Duncan Tanner Essay Prize Winner 2020

Joint winner of the 2013 Philosophy prize essay competition

This article aimstoreviewthe standardobjectionstodualismandtoargue that either they will fail to convince someone committed to dualism or are flawed on independent grounds. I begin by presenting the taxonomyofmetaphysical positions on concrete particulars as they relate to the dispute between materialists and dualists, and in particular substance dualism is defined. In the first section, severa...

Lord Memorial Prize Essay

. Although it may well be unreliable and illogical, is a well-known habit to form firm, lasting, and definite first impressions. That they are often ^accurate and always superficial is to be admitted, but nevertheless they frequently form the basis of our later estimations and prejudice our views for good or evil, the more so when the situation is a new one to us, or one whose arrival we have b...

Lord Memorial Prize Essay

Maccabaean Prize Essay, 1968

2005 MLA Sheep Prize Winner

Routine husbandry procedures, such as castration and tail docking, are known to induce pain and distress in lambs (Grant, 2004; Kent et al., 2001). This raises important welfare concerns and has attracted debate on the acceptability of such practices. The most common method of castration and tail docking involves the application of a rubber ring to the scrotum or tail, usually without anesthesi...