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Michael Clark

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Arts

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Research Summary

Professor Clark is the editor of the leading journal Analysis.

Recent Publications

  • MICHAEL CLARK, 2013. Paradoxes: In Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. Ed. Duncan Pritchard. OUP. (In Press.)
  • MICHAEL CLARK, 2012. Paradoxes from A to Z Third Edition. Routledge.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL and PETER CAVE, 2010. Nowhere to run? Punishing war crimes Res Publica. 16(2), 197-207
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2007. Paradoxes from A to Z: (Italian, Spanish, Turkish, French and German translations) Second Edition. Routledge.

Michael Clark was educated at the University of Oxford, where he was an Open Scholar at Exeter College. He took a First in Philosophy and Psychology (PPP). His first academic post was at the University of Aberdeen, where he spent five years, first as Assistant Lecturer in Logic and Moral Philosophy, and then, a year later, as Lecturer in Logic. He moved to the University of Nottingham, where he was successively lecturer, senior lecturer, reader and professor of philosophy. In 1974-75 he was Visiting Associate Professor, and in the fall semester of 1979 Visiting (full) Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Orleans.

He is now Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Nottingham.

Since 2000 he has been editor of the leading journal Analysis.

Past Research

He has published widely in a variety of areas, including philosophical logic and the philosophy of law.

  • MICHAEL CLARK, 2013. Paradoxes: In Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. Ed. Duncan Pritchard. OUP. (In Press.)
  • MICHAEL CLARK, 2012. Paradoxes from A to Z Third Edition. Routledge.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL and PETER CAVE, 2010. Nowhere to run? Punishing war crimes Res Publica. 16(2), 197-207
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2007. Paradoxes from A to Z: (Italian, Spanish, Turkish, French and German translations) Second Edition. Routledge.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2006. Retribution and organic unities Journal of Moral Philosophy. 3(3), 351-358
  • CLARK, MICHAEL and NICHOLAS SHACKEL, 2006. The Dr. Psycho paradox and Newcomb's problem Erkenntnis. 64, 85-100
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2006. Review of Larry Laudan, Truth, Error and Criminal Law Philosophical Books. 49,
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2005. Kantian punishment: Rejoinder to Thom Ratio. 18, 361-64
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2004. A non-retributive Kantian approach to punishment Ratio. 17(1), 12-27
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2004. Hazards of irrationalilty The Philosophers' Magazine. 7(26),
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2004. The limits of liberty. In: BEN ROGERS, ed., Is Nothing Sacred? Routledge.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2004. Mill on capital punishment: - retributive overtones Journal of the History of Philosophy. 42, 327-32
  • CLARK, MICHAEL and NICHOLAS SHACKEL, 2003. Decision theory, symmetry and causal structure: reply to Measham and Weisberg Mind. 112, 691-701
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2002. Paradoxes from A to Z: (plus Italian and Greek translations) First Edition. Routledge.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2002. 9 extracts from paradoxes from A to Z Think. Issues 1-9
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2000. Self-defence against the innocent Journal of Applied Philosophy. 17, 145-55
  • CLARK, MICHAEL and NICHOLAS SHACKEL, 2000. The two-envelope paradox Mind. 109, 415-42
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2000. Review of Torborn Tannjö, Coercive Care Journal of Applied Philosophy.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 2000. Review of John Kleinig, The Ethics of Policing Mind. 109,
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1999. Moral incapacity and deliberation Ratio. 12, 1-13
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1999. Recalcitrant variations of the liar paradox Analysis. 59, 117-26
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1999. Review of R.A. Duff, Criminal Attempts Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1998. Euthanasia and the slippery slope Journal of Applied Philosophy. 15, 251-57
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1998. Review of Ccrispin Sartwell, Obscenity, Anarchy, Reality Asian Philosophy.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1997. The sanctions of the criminal law Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 97, 25-39
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1997. Truth and success: Searle's attack on minimalism Analysis. 57, 205-209
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1997. Review of P. Wahlgren, Automation of Legal Reasoning Information and Communications Technology Law.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1997. Review of Carl Elliott, The Rules of Insanity Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1995. Sacrificing one to save many Journal of Applied Philosophy. 12, 189-200
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1995. Invasions of privacy: (Guest editor's preface) Law, Computers and AI. 4(3), 1-3
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1995. Review of Graeme Forbes, Modern Logic Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1994. There is no paradox of blackmail Analysis. 54, 54-61
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1993. On wanting to be morally perfect Analysis. 53, 54-56
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1993. Review of N-E Sahlin, The Philosophy of F.P. Ramsey Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1993. Review of M. Ethan Katch, The Electronic Media and the Transformationof Law Law, Computers and AI.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1992. An introduction to infinity Cogito. 6, 18-23
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1992. Review of Kevin Ashley, Modellling Legal Argument Law, Computers and AI.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1991. Review of Julius Moravssik, Thought and Language Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1990. Fact and fiction. In: ALAN MALACHOWSKI, ed., Reading Rorty Blackwell. 171-83
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1989. A paradox of conditional probability Analysis. 49, 16-21
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1989. Review of Joel Feinberg, Harmless Wrongdoing Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1987. Humour, laughter and the structure of thought British Journal of Aesthetics. 28, 238-46
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1987. The truth about heaps Analysis. 47, 117-19
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1987. Review of David Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1986. Review of Joel Feinberg, Offense to Others Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1984. Degrees of comparison Analysis. 44, 178-80
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1983. Review of Paul Thom, The Syllogism History and Philosophy of Logic.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1980. The Place of Syllogistic in Logical Theory University of Nottingham (Click title to download).
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1980. The equivalence of tautological and 'strict' entailment: proof of an amended conjecture of Lewy's Journal of Philosophical Logic. 9, 9-15
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1980. Reply to Dale Analysis. 40, 12
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1980. Review of Theodore Benditt, Law as Rule and Principle Philosophical Quarterly.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1980. Review of Neil MacCormick, Legal Reason and Legal Theory Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1980. Review of C.A. Kirwan, Logic and Argument Philosophical Quarterly.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1979. Lewy's conjectures about tautological entailment Analysis. 39, 9-15
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1978. The meritorious and the mandatory Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 79, 23-33
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1978. Time-slices of particular continuantsas basic individuals: an impossible ontology Philosophical Studies. 33, 403-408
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1978. Review of Alan Anderson & Nuel Belnap, Entailment Philosophical Quarterly.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1977. Review of Keith Lehrer, Knowledge Mind.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1976. If conditionals were contraposable... Analysis. 36, 112
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1976. Review of L. Goddard and R. Routley, The Logic of Signiciance and Context Mind.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1975. Critical notice of P.T. Geach, Logic Matters Mind. 84, 122-36
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1975. Utterer's meanings and implications about belief Analysis. 35, 105-108
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1975. Ifs and hooks: A rejoinder Analysis. 34, 77-83
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1972. Obligations Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 73, 53-67
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1972. Varieties of necessity Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Suppl. Vol.. 46, 171-87
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1972. Review of A.N. Prior, Objects of Thought Philosophy.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1971. Ifs and hooks Analysis. 32, 32-39
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1971. Descriptions and speech acts Journal of Philosophy. 68, 400-405
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1971. The moral gradation of punishment Philosophical Quarterly. 21, 132-40
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1971. Review of E. Laszlo, System, Structure and Experience Philosophical Quarterly.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1971. Review of C.L. Hamblin, Fallacies Philosophical Books.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1970. Humour and incongruity: (repr. in J. Morrell, ed., The Philosophy of Laughter and Humor, 1987) Philosophy. 45, 20-32
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1970. Discourse about the future. In: G. VESEY, ed., Knowledge and Necessity Macmillan. 169-90
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1967. The general notion of entailment Philosophical Quarterly. 17, 231-45
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1967. Review of E. Laszlo, Beyond Scepticism and Realism Philosophical Quarterly.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1966. Review of R. Grossman, The Structure of Mind Philosophical Quarterly.
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1965. Intentional objects Analysis (Supplement). 25, 123-28
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1964. A note on ethics and soliipsism Mind. 73, 127-28
  • CLARK, MICHAEL, 1963. Knowledge and grounds: A comment on Mr. Gettier's paper: (repr. in Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series; S. Gendin & R. Hoffman, eds., Introduction to Philosophy; K. Lucy. ed., On Knowing and the Known; M. Huemer, ed., The Epistemology Reader) Analysis. 24, 46-48

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