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Theory and
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Reality and
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Philosophical
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Thinking about Consciousness,
The Roots of Reason:
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Edited
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"Why Supervenience?" Analysis (1990)
"The
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"Teleology
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"Teleology
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"Antirealismus und Skeptizismus hinsichtlich Mathematik, Moral
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"Consciousness,
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"Arguments
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"Theory-Dependent
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"Rational
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"Teleosemantics and Indeterminacy" Australasian Journal
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"Probability
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"Mind
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"Normativity and Judgement" Aristotelian Society
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"A
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"The Evolution of Knowledge" in P. Carruthers (ed) Evolution and the Human Mind (2000); reprinted in my The Roots of Reason
“How not to Kill Swampman” in
J. Botero, J. Ramos and A. Rosas (eds) Mentes Reales: La Ciencia Cognitiva y la
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"The
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"Evidentialism Reconsidered" Nous
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"The
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about Swampman" Australasian Journal of
Philosophy (2001)
"The
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"Metaphysics
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"Theories
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"Could
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"Why
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"Human
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"David
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“Social
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"Rational
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“The Cultural Origins of Cognitive Adapatations” in A O’Hear (ed) Biology, Evolution and Culture (2006)
“Kripke’s Proof That We Are All Intuitive Dualists”
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"Reply
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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (1988)
"Probability
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“Replies to
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"Many
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"Doubtful
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Entry on
"Functionalism" in E. Craig (ed) Encyclopedia
of Philosophy (1998)
Entry on
"Mathematical Fictionalism" in P. Edwards
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"Evolutionary
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"Teleosemantics" in J. Branquinho
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