L.A. Paul
Contact
Department of Philosophy,
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC.
Research
My main philosophical interests are in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind. I am especially interested in phenomenology and the nature of experience, perception, the ontology of mental states, the philosophy of cognitive science, mereology, causation, constitution and essence. I work on related topics in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of language.
Current Teaching
Work in Progress
“Subjective Experience and Phenomenal Knowledge.”
“Change is Multiple Realization.”
The Ontology of Objects. Book ms.
A Nonreductive Metaphysics of Mind. Book ms.
Selected Publications
Books
Causation: A User's Guide (with Ned Hall). Forthcoming, Oxford University Press (UK).
Causation and Counterfactuals. Edited by John Collins, Ned Hall and L.A. Paul, with a coauthored Introduction, MIT Press. Contributors include D. M. Armstrong, Helen Beebee, David Coady, John Collins, Ned Hall, Christopher Hitchcock, Igal Kvart, David Lewis, Cei Maslen, Tim Maudlin, D. H. Mellor, Peter Menzies, L. A. Paul, Murali Ramachandran, Jonathan Schaffer, and Stephen Yablo.
Articles
“Temporal Experience.” Forthcoming in the Journal of Philosophy.
“New roles for experimental work in metaphysics.” Forthcoming in the European Review on Philosophy and Psychology, special issue, edited by Joshua Knobe, Tania Lombrozo and Edouard Machery.
“The Puzzles of Material Constitution.” Forthcoming in Philosophy Compass.
“Mereological Bundle Theory.” Forthcoming in The Handbook of Mereology.
“The Counterfactual Analysis of Causation.” The Oxford Handbook on Causation, Oxford University Press, 2010.
“Constitutive Overdetermination.” Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, Vol IV: Causation and Explanation. 2007.
“In Defense of Essentialism.” Philosophical Perspectives (Metaphysics), 2006.
“Coincidence as Overlap.” Nous, December 2006.
“Introduction.” (With Ned Hall and John Collins.) Causation and Counterfactuals, MIT Press, 2004.
“The Context of Essence.” Australasian Journal of Philosophy, March 2004.
“Causation and Preemption.” (with Ned Hall) Philosophy of Science Today, OUP (UK), 2003.
“Logical Parts.” Nous, December 2002.
“Limited Realism: Cartwright on Natures and Laws.” Philosophical Books, October 2002.
“Aspect Causation.” Journal of Philosophy, April 2000.
“Keeping Track of the Time.” Analysis, July 1998.
“The Worm at the Root of the Passions.” Utilitas, April 1998.
“Problems with Late Preemption.” Analysis, January 1998.
“Truth Conditions of Tensed Sentence Types.“ Synthese, April 1997.