My research sits at the intersection of metaphysics, philosophy of science and philosophy of mind, and I am particularly interested in questions about explanation. I also have an interest in the metaphysical side of philosophy of gender. Please contact me at elanort at jhu dot edu for further information about my research.
Papers
"How to Make the Case for Brute Facts." (forthcoming) in Brute Facts, edited by Elly Vintiadis and Constantinos Mekios, Oxford University Press.
"Explanatory Emergence as a Guide to Metaphysical Structure." (forthcoming) Philosophica (Special edition on strong emergence.)
"Only Explanation Can Reinflate Emergence." (2017) Philosophical Quarterly https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqx024
"Against Explanatory Realism." (2017) Philosophical Studies https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0862-0
(Penultimate draft)
"Groups and Oppression." (2016) Hypatia 31 (3): 520–536
(Penultimate draft)
"Explanation and the Explanatory Gap." (2016) Acta Analytica 31 (1): 77-88
(Penultimate draft)
"Naturalness in Context." (2016) Inquiry. 59 (4): 319-342
(Penultimate draft)
"Collapsing Emergence." (2015) Philosophical Quarterly 65 (271): 732-753
(Penultimate draft)
"An Explication of Emergence." (2015) Philosophical Studies 172 (3)653-669
(Penultimate draft)
Reviews
Review of Carl Gillett's Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy (2017) British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Review of Books.
"How to Make the Case for Brute Facts." (forthcoming) in Brute Facts, edited by Elly Vintiadis and Constantinos Mekios, Oxford University Press.
"Explanatory Emergence as a Guide to Metaphysical Structure." (forthcoming) Philosophica (Special edition on strong emergence.)
"Only Explanation Can Reinflate Emergence." (2017) Philosophical Quarterly https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqx024
"Against Explanatory Realism." (2017) Philosophical Studies https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0862-0
(Penultimate draft)
"Groups and Oppression." (2016) Hypatia 31 (3): 520–536
(Penultimate draft)
"Explanation and the Explanatory Gap." (2016) Acta Analytica 31 (1): 77-88
(Penultimate draft)
"Naturalness in Context." (2016) Inquiry. 59 (4): 319-342
(Penultimate draft)
"Collapsing Emergence." (2015) Philosophical Quarterly 65 (271): 732-753
(Penultimate draft)
"An Explication of Emergence." (2015) Philosophical Studies 172 (3)653-669
(Penultimate draft)
Reviews
Review of Carl Gillett's Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy (2017) British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Review of Books.
