible worlds semantics.

"Medieval Deontic Logic and Scotus on the Will" Eidos Ja 97; 14(1): 51-70. Preprint.

Reviews

Review of Manifest Rationality: A Pragmatic Theory of Argument by Ralph Johnson. Philosophy in Review. Je 01; 21(3): 185-187

Review of The Philosophical Computer: Exploratory Essays in Philosophical Computer Modeling by Patrick Grim, Gary Mar and Paul St. Denis. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. S 01; 63(2): 489-492

Theses

The meaning and use of proper names. PhD Thesis, University of Canterbury, January 2000.

Aquinas and Scotus: Free Will, Teleological Ethics and Deontic Logic. MA Thesis, University of Calgary, April 1995.