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Authored book

• Appearance in Reality
  Heil, J. Appearance in Reality. Oxford University Press
• Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction 4th ed. London: Routledge.
  Heil, J. (2019). Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction 4th ed. London: Routledge. (4th). Routlege
• The Universe As We Find It
  Heil, J. (2012). The Universe As We Find It. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199596201.001.0001
• From an Ontological Point of View
  Heil, J. (2003). From an Ontological Point of View. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/0199259747.001.0001

Chapter in book

• Ontology of Powers.
  Heil, J. (2020). Ontology of Powers. In A. Meincke (Ed.), Dispositionalism: Perspectives from Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science (13-26). Springer Verlag
• Category Mistakes.
  Heil, J. (2019). Category Mistakes. In J. Cumpa (Ed.), Categorical Ontologies: From Realism to Eliminativism. Routledge
• Emergence and panpsychism1
  Heil, J. (2019). Emergence and panpsychism1. In S. Gibb, R. Findlay Hendry, & T. Lancaster (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Emergence (225-234). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315675213-19
• Introduction
  Heil, J. (2018). Introduction. In A. Carruth, S. Gibb, & J. Heil (Eds.), Ontology, Modality, and Mind: Themes from the Metaphysics of E. J. Lowe (1-13). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198796299.003.0001
• Objects, Ordinary and Otherwise
  Heil, J. (2018). Objects, Ordinary and Otherwise. In The Nature of Ordinary Objects. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316612897.005
• The Mystery of the Mystery of Consciousness
  Heil, J. (2018). The Mystery of the Mystery of Consciousness. In M. P. Guta (Ed.), Consciousness and the Ontology of Properties. Routledge
• ‘Must there be Brute Facts?’ In E. Vintiadis and C. Mekios, eds. Brute Facts. 19–27.
  Heil, J. (2018). ‘Must there be Brute Facts?’ In E. Vintiadis and C. Mekios, eds. Brute Facts. 19–27. In E. Vintiadis, & C. Mekios (Eds.), Brute Facts. Oxford University Press
• Downward causation
  Heil, J. (2017). Downward causation. In M. P. Paoletti, & F. Orilia (Eds.), Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives on Downward Causation (42-53). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315638577
• Causal Relations
  Heil, J. (2016). Causal Relations. In A. Marmadoro, & D. Yates (Eds.), The Metaphysics of Relations. Oxford University Press
• Universals in a world of particulars
  Heil, J. (2015). Universals in a world of particulars. In G. Galluzzo, & M. J. Loux (Eds.), The Problem of Universals in Contemporary Philosophy (114-132). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316181539.006
• Cartesian Transubstantiation.
  Heil, J. (2014). Cartesian Transubstantiation. In J. Kvanvig (Ed.), Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Religion (139-157). Oxford University Press
• Contingency
  Heil, J. (2014). Contingency. In T. Goldschmidt (Ed.), The Puzzle of Existence: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? (167-181). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203104323
• Modes and mind
  Heil, J. (2013). Modes and mind. In S. Gozzano, & F. Orilia (Eds.), Tropes, Universals and the Philosophy of Mind (13-30). De Gruyter Mouton
• Are four categories two too many?
  Heil, J. (2011). Are four categories two too many?. In T. E. Tahko (Ed.), Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics (105-125). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511732256.009
• Natural intentionality
  Heil, J. (2011). Natural intentionality. In R. Schantz (Ed.), The Externalist Challenge (287-296). De Gruyter Mouton
• Mental Causation and Epiphenomenalism
  Heil, J. (2010). Mental Causation and Epiphenomenalism. In T. O'Connor, & C. Sandis (Eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (174-181). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444323528.ch23
• B
  Rogers, G., Erwin, E., Heil, J., Addis, L., Ayers, M., Williams, M., Chisholm, R., & Walton, D. (2010). B. In J. Dancy, E. Sosa, & M. Steup (Eds.), A Companion to Epistemology, Second Edition (153-266). (2nd). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444315080.ch2
• J
  Hare, P., Heil, J., & Steup, M. (2010). J. In J. Dancy, E. Sosa, & M. Steup (Eds.), A Companion to Epistemology, Second Edition (469-471). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444315080.ch10
• Powerful qualities
  Heil, J. (2010). Powerful qualities. In A. Marmodoro (Ed.), The Metaphysics of Powers: Their Grounding and their Manifestations (58-72). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203851289
• D
  Lepqre, E., Williams, M., Hunter, B., Tragesser, R., Wheeler, S., Cqttingham, J., Hare, P., Westphal, K., White, N., Hintikka, J., Carrier, L., Heil, J., & Ryan, S. (2010). D. In J. Dancy, E. Sosa, & M. Steup (Eds.), A Companion to Epistemology, Second Edition (300-325). (2nd). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444315080.ch4
• E: Experience
  Heil, J. (2009). E: Experience. In J. Dancy, E. Sosa, & M. Steup (Eds.), A Companion to Metaphysics, Second Edition (253-254). (2nd). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444308525.ch6
• M: Martin, Charles Burton
  Heil, J. (2009). M: Martin, Charles Burton. In J. Dancy, E. Sosa, & M. Steup (Eds.), A Companion to Metaphysics, Second Edition (393-395). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444308525.ch14
• Mind and Knowledge
  Heil, J. (2009). Mind and Knowledge. In P. K. Moser (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195301700.003.0011
• S: Sensa
  Heil, J. (2009). S: Sensa. In J. Dancy, E. Sosa, & M. Steup (Eds.), A Companion to Epistemology, Second Edition (559-560). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444308525.ch20
• Extended Essays: The Mind/Body Problem
  Heil, J. (2009). Extended Essays: The Mind/Body Problem. In J. Kim, E. Sosa, & G. S. Rosenkrantz (Eds.), A Companion to Metaphysics, Second Edition (36-45). (2nd). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444308525.ch1
• Language and Thought
  Heil, J. (2009). Language and Thought. In A. Beckermann, B. P. McLaughlin, & S. Walter (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199262618.003.0037
• Anomalous monism
  Heil, J. (2008). Anomalous monism. In H. Dyke (Ed.), From Truth to Reality: New Essays in Logic and Metaphysics (85-98). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203869093
• Hilary Putnam (1926-)
  Heil, J. (2007). Hilary Putnam (1926-). In A. Martinich, & D. Sosa (Eds.), A Companion to Analytic Philosophy (393-412). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470998656.ch33
• Natural Intentionality
  Heil, J. (2004). Natural Intentionality. In R. Schantz (Ed.), The Externalist Challenge (287-296). Walter de Gruyter GmbH and Co. KG. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110915273

Journal Article

• ‘Existents and Universals’. In A. D. Carruth., S. C. Gibb, and J. Heil, eds. Ontology, Modality, and Mind: Themes from the Metaphysics of E. J. Lowe. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018): 48–59.
  Heil, J. ‘Existents and Universals’. In A. D. Carruth., S. C. Gibb, and J. Heil, eds. Ontology, Modality, and Mind: Themes from the Metaphysics of E. J. Lowe. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018): 48–59
• ‘Real Modalities’. In J. Jacobs, ed. Causal Powers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017): 90–104. Reprinted as ‘Modalidades Reales’, in E. Zerbudis, ed., Poderes Caussales, Tropos y Otras Criaturas Extrañas: Ensayos de Metafísica Analítica (Buenos Aires: Título, 2017): 121–44.
  Heil, J. ‘Real Modalities’. In J. Jacobs, ed. Causal Powers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017): 90–104. Reprinted as ‘Modalidades Reales’, in E. Zerbudis, ed., Poderes Caussales, Tropos y Otras Criaturas Extrañas: Ensayos de Metafísica Analítica (Buenos Aires: Título, 2017): 121–44
• ‘Dispositionality and Mentality’. In F. Teroni and H. Naar, eds. The Ontology of Emotions (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018): 37–50.
  Heil, J. ‘Dispositionality and Mentality’. In F. Teroni and H. Naar, eds. The Ontology of Emotions (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018): 37–50
• Sensations, experiences and brain processes
  Heil, J. (1970). Sensations, experiences and brain processes. Philosophy, 45(173), 221-226. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819100063117
• ‘Relations and Relational Truths’, in François Clementz and Jean-Maurice Monnoyer, eds. The Metaphysics of Relations (Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag, 2015): 310–21.
  Heil, J. ‘Relations and Relational Truths’, in François Clementz and Jean-Maurice Monnoyer, eds. The Metaphysics of Relations (Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag, 2015): 310–21
• Hylomorphism: what’s not to like?
  Heil, J. (2021). Hylomorphism: what’s not to like?. Synthese, 198(Suppl 11), 2657–2670. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1792-x
• Truthmaking and fundamentality
  Heil, J. (2021). Truthmaking and fundamentality. Synthese, 198(Suppl 3), 849–860. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1292-9
• Being of one substance
  Heil, J. (2018). Being of one substance. Religious Studies, 54(3), 313-324. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412518000185
• Substances.
  Heil, J. (2018). Substances. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 26(5), 645-658. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2018.1542276
• Accidents unmoored
  Heil, J. (2018). Accidents unmoored. American Philosophical Quarterly, 55(2), 113-120
• Real Agency
  Heil, J. (2017). Real Agency. The Harvard Review of Philosophy, 24, 9-22. https://doi.org/10.5840/harvardreview201761210
• III - Aristotelian supervenience
  Heil, J. (2015). III - Aristotelian supervenience. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9264.2015.00383.x
• Accidents, modes, tropes, and universals
  Heil, J. (2014). Accidents, modes, tropes, and universals. American Philosophical Quarterly, 51(4), 333-344
• Peter Unger, all the power in the world (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Xxix +640pp.)
  Heil, J. (2008). Peter Unger, all the power in the world (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Xxix +640pp.). Noûs, 42(2), 336-348. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0068.2008.00683.x
• The legacy of linguisticism
  Heil, J. (2006). The legacy of linguisticism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 84(2), 233-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048400600759043
• Dispositions
  Heil, J. (2005). Dispositions. Synthese, 144(3), 343-356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-005-5864-3
• Real tables
  Heil, J. (2005). Real tables. The Monist, 88(4), 493-509. https://doi.org/10.5840/monist200588430
• Kinds and essences
  Heil, J. (2005). Kinds and essences. Ratio: An international journal of analytic philosophy, 18(4), 405-419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2005.00302.x
• Mental properties
  Heil, J., & Robb, D. (2003). Mental properties. American Philosophical Quarterly, 40(3), 175-196
• Levels of reality
  Heil, J. (2003). Levels of reality. Ratio: An international journal of analytic philosophy, 16(3), 205-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9329.00218
• What are we talking about here?
  Heil, J. (2001). What are we talking about here?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(4), 671-672
• The ontological turn
  Martin, C., & Heil, J. (1999). The ontological turn. Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 23(1), 34-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4975.00003
• Supervenience deconstructed
  Heil, J. (1998). Supervenience deconstructed. European Journal of Philosophy, 6(2), 146-155. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0378.00055
• Rules and powers
  Martin, C., & Heil, J. (1998). Rules and powers. Noûs, 32(SUPPL. 12), 283-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/0029-4624.32.s12.13
• Reduction, illumination, and elimination: A response to Robinson
  Heil, J. (1995). Reduction, illumination, and elimination: A response to Robinson. New Ideas in Psychology, 13(1), 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/0732-118x%2894%29e0033-x
• Truth or consequences
  Heil, J. (1994). Truth or consequences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 17(1), 19-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x00033136
• Mentality and causality
  Heil, J. (1992). Mentality and causality. Topoi, 11(1), 103-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00768302
• On the cutting edge: Philosophical perspectives on mental causation
  Heil, J. (1991). On the cutting edge: Philosophical perspectives on mental causation. Philosophical Papers, 20(2), 113-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/05568649109506357
• Minds divided
  Heil, J. (1989). Minds divided. Mind, 98(392), 571-583. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/xcviii.392.571
• The Epistemic Route To Anti-Realism
  Heil, J. (1988). The Epistemic Route To Anti-Realism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 66(2), 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048408812343261
• Privileged access
  Heil, J. (1988). Privileged access. Mind, 97(386), 238-251. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/xcvii.386.238
• Talk and thought
  Heil, J. (1988). Talk and thought. Philosophical Papers, 17(3), 153-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/05568648809506297
• Are We Brains in a Vat? Top Philosopher Says ‘No’
  Heil, J. (1987). Are We Brains in a Vat? Top Philosopher Says ‘No’. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 17(2), 427-436. https://doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1987.10716445
• Doubts about skepticism
  Heil, J. (1987). Doubts about skepticism. Philosophical Studies, 51(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00353959
• The Molyneux Question
  Heil, J. (1987). The Molyneux Question. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 17(3), 227-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.1987.tb00097.x
• Does Psychology Presuppose Rationality?
  Heil, J. (1986). Does Psychology Presuppose Rationality?. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 16(1), 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.1986.tb00067.x
• Rationality and Psychological Explanation
  Heil, J. (1985). Rationality and Psychological Explanation. https://doi.org/10.1080/00201748508602057
• Doxastic incontinence
  Heil, J. (1984). Doxastic incontinence. Mind, 93(369), 56-70. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/xciii.369.56
• Reliability and epistemic merit
  Heil, J. (1984). Reliability and epistemic merit. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 62(4), 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048408412341551
• Doxastic agency
  Heil, J. (1983). Doxastic agency. Philosophical Studies, 43(3), 355-364. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00372372
• Validation of the johari window test as a measure of self-disclosure
  Shapiro, D., Heil, J., & Hager, F. (1983). Validation of the johari window test as a measure of self-disclosure. The Journal of Social Psychology, 120(2), 289-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1983.9713227
• Foundationalism and epistemic rationality
  Heil, J. (1982). Foundationalism and epistemic rationality. Philosophical Studies, 42(2), 179-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00374032
• Gibsonian Sins of Omission
  Heil, J. (1981). Gibsonian Sins of Omission. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 11(3), 307-311. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.1981.tb00039.x
• On Saying What There Is
  Heil, J. (1981). On Saying What There Is. Philosophy, 56(216), 242-247. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819100050087
• What Gibson's Missing
  Heil, J. (1979). What Gibson's Missing. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 9(3), 265-269. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.1979.tb00429.x
• Action and Desire.
  Heil, J. (1979). Action and Desire. Philosophical Investigations, 2(3), 32-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9205.1979.tb00394.x

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• ‘Mental Causation’ (with David Robb). In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2003. (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mental-causation/). Substantially revised versions appeared in 2008 and 2012, and 2018.
  Heil, J. ‘Mental Causation’ (with David Robb). In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2003. (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mental-causation/). Substantially revised versions appeared in 2008 and 2012, and 2018
• ‘Précis of From an Ontological Point of View’ together with responses to five discussants. SWIF (Sito Web Italiano per la Filosofia) Philosophy of Mind Review (http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/mind/swifpmr/0620072.pdf).
  Heil, J. ‘Précis of From an Ontological Point of View’ together with responses to five discussants. SWIF (Sito Web Italiano per la Filosofia) Philosophy of Mind Review (http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/mind/swifpmr/0620072.pdf)
• Institute of Art and Ideas, three lectures on The Universe as We Find It https://iai.tv/iai-academy/courses/info?course=the-universe-as-we-find-it
  Heil, J. Institute of Art and Ideas, three lectures on The Universe as We Find It https://iai.tv/iai-academy/courses/info?course=the-universe-as-we-find-it
• Richard Marshall’s 3:AM Magazine interview with John Heil on The Universe as We Find It http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/the-universe-as-we-find-it/
  Heil, J. Richard Marshall’s 3:AM Magazine interview with John Heil on The Universe as We Find It http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/the-universe-as-we-find-it/
• Tony Sobrado’s Biggest Questions interview with John Heil on ‘What is Consciousness?’ http://tonysobrado.org/index.php/the-biggest-questions-podcast-series/what-is-consciousness/interview-discussion-with-professor-john-heil/
  Heil, J. Tony Sobrado’s Biggest Questions interview with John Heil on ‘What is Consciousness?’ http://tonysobrado.org/index.php/the-biggest-questions-podcast-series/what-is-consciousness/interview-discussion-with-professor-john-heil/
• ‘What’s It Like to See What It’s Like?’, Institute of Art and Ideas News https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/the-secrets-of-experience-auid-850
  Heil, J. ‘What’s It Like to See What It’s Like?’, Institute of Art and Ideas News https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/the-secrets-of-experience-auid-850
• ‘Metaphysics of Mind’. In A Field Guide to the Philosophy of Mind, (http://host.uniroma3.it/progetti/kant/field/mm.htm)
  Heil, J. ‘Metaphysics of Mind’. In A Field Guide to the Philosophy of Mind, (http://host.uniroma3.it/progetti/kant/field/mm.htm)