Papers by John Martin Fischer
This is a collection of philosophical papers by John Martin Fischer, categorized quite arbitrarily. Eventually, I hope to make it complete.
November 2019 note: this page is not being regularly updated. Luckily, someone else has taken on that task, and a more recent collection of JMF papers can be found here.
Free Will
- (1983) "Incompatibilism", Philosophical Studies 43: 127-137.
- (1983) "Power Over the Past", Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 65: 335-350.
- (1986) "Power Necessity", Philosophical Topics 14: 77-91.
- (1986) "van Inwagen on Free Will", The Philosophical Quarterly 36: 252-260.
- (1988) "Freedom and Miracles", Nous 22: 235-252.
- (1992) "When the Will Is Free" (with Mark Ravizza), Philosophical Perspectives 6: 423-451.
- (1994) "Alternative Possibilities: A Reply to Lamb" (with Paul Hoffman), Journal of Philosophy 91: 321-326.
- (1996) "A New Compatibilism", Philosophical Topics 24: 49-66.
- (1996) "Free Will and the Modal Principle" (with Mark Ravizza), Philosophical Studies 83: 213-230.
- (1999) "Critical Notice of Richard Double's Metaphilosophy and Free Will", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 59: 1083-1086.
- (2000) "Problems with Actual-Sequence Incompatibilism", The Journal of Ethics 4: 323-328.
- (2001) "Critical Notice of Jordan Howard Sobel's Puzzles for the Will", Canadian Journal of Philosophy 31: 427-446.
- (2005) "Dennett on the Basic Argument", Metaphilosophy 36: 427-435.
- (2011) "The Truth About Freedom: A Reply to Merricks" (with Patrick Todd), Philosophical Review 120: 97-115.
- (2016) "Libertarianism and the Problem of Flip-Flopping", in Free Will and Theism (Timpe and Speak, eds.).
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Moral Responsibility
- (1982) "Responsibility and Control", Journal of Philosophy 79: 24-40.
- (1986) "Responsibility and Failure", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 86: 251-270.
- (1988) "Responsiveness and Moral Responsibility", in Responsibility, Character, and the Emotions: New Essays in Moral Psychology (Ferdinand Schoeman, ed.). Reprinted in My Way
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- (1992) "The Inevitable" (with Mark Ravizza), Australasian Journal of Philosophy 70: 388-404.
- (1997) "Responsibility, Control, and Omissions", The Journal of Ethics 1: 45-64.
- (1998) "Moral Responsibility and the Metaphysics of Free Will: Reply to van Inwagen", The Philosophical Quarterly 191: 215-220.
- (1999) "Recent Work on Moral Responsibility", Ethics 110: 93-139.
- (1999) "Responsibility and Self-Expression", The Journal of Ethics 3: 277-297.
- (1991) "Responsibility and Inevitability" (with Mark Ravizza), Ethics 101: 258-278.
- (2000) "Transfer Principles and Moral Responsibility" (with Eleonore Stump), Philosophical Perspectives 14: 48-55.
- (2000) "Responsibility, History and Manipulation", The Journal of Ethics 4: 385-391.
- (2000) "Precis of Responsibility and Control" (with Mark Ravizza), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 61: 441-445.
- (2000) "Reply to Comments" (with Mark Ravizza), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 61: 467-480.
- (2000) "Chicken Soup for the Semi-Compatibilist Soul: Replies to Haji and Kane", The Journal of Ethics 4: 404-407.
- (2000) "Excerpts from John Martin Fischer's Discussion with Members of the Audience" (with Scott MacDonald, Carl Ginet, Joseph Margolis, Mark Case, Elie Noujain, Robert Kane, Derk Pereboom) The Journal of Ethics 4: 408-417.
- (2003) "'Ought-Implies-Can', Causal Determinism, and Moral Responsibility", Analysis 63: 244-250.
- (2004) "Responsibility and Manipulation", The Journal of Ethics 8: 145-177.
- (2005) "Reply: The Free Will Revolution", Philosophical Explorations 8: 145-156.
- (2006) "The Free Will Revolution (Continued)", The Journal of Ethics 10: 315-345.
- (2006) "The Cards That Are Dealt You", The Journal of Ethics 10: 107-129.
- (2006) "Summary of My Way", Philosophical Books 47: 195-197.
- (2006) "A Reply to Pereboom, Zimmerman, and Smith", Philosophical Books 47: 235-244.
- (2007) "The Importance of Frankfurt-Style Argument", The Philosophical Quarterly 57: 464-471.
- (2008) "My Way and Life's Highway: Replies to Steward, Smilansky, and Perry", The Journal of Ethics 12: 167-189.
- (2009) "The Truth About Tracing" (with Neal Tognazzini), Nous 43: 531-556.
- (2008) "Responsibility and the Kinds of Freedom", The Journal of Ethics 12: 203-228.
- (2009) "Ultimacy and Alternative Possibilities", Philosophical Studies 144: 15-20.
- (2010) "Responsibility and Autonomy", A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (O'Connor and Sandis, eds.): 309-316.
- (2010) "The Frankfurt Cases: The Moral of the Stories", Philosophical Review 119: 315-336.
- (2010) "Precis of My Way", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53: 229-241.
- (2010) "Replies", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53: 267-278.
- (forthcoming) "The Zygote Argument remixed", Analysis.
- (forthcoming) "The Physiognomy of Responsibility" (with Neal Tognazzini), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
Ethics and Value
- (1986) "Causation and Liability" (with Robert Ennis), Philosophy and Public Affairs 15: 33-40.
- (1986) "Why Is Death Bad?" (with Anthony Brueckner), Philosophical Studies 50: 213-221.
- (1991) "Tooley and the Trolly", Philosophical Studies 62: 93-100.
- (1992) "Quinn on Doing and Allowing" (with Mark Ravizza), Philosophical Review 101: 343-352.
- (1993) "Quinn on Double Effect: The Problem of "Closeness"" (with Mark Ravizza, David Copp), Ethics 103: 707-725.
- (1993) "The Asymemetry of Early Death and Late Birth" (with Anthony Brueckner), Philosophical Studies 71: 327-331.
- (1993) "Why Immortality is Not So Bad", International Journal of Philosophical Studies 2: 257-270.
- (1993) "Insiders and Outsiders", Journal of Social Philosophy 24: 155-160.
- (1994) "Ducking Harm and Sacrificing Others" (with Mark Ravizza), Journal of Social Philosophy 25: 135-145.
- (1995) "Stories", Midwest Studies in Philosophy 20: 1-14.
- (1997) "Death, Badness, and the Impossibility of Experience", The Journal of Ethics 1: 341-353.
- (1999) "Contribution on Martha Nussbaum's The Therapy of Desire", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 59: 787-792.
- (2000) "As Go the Frankfurt Examples, so Goes Deontic Morality", The Journal of Ethics 4: 361-363.
- (2005) "Free Will, Death, and Immortality: The Role of Narrative", Philosophical Papers 34: 379-403.
- (2006) "Punishment and Desert: A Reply to Dolinko", Ethics 117: 109-118.
- (2006) "Epicureanism about Death and Immortality", The Journal of Ethics 10: 355-381.
Philosophy of Religion
- (1983) "Freedom and Foreknowledge", Philosophical Review 92: 67-69.
- (1985) "Ockhamism", Philosophical Review 94: 81-100.
- (1985) "Scotism", Mind 94: 231-243.
- (1986) "Hard-Type Soft Facts", Philosophical Review 95: 591-601.
- (1986) "Pike's Ockhamism", Analysis 46: 57-63.
- (1991) "Soft Facts and Harsh Realities: Reply to William Craig", Religious Studies 27: 523-539.
- (1991) "Snapshot Ockhamism", Philosophical Perspectives 5: 355-371.
- (1992) "Recent Work on God and Freedom", American Philosophical Quarterly 29: 91-109.
- (1992) "Critical Notice on William Lane Craig's Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom", Religious Studies 28: 269-274.
- (1993) "Hard Properties", Faith and Philosophy 10: 161-169.
- (2002) "Foreknowledge and Freedom: A Reply to Gale", Faith and Philosophy 10: 161-169.
- (2007) "Exploring Evil and Philosophical Failure: A Critical Notice of Peter van Inwagen’s The Problem of Evil" (with Neal Tognazzini), Faith and Philosophy 24: 458-474.
- (2008) "Molinism", Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion 1: 18-43.
- (2009) "More on Molinism", Metaphysics and God (Timpe, ed.): 127-140.
- (2009) "Engaging with Pike: God, Freedom, and Time" (with Patrick Todd, Neal Tognazzini), Philosophical Papers 38: 247-270.
- (forthcoming) "Foreknowledge, Freedom, and the Fixity of the Past", Philosophia.
Misc.
Reviews
- (1979) Review of Reason and Action by Bruce Aune", Philosophical Review 88: 453-457.
- (1983) Review of Practical Ethics by Peter Singer", Philosophical Review 92: 264-266.
- (1984) Review of The Intentionality of Human Action by George Wilson", Philosophical Review 93: 4683-489.
- (1985) Review of Obligation and Mutual Respect by Philip Soper", The Yale Law Journal 95: 437-453.
- (1988) Review of An Essay on Free Will by Peter van Inwagen", Philosophical Review 97: 401-408.
- (1989) Review of Harm to Self by Joel Feinberg", Philosophical Review 98: 129-135.
- (1989) Review of The Morality of Freedom by Joseph Raz", Philosophical Review 98: 254-257.
- (1990) Review of Freedom from Necessity by Bernard Berofsky", Philosophical Review 99: 649-653.
- (1991) Review of An Essay on Moral Responsibility by Michael Zimmerman", Ethics 101: 408-409.
- (1991) Review of The Future: An Essay on God, Temporality, and Truth by J.R. Lucas", Philosophical Books 32: 251-253.
- (1991) Review of God, Time, and Knowledge by William Hasker", Journal of Philosophy 88: 427-433.
- (1992) Review of On Divine Foreknowledge by Luis De Molina (translated by Alfred Freddoso)", Philosophical Review 101: 387-391.
- (1992) Review of The Non-Reality of Free Will by Richard Double", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 52: 1004-1007.
- (1992) Review (with Mark Ravizza) of Responsibility, Freedom, and Reason by Susan Wolf", Ethics 102: 368-389.
- (1993) Review of Confrontations with the Reaper by Fred Feldman", Philosophical Review 102: 416-418.
- (1993) Review of Thomas Reid on Freedom and Morality by William Rowe", Faith and Philosophy 10: 266-271.
- (1995) Review of Morality, Mortality by F.M. Kamm", Ethics 105: 933-938.
- (1996) Review of Responsibility and Moral Sentiments by R. Jay Wallace", Ethics 106: 850-853.
- (1999) Review of Autonomous Agents by Alfred Mele", Nous 33: 133-143.
- (2000) Review of The Significance of Free Will by Robert Kane", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 60: 141-148.
- (2001) Review of Freedom and Responsibility by Hilary Bok", Mind 110: 432-438.
- (2001) Review of Persons and Causes: The Metaphysics of Free Will by Timothy O'Connor", Mind 110: 526-531.
- (2003) Review of Freedom Evolves by Daniel Dennett", Journal of Philosophy 100: 632-637.
Maintained by Andrew M. Bailey. I maintain a similar collections of papers by Peter van Inwagen, David Lewis, and Alvin Plantinga.
(Last updated: 6 August 2018)