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Harold Noonan

Professor of Mind and Cognition, Faculty of Arts

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Biography

Harold Noonan was educated at the University of Cambridge, and taught at the University of Birmingham between 1979 and 2004, before which he was a Research Fellow at Trinity Hall College, Cambridge. His principal teaching and research interests include the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language (especially reference); identity and personal identity; philosophical logic; and the philosophies of Frege, Russell and Hume. During the first semester of 2007-08 he held a Mind Association Fellowship.

Expertise Summary

Harold's principal teaching and research interests include the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language (especially reference), identity and personal identity, philosophical logic, and the philosophies of Frege, Russell and Hume. His recent publications include Hume on Knowledge (Routledge), Frege (Polity Press), a second edition of Personal Identity, published by Routledge in 2003 and 'The Concept Horse', in Universals, Concepts and Qualities, edited by Peter Strawson and A. Chakrabati (2006).

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Recent Publications

NOONAN, H., 2019. The Challenge to Nihilism Analytic Philosophy. 60(1), 55-66
NOONAN, H., 2019. 'Personal Identity: The Simple and Complex Views Revisited' Disputatio. 1-14
NOONAN, H., 2019. Personal Identity 3rd. Routledge.
NOONAN H., 2019. The Possibility of Unity The Philosophical Quarterly.

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I expect to be on Research Leave next second semester 2016-17

Currently teaching a second year metaphysics module: Being, Becoming and Reality and an MA module on the Metaphysics of Mind. Harold's principal teaching interests include the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language, metaphysics, especially identity and personal identity, philosophical logic, and the philosophies of Frege, Russell and Hume.

Current Research

Harold's principal research interests include the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language (especially reference),metaphysics (especially identity and personal identity), philosophical logic, and the philosophies of Frege, Russell and Hume. His recent publications include Hume on Knowledge (Routledge), Frege (Polity Press), Kiipke: Naming and Necessity (Routledge), a third edition of Personal Identity, published by Routledge in 2019 and 'The Concept Horse', in Universals, Concepts and Qualities, edited by Peter Strawson and A. Chakrabati (2006).

NOONAN, H., 2019. The Challenge to Nihilism Analytic Philosophy. 60(1), 55-66
NOONAN, H., 2019. 'Personal Identity: The Simple and Complex Views Revisited' Disputatio. 1-14
NOONAN, H., 2019. Personal Identity 3rd. Routledge.
NOONAN H., 2019. The Possibility of Unity The Philosophical Quarterly.
NOONAN H., 2019. Presentism, Endurance and object-dependence Inquiry: An interdisciplinary journal of philosophy. (In Press.)
NOONAN H and CURTIS B, 2018. Identity. In: EDWARD ZALTA, ed., The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
NOONAN H, 2018. Review of Paul Needham: Macroscopic Objects and Longish Processes Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
NOONAN H, 2018. Presentism and Actualism Philosophia. 1-9
NOONAN H, 2018. Criteria of Identity, Personal Identity and Sortal Concepts. In: TIMOTHY TAMBASSI, ed., Studies in the Ontology of Jonathan Lowe Editiones Scholasticae. 159-178
H NOONAN and B CURTIS, 2018. The Simple and Complex Views of Personal Identity Distinguished. In: V BUONOMO, ed., The Persistence of Persons Taylor and Francis. 21-40
H W NOONAN, 2017. Objects and Criteria of Identity: postscript. In: C. WRIGHT, B. HALE AND A. MILLER, ed., a Companion to the Philosophy of Language 2nd. II. Wiley-Blackwell.
H W NOONAN, 2017. Relative Identity. In: C. WRIGHT, B. HALE AND A. MILLER, ed., A Companion to the Philosophy of Language 2nd. Wiley-Blackwell.
H W NOONAN, 2017. Review of David Wiggins, Continuants: Their Activity, Their Being, and Their Identity, Oxford University Press, 2016, 239pp., $50.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780198716624. Available at: <http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/continuants-their-activity-their-being-and-their-identity/>
H NOONAN, 2017. The New Aristotelian Essentialists Metaphysica. 19(1), 87-93
HAROLD NOONAN and MARK JAGO, 2017. Modal Realism, Still At Your Convenience Analysis. 77(2), 299–303
NOONAN, H.W., 2016. Additional Reflections on Putnam, Wright and Brains in Vats Metaphysica. 17(2), 207-12
NOONAN H.W. and CURTIS B., 2015. Identity over time, constitution and the problem of personal identity. In: The Constitution of Phenomenal Consciousness John Benjamins Publishing Co..
H NOONAN, 2015. Relative Identity Philosophical Investigations. 38(1-2), 52-71
H NOONAN, 2015. Two boxing is irrational Philosophia. 43(2), 455-462
H NOONAN, 2015. Two-boxing is not the rational option Ratio. 29(1),
H NOONAN, 2015. Against strong pluralism’ Philosophia. 43(4), 1081-1087
H NOONAN, 2015. The Passage of Time Metaphysica 16(1) 97-102 (2015) Metaphysica. 16(1), 97-102
H NOONAN, 2015. Pluralism, Plenitude and neo-Lockean Persons Journal of Consciousness Studies. 22(11/12), 108-131
B CURTIS and H NOONAN, 2014. Castles Built on clouds. In: ABASNEZHAD A, ed., Vague Objects and Vague Identity Springer. 305-326
H NOONAN, 2014. ‘Tollensing van Inwagen’ Philosophia. 42(4), 1055-1061
B CURTIS and H NOONAN, 2014. Identity
H NOONAN, 2014. The adequacy of genuine modal realism Mind. 123(491), 851-60
NOONAN, H.W., 2013. Presentism and eternalism Erkenntnis. 78(1), 219-227
2013. Moderate Monism, Sortal Concepts and Relative Identity The Monist. 96(1), 101-130
2013. Kripke and Naming and Necessity Routledge.
NOONAN, H.W., 2013. In defence of the sensible theory of indeterminacy Metaphysica. n/a(n/a), n/a
NOONAN, H.W., 2013. The adequacy of genuine modal realism University of Nottingham eRepository. Available at: <http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2138/>
H NOONAN, 2013. Pluralism, Plenitude and neo-Lockean Persons Journal of Consciousness Studies. 22(11/12), 108-131
NOONAN H.W., 2012. Personal Pronoun Revisionism -- Asking the Right Question Analysis. 72(1), 1-3 (In Press.)
NOONAN H.W., 2012. The Problem of Personal Identity and Its Perplexities. In: GASSER G. and MATTHIAS S., eds., Personal Identity: Complex or Simple? Cambridge University Press.
NOONAN H.W. and JAGO M., 2012. The Accidental Properties of Numbers and Properties Thought. 1(2), 134-40
NOONAN H.W., 2012. A Flaw in Kripke's Modal Argument Philosophia.
NOONAN H.W> and NOONAN H.W., 2011. The complex and simple views of personal identity Analysis. 71(1), 72-77.
NOONAN H.W., 2010. A flaw in Sider's vagueness argument for unrestricted mereological composition Analysis. 70(4), 669-672.
NOONAN, H.W., 2010. Persons, animals, and human beings. In: CAMPBELL, J.K., O'ROURKE, M. and SILVERSTEIN, H., eds., Time and identity MIT Press.
NOONAN, H.W., 2010. The commonalities between proper names and natural kind terms: a Fregean perspective. In: BEEBEE, H. and SABBARTON-LEARY, N., eds., The semantics and metaphysics of natural kinds Routledge.
NOONAN H.W., 2010. Bird against the Humeans Ratio. 23(1), 73-86.
NOONAN H.W., 2010. The thinking animal problem and personal pronoun revisionism Analysis. 70(1), 93-98.
NOONAN, H.W., 2010. Hume on identity in Part IV of Book I of the Treatise. In: BEEBEE, H. and SCHRENK, M., eds., David Hume: epistemology and metaphysics
NOONAN, H.W., 2009. What is a one-level criterion of identity? Analysis. 69(2), 274-276
NOONAN, H.W., 2009. Perdurance, location and classical mereology Analysis. 69(3), 448-452
NOONAN, H.W., 2008. Does ontic indeterminacy in boundaries entail ontic indeterminacy in identity? Analysis. 68(3), 174-176
NOONAN, H.W., 2008. Moderate monism and modality Analysis. 68(1), 88-94
NOONAN, H., 2007. Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts Nottingham ePrints. Available at: <http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/717/>
NOONAN, H., 2007. Hume Oxford: Oneworld Press.
NOONAN, H., 2006. Concept and Object. In: STRAWSON, P.F. and CHAKRABARTI, A., eds., Universals, Concepts and Qualities Aldershot: Ashgate.
NOONAN, H. W., 2006. Non-branching and circularity - reply to Brueckner Analysis. VOL 66(NUMBER 290), 163-167
NOONAN, H., 2006. Identity and Sameness: Philosophical Aspects. In: BROWN, K., ed., Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics (Philosophy and Language volume) Oxford: Elsevier Science.
NOONAN, H., 2005. Personal Identity. In: The Encyclopedia of Philosophy London: Macmillan.
NOONAN, H., 2005. David Wiggins. In: , ed., Encyclopedia of Philosophy London: Macmillan.
NOONAN, H. W., 2005. A flawed argument for perdurance - reply to Braddon-Mitchell and Miller Analysis. VOL 65(NUMBER 2), 164-166
NOONAN, H. W., 2004. Are there vague objects? Analysis. VOL 64(NUMBER 2), 131-134
NOONAN, H., 2004. Identity. In: ZALTA, E.N., ed., Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
NOONAN, H., 2004. Review of K. Hawley (2001) How things persist European Journal of Philosophy. 12(3), 415-17
NOONAN, H., 2004. A. E. Pitson: Hume's Philosophy of the Self British Journal for the History of Philosophy. VOL 12(NUMB 2), 352-354
NOONAN, H. W., 2004. Against absence-dependent thoughts Analysis. VOL 64(NUMBER 1), 92-93
NOONAN, H. W., 2003. A flawed argument for perdurance Analysis. VOL 63(PART 3), 213-214
NOONAN, H., 2003. Personal identity 2nd ed.. London: Routledge.
NOONAN, H., 2001. Frege: a critical introduction Cambridge: Polity.
NOONAN, H., 2001. The case for perdurance. In: PREYER, G. and SIEBELT, F., eds., Reality and Humean supervenience: essays on the philosophy of David Lewis Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield. 123-142
NOONAN, H.W., 2001. The epistemological problem of relativism: reply to Olson Philosophical Studies. 104(3), 323-336
NOONAN, H., 2001. Arguments against Animalism: comments on L. R. Baker Persons & Bodies A Field Guide to the Philosophy of Mind: E-Book Symposia.
NOONAN, H. W., 2001. Animalism versus Lockeanism: Reply to Mackie Philosophical Quarterly. VOL 51(PART 202), 83-89
NOONAN, H. W., 2000. McKinsey-Brown survives Analysis. VOL 60(PART 4), 353-355
NOONAN, H. W., 2000. Reply to Sawyer on brains in vats Analysis. VOL 60(PART 3), 247-249
NOONAN, H., 2000. Locke on Personal Identity. In: Locke's Essay in Focus London: Routledge. 210-235
NOONAN, H. W., 1999. Tibbles the Cat - Reply to Burke Philosophical Studies. VOL 95(NUMBER 3), 215-218
NOONAN, H. W., 1999. Microphysical Supervenience and Consciousness Mind. VOL 108(ISSUE 432), 755-760
NOONAN,HAROLDW., 1999. Hume on knowledge Routledge.
NOONAN, H. W., 1999. Identity, Constitution and Microphysical Supervenience Aristotelian Society. Proceedings. VOL 99, 273-388
NOONAN, H. W., 1998. Reflections on Putnam, Wright and brains in vats Analysis. VOL 58(NUMBER 1), 59-62
NOONAN,H., 1998. Externismo E Internismo en la Filosofïa de la Mente Quaderns de Filosofia i Ciencia. 27, 7-21
NOONAN, H. W., 1998. Animalism versus Lockeanism: a Current Controversy Philosophical Quarterly. VOL 48(NUMBER 192), 302-318
NOONAN, H., 1997. Relative Identity. In: Companion to the Philosophy of Language Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, New York. 634-652
NOONAN, H., 1996. Absolute and Relative Identity. In: Essays for David Wiggins Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, New York. 18-32
NOONAN, H., 1996. Personal Identity. In: The Encyclopaedia of Philosophy MacMillan Publishers Ltd, London. Supplement
NOONAN, H., 1996. The 'Gray's Elegy' Argument - And Others. In: Bertrand Russell and the Origins of Analytical Philosophy Thoemmes Press, Bristol, UK. 65-102
NOONAN, H., 1995. Wright C. In: The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Oxford University Press, Oxford. 919
NOONAN, H., 1995. There are No One Level Criteria of Identity In: The British Tradition in 20th Century Philosophy. 270-284
NOONAN,H., 1995. E.J. Lowe on vague identity and quantum indeterminacy Analysis. 55(1), 14-19
NOONAN, H., 1995. Chisholm, Roderick, Kenny, Anthony John Patrick, object language, Pears, David, Wright, Crispin. In: The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Oxford University Press, Oxford.
NOONAN,H., 1994. In Defence of the Letter of Fictionalism Analysis. 54(3), 133-139
NOONAN, H., 1993. The Closest Continuer Theory of Identity. In: Personal Identity Dartmouth Publishing Co. Ltd, Aldershot. 197-232
NOONAN, H., 1993. Indeterminate Identity, Contingent Identity and Abelardian Predicates. In: Identity Dartmouth Publishing Co. Ltd, Aldershot. 405-415
NOONAN, HAROLD W., ed., 1993. Personal Identity Dartmouth Publishing Co. Ltd.
NOONAN,H., 1993. Chisholm, Persons and Identity Philosophical Studies. 69(35-58),
NOONAN,H., 1993. Constitution is Identity Mind. 102 (405), 133-145
NOONAN, H., 1993. Fregean Thoughts. In: Meaning and Ontology in Frege's Philosophy Garland Publishing, New York and London.
NOONAN, H., 1993. Introduction. In: Identity Dartmouth Publishing Co. Ltd, Aldershot. xi-xx
NOONAN, HAROLD W., ed., 1993. Identity Dartmouth Publishing Co. Ltd.
NOONAN, H., 1993. Object Dependent Thoughts: A Case of Superficial Necessity but Deep Contingency. In: Mental Causation Oxford University Press, Oxford. 283-308
NOONAN, H., 1993. Introduction. In: Personal Identity Dartmouth Publishing Co. Ltd, Aldershot. xi-xx
NOONAN,H., 1992. Review of Material Beings by P. van Inwagen Philosophical Quarterly. 42 (167), 239-242
NOONAN,H., 1991. Object Dependent Thoughts and Psychological Redundancy Analysis. 51(1), 1-9
NOONAN,H., 1991. Indeterminate Identity, Contingent Identity and Abelardian Predicates Philosophical Quarterly. 41 (163), 183-193
NOONAN,H., 1990. The Possibility of Reincarnation Religious Studies. 26, 483-491
NOONAN,H., 1990. Vague Identity Yet Again Analysis. 50(3), 157-162
NOONAN,HAROLDW., 1989. Personal identity London : Routledge.
NOONAN,H., 1988. Substance, Identity and Time Aristotelian Society. Proceedings. 62(Supplementary), 79-100
NOONAN,H., 1988. A Reply to Lowe on Ships and Structures Analysis. 48(4), 221-223
NOONAN,H., 1987. A Reply to Spinks on Temporal Parts Analysis. 47(4), 187-188
NOONAN,H., 1987. Supervenience Philosophical Quarterly. 37 (146), 78-85
NOONAN,H., 1986. Reply to Lowe Analysis. 46(4), 218-221
NOONAN,H., 1986. Reply to Garrett Analysis. 46(4), 205-211
NOONAN,H., 1986. AE or EA Analysis. 46(2), 87-89
NOONAN,H., 1986. Relative Identity: A Reconsideration Analysis. 46(1), 6-10
NOONAN,H., 1986. A Reply to Simons on Coincidence Mind. 95, 100-104
NOONAN, H., 1986. Russellian Thoughts and Methodological Solipsism. In: Language, Mind and Logic Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 67-90
NOONAN,H., 1985. Wiggins, Artefact Identity and 'Best Candidate' Theories Analysis. 45(1), 4-8
NOONAN,H., 1985. The Closest Continuer Theory of Identity Inquiry; an interdisciplinary journal of philosophy. 28, 195-229
NOONAN,H., 1985. Methodological Solipsism: A Reply to Morris Philosophical Studies. 48, 285-290
NOONAN,H., 1985. A Note on Temporal Parts Analysis. 43(3), 151-152
NOONAN,H., 1985. The Only X and Y Principle Analysis. 43(3), 79-83
NOONAN,H., 1984. Fregean Thoughts Philosophical Quarterly. 34 (136), 205-224
NOONAN, H., 1984. Fregean Thoughts. In: Frege: Tradition and Influence Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, New York.
NOONAN,H., 1984. Indefinite Identity Analysis. 44(3), 117-121
NOONAN,H., 1983. Personal Identity and Bodily Continuity Analysis. 43(2), 98-104
NOONAN,H., 1983. The Necessity of Origin Mind. 92, 1-20
NOONAN,H., 1982. Williams on the Self and the Future Analysis. 42(3), 158-163
NOONAN,H., 1982. Reply to Stevenson Philosophical Books. 23(1), 7-12
NOONAN,H., 1982. Vague Objects Analysis. 42(1), 3-6
NOONAN,H., 1981. Methodological Solipsism Philosophical Studies. 40, 269-274
NOONAN,H., 1981. Critical Study: Wiggins's Second Thoughts on Identity Philosophical Quarterly. 31 (124), 260-268
NOONAN,H., 1980. Names and Belief Aristotelian Society. Proceedings. 81, 93-108
NOONAN,H., 1980. Relative Identity: A Reply to Nicholas Griffin Mind. 89 (353), 96-98
NOONAN,HAROLDW., 1980. Objects and identity : an examination of the relative identity thesis and its consequences M. Nijhoff.
NOONAN,H., 1979. Rigid Designation Analysis. 39(4), 174-182
NOONAN, H., 1979. Identity and the First Person. In: Intention and Intentionality 55-70
NOONAN,H., 1978. Sortal Concepts and Identity Mind. 88(346), 267-269
NOONAN,H., 1978. Can One Thing Become Two? Philosophical Studies. 33, 203-227
NOONAN,H., 1978. Count Nouns and Mass Nouns Analysis. 38(4), 167-172
NOONAN, H., 1978. An Argument of Aristotle on Non-Contradiction. In: The Philosopher's Annual I. Rowman and Littlefield, Inc, Boulder. 107-113
NOONAN,H., 1978. Locke on Personal Identity Philosophy. 53, 343-351
NOONAN,H., 1978. On the Notion of a Sortal Concept The Philosophical Quarterly. 58-64
NOONAN,H., 1977. An Argument of Aristotle on Non-Contradiction Analysis. 37(4), 163-169
NOONAN,H., 1976. Dummett on Abstract Objects Analysis. 36(2), 49-54
NOONAN,H., 1976. The Four-Dimensional World Analysis. 37(1), 32-39
NOONAN,H., 1976. Sentences and Names in Frege Analysis. 36(4), 88-190
NOONAN,H., 1976. Wiggins on Identity Mind. 80(340), 559-575
NOONAN,H., 1976. Tractatus 2.0211-2.0212, Analysis. 36(3), 147-49
H NOONAN, The passage of time Metaphysica. 16(1), 97-102
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