PAPERS (published and forthcoming)
Below is a list of my published and forthcoming papers, as well as links to them. You can also find a full list of my publications on my CV (located here). Please note that by downloading a pdf of a paper, you are agreeing that the work is only for your personal and non-commerical use.
52) “After Metaethics”. Philosophers’ Imprint. (forthcoming). Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf
51) “How Does Human Agency Actually Work?: On Bratman’s “Core Capacity Thesis” and the Relation Between Philosophy of Action and the Empirical Sciences”. Journal of Applied Philosophy. (forthcoming). Co-authored with Jonathan Phillips.
50) “Authoritative Normativity”. Oxford Handbook of Meta-Ethics. (forthcoming). Eds. David Copp and Connie Rosati. Oxford University Press. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson.
49) “Conceptual Ethics and The Categories of “Ideal Theory” and “Non-Ideal Theory” in Political Philosophy: A Proposal for Abandonment”. New Perspectives on Conceptual Engineering. (forthcoming). Eds. Manuel Gustavo Isaac, Steffen Koch, and Kevin Scharp. Synthese Library. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf
48) “The Supervenience of the Normative and the Autonomy of Essence: Lessons from Leary’s Hybrid Gambit”. The Future of Normativity. (forthcoming). Ed. S. Kirchin. Oxford University Press. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf
47) “The Fragmentation of Authoritative Normativity”. Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Vol. 19. (forthcoming). Ed. R. Shafer-Landau. Oxford University Press. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson.
46) “Metaethics and The Conceptual Ethics of Normativity”. Inquiry. (2024). Vol. 67, No. 1, 93-126. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
45) “Counterfactual Genealogy and Metaethics in Pettit’s The Birth of Ethics”. Inquiry. (2023). Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
44) “Are There Really Any Dual Character Concepts?”. Philosophical Perspectives. (2023). Vol. 37, No. 1, 340-369. Co-authored with Jonathan Phillips. pdf / link
43) “Legal Interpretation, Conceptual Ethics, and Alternative Legal Concepts”. Ratio Juris. (2023). Vol. 36, No. 4, 286-313. pdf / link
42) “Varieties of Metalinguistic Negotiation”. Topoi. (2023). Co-authored with Tim Sundell. pdf / link
41) “Generics and Metalinguistic Negotiation”. Synthese. (2023). Vol. 201, No. 50, 1-46. Co-authored with Rachel Sterken and Tim Sundell. pdf / link
40) “Ground, Essence, and the Metaphysics of Metanormative Non-Naturalism”. Ergo. (2022). Vol. 9, No. 26, 674-701. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
39) “Legal Antipositivism and the Reliability Challenge in Metaethics”. Interpretivism and the Limits of Law. (2022). Eds. T. Gizbert-Studnicki, F. Poggi, and I. Skoczeń. Edward Elgar Publishing. 23-42. pdf / link
38) “Normative Standards and the Epistemology of Conceptual Ethics”. Inquiry. (2022). Online first version published December 2022, print version forthcoming. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
37) “The Disunity of Legal Reality”. Legal Theory. (2022). Vol. 28, No. 3, 235-267. Co-authored with Daniel Wodak. pdf / link
36) “Legal Positivism and the Real Definition of Law”. Jurisprudence. (2022). Vol. 14, No. 3, 317-348. Co-authored with Daniel Wodak. pdf / link
35) “The Ravens Paradox and Negative Existential Judgments about Evidence”. Inquiry. (2022). Vol. 65, No. 2, 237-247. pdf / link
34) “Topic Continuity in Conceptual Engineering and Beyond”. Inquiry. (2021). Online first version published December 2021, print version forthcoming. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
33) “Technology, Dwelling, and Nature as “Resource”: A Reading of (and Some Reflections on) Themes from the Later Heidegger”. Inquiry. (2021). Online first version published December 2021, print version forthcoming. pdf / link
32) “Metalinguistic Negotiation and Matters of Language: A Response to Cappelen”. Inquiry. (2021). Online first version published October 2021, print version forthcoming. Co-authored with Tim Sundell. pdf / link
31) “The Varieties of Idealization and The Politics of Economic Growth: A Case Study on Modality and the Methodology of Normative Political Philosophy”. Inquiry. (2021). Online first version published October 2021, print version forthcoming. pdf / link
30) “Conceptual Ethics, Metaepistemology, and Normative Epistemology”. Inquiry. (2021). Online first version published August 2021, print version forthcoming. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
29) “Evaluation Turned on Itself: The Vindicatory Circularity Challenge to the Conceptual Ethics of Normativity”. Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Vol. 16. (2021). Ed. R. Shafer-Landau. Oxford University Press. 207-232. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
28) “Metalinguistic Negotiation and Speaker Error”. Inquiry. (2021). Vol. 64, No. 1-2, 142-167. Co-authored with Tim Sundell. pdf / link
27) “Anger, Fitting Attitudes, and Srinivasan’s Category of “Affective Injustice””. The Journal of Political Philosophy. (2021). Vol. 29, No. 1, 117-131. pdf / link
26) “Conceptual Truths, Evolution, and Reliability about Authoritative Normativity”. Jurisprudence. (2020). Vol. 11, No. 2, 169-212. pdf / link
25) “On the Relation Between Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics”. Ratio. (2020). Vol. 33, No. 4, 281-294. Co-authored with Alexis Burgess. pdf / link
24) “Conceptual Ethics and The Methodology of Normative Inquiry”. Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics. (2020). Eds. A. Burgess, H. Cappelen, and D. Plunkett. Oxford University Press. 274-303. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
23) “A Guided Tour of Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics”. Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics. (2020). Eds. A. Burgess, H. Cappelen, and D. Plunkett. Oxford University Press. 1-26. Co-authored with Herman Cappelen. pdf / link
22) “Normative Roles, Conceptual Variance, and Ardent Realism about Normativity”. Inquiry. (2020). Vol. 63, No. 5, 509-534. pdf / link
21) “Robust Normativity, Morality, and Legal Positivism”. Dimensions of Normativity: New Essays on Metaethics and Jurisprudence. (2019). Eds. D. Plunkett, S. Shapiro, and K. Toh. Oxford University Press. 105-136. pdf / link
20) “Quasi-Expressivism About Statements of Law: A Hartian Theory”. Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law, Vol. 3. (2018). Eds. J. Gardner, L. Green, and B. Leiter. Oxford University Press. 49-86. Co-authored with Stephen Finlay. pdf / link
19) “Law, Morality, and Everything Else: General Jurisprudence as a Branch of Metanormative Inquiry”. Ethics. (2017). Vol. 128, No. 1, 37-68. Co-authored with Scott Shapiro. pdf / link
18) “Reasons Internalism”. The Routledge Handbook of Metaethics. (2017). Eds. T. McPherson and D. Plunkett. Routledge. 324-339. Co-authored with Errol Lord. pdf / link
17) “The Nature and Explanatory Ambitions of Metaethics”. The Routledge Handbook of Metaethics. (2017). Eds. T. McPherson and D. Plunkett. Routledge. 1-28. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
16) “Negotiating the Meaning of “Law”: The Metalinguistic Dimension of the Dispute Over Legal Positivism”. Legal Theory. (2016). Vol. 22, No. 3-4, 205-275. pdf / link
15) “Justice, Non-Human Animals, and the Methodology of Political Philosophy”. Jurisprudence. (2016). Vol. 7, No. 1, 1-29. pdf / link
14) “Conceptual History, Conceptual Ethics, and the Aims of Inquiry: A Framework for Thinking about the Relevance of the History/Genealogy of Concepts to Normative Inquiry”. Ergo. (2016). Vol. 3, No. 2, 27-64. pdf / link
13) “Which Concepts Should We Use?: Metalinguistic Negotiations and The Methodology of Philosophy”. Inquiry. (2015). Vol. 58, Nos. 7-8, 828-874. pdf / link
12) “Deliberative Indispensability and Epistemic Justification”. Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Vol. 10. (2015). Ed. R. Shafer-Landau. Oxford University Press. 104-133. Co-authored with Tristram McPherson. pdf / link
11) “Non-Consequentialism Demystified”. Philosophers’ Imprint. (2015). Volume 15, No. 4, 1-28. Co-authored with Howard Nye and John Ku. pdf / link
10) “Antipositivist Arguments from Legal Thought and Talk: The Metalinguistic Response”. Pragmatism, Law, and Language. (2014). Ed. Graham Hubbs and Douglas Lind. Routledge. 56-75. Co-authored with Tim Sundell. pdf / link
9) “Dworkin’s Interpretivism and The Pragmatics of Legal Disputes”. Legal Theory. (2013). Vol. 19, No. 3, 242-281. Co-authored with Tim Sundell. pdf / link
8) “Disagreement and the Semantics of Normative and Evaluative Terms”. Philosophers’ Imprint. (2013). Vol. 13, No. 23, 1-37. Co-authored with Tim Sundell. pdf / link
7) “Conceptual Ethics II”. Philosophy Compass. (2013). Vol. 8, No. 12, 1102-1110. Co-authored with Alexis Burgess. pdf / link
6) “Conceptual Ethics I”. Philosophy Compass. (2013). Vol. 8, No. 12, 1091-1101 and 1102-1110. Co-authored with Alexis Burgess. pdf / link
5) “Legal Positivism and the Moral Aim Thesis”. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. (2013). Vol. 33, No. 3, 563-605. pdf / link
4) “The Planning Theory of Law II: The Nature of Legal Norms”. Philosophy Compass. (2013). Vol. 8, No. 2, 159-169. pdf / link
3) “The Planning Theory of Law I: The Nature of Legal Institutions”. Philosophy Compass. (2013). Vol. 8, No. 2, 149–158. pdf / link
2) “A Positivist Route for Explaining How Facts Make Law”. Legal Theory. (2012). Vol. 18, No. 2, 139-207. pdf / link
1) “Expressivism, Representation, and the Nature of Conceptual Analysis”. Philosophical Studies. (2011). Vol. 156, No. 1, 15-31. pdf / link
