Staff profile

• Metaphysics. Ontology. Ontology of change. Ordinary objects. Processes. Philosophy of science. Causation. Mechanisms. Powers. Laws.

Chapter in book

• Cosmic Hylomorphism vs Bohmian Dispositionalism: Implications of the ‘No-Successor Problem’
  
  Simpson, W. M. R., & Pemberton, J. M. (2022). Cosmic Hylomorphism vs Bohmian Dispositionalism: Implications of the ‘No-Successor Problem’. In Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality: Naturalizing Quantum Theory between Scientific Realism and Ontological Indeterminacy (pp. 269-282). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99642-0_18
• Individuating Processes
  
  Pemberton, J. (2018). Individuating Processes. In O. Bueno, R.-L. Chen, & M. B. Fagan (Eds.), Individuation, process, and scientific practices (pp. 39-62). Oxford University Press.
• Aristotelian Powers: Without Them, What Would Modern Science Do?
  
  Cartwright, N., & Pemberton, J. (2013). Aristotelian Powers: Without Them, What Would Modern Science Do?. In J. Greco & R. Gross (Eds.), Powers and capacities in philosophy : the new Aristotelianism. (pp. 93-112). Routledge.
• Why idealized models in economics have limited use
  
  Pemberton, J. (2005). Why idealized models in economics have limited use. In M. R. Jones & N. Cartwright (Eds.), Idealization XII: Correcting the Model (pp. 35-46). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401202732_005

Journal Article

• Temporal holism
  
  Pemberton, J. M. (2024). Temporal holism. Philosophical Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-024-02267-8
• Aristotle’s Alternative to Enduring and Perduring:Lasting
  
  Pemberton, J. M. (2022). Aristotle’s Alternative to Enduring and Perduring:Lasting. Ancient Philosophy Today, 4(2), 217-236. https://doi.org/10.3366/anph.2022.0069
• Aristotle’s Solution to Zeno’s Arrow Paradox and its Implications
  
  Pemberton, J. M. (2022). Aristotle’s Solution to Zeno’s Arrow Paradox and its Implications. Ancient Philosophy Today, 4(1), 73-95. https://doi.org/10.3366/anph.2022.0061
• Powers: The No-Successor Problem
  
  Pemberton, J. (2021). Powers: The No-Successor Problem. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 7(2), 213-230. https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2020.13
• Mechanisms, laws and explanation
  
  Cartwright, N., Pemberton, J., & Wieten, S. (2020). Mechanisms, laws and explanation. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 10(3), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-020-00284-y
• Ceteris paribus laws need machines to generate them
  
  Pemberton, J., & Cartwright, N. (2014). Ceteris paribus laws need machines to generate them. Erkenntnis, 79(10), 1745-1758. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-014-9639-4
• The Methodology of Actuarial Science
  
  Pemberton, J. (1999). The Methodology of Actuarial Science. British Actuarial Journal, 5, 115-195. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1357321700000416