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British Idealism (2019)
Book Chapter
D'Oro. (in press). British Idealism. In A Companion to 19th Century Philosophy (365-388). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119210054.ch14

This chapter identifies some themes in British idealism, especially those which resonate in contemporary debates, through an examination of T.H. Green, F.H. Bradley and J.M.E. McTaggart. It focuses primarily on metaphysics and epistemology, supplemen... Read More about British Idealism.

Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people (2018)
Book Chapter
(2018). Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people. In Resilience and Ageing: creativity, culture and community (43-64). https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv8xnhxv.8

This chapter provides insight into a long-running programme of research exploring the value for people’s sense of well-being and resilience of being involved in theatre. The project represents a successful example of a creative, participatory researc... Read More about Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people.

Tactics and Strategic Action (2018)
Book Chapter
Doherty. (2018). Tactics and Strategic Action. In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements, 2nd edition (271 -288)

We discuss ongoing debates over tactical choice and change, from Tilly's action repertoires model and protest event analysis to more recent actor-centred approaches stressing the importance of identity and taste. We argue that while contentious polit... Read More about Tactics and Strategic Action.

Why epistemic pluralism does not entail relativism (2018)
Book Chapter
D'Oro. (2018). Why epistemic pluralism does not entail relativism. In Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology

There is a widespread view according to which the denial that the conditions of knowledge are truth-evaluable inevitably leads to a form of epistemic pluralism that is both quietist and internally incoherent. It is quietist because it undermines the... Read More about Why epistemic pluralism does not entail relativism.

Energy, Climate Change, and Global Governance: The 2015 Paris Agreement in Perspective (2018)
Book Chapter
Vogler, J. (2018). Energy, Climate Change, and Global Governance: The 2015 Paris Agreement in Perspective. In Oxford Handbook of Energy and Society Get access Arrow. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190633851.013.0002

This chapter considers the relevance of international cooperation to the governance of global energy and climate issues and the restricted way in whichthese issues are framed. It provides an analysis of the development of the international climate ch... Read More about Energy, Climate Change, and Global Governance: The 2015 Paris Agreement in Perspective.

Ayer and the Meaning of Life (2018)
Book Chapter
Tartaglia. (2018). Ayer and the Meaning of Life. In The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers (237-244). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315385945-31

This article considers Ayer’s two main statements on the meaning of life; the first written in the prime of life, and the second at the end of life. The first, which is the focal point of this article, is heavily influenced by scienticism, and attemp... Read More about Ayer and the Meaning of Life.

Postscript: The Blue Flower (2018)
Book Chapter
Tartaglia. (2018). Postscript: The Blue Flower. In The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers

Civil and social death: criminalisation and the loss of the self (2018)
Book Chapter
(2018). Civil and social death: criminalisation and the loss of the self. In Loss, Dying and Bereavement in the Criminal Justice System: Dying in Chains

In this chapter I offer an alternative perspective to the themes of ‘dying’, ‘loss’ and bereavement’ within criminal justice and explore the relationships which exist between social practices of punishment, and the status or positioning of former law... Read More about Civil and social death: criminalisation and the loss of the self.