Penelope Mackie

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Biography

Penelope Mackie was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham from 1994 to 2004, having previously held a fixed-term fellowship at New College, Oxford, from 1990 to 1994. Before that she was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University (1987-90), a visiting lecturer at The University of Maryland (1986-87) and a lecturer at various Oxford colleges.

Expertise Summary

Her principal research interests are in a variety of topics in metaphysics and the philosophy of language, especially necessity and causation.

Research Summary

Penelope's research has been concerned chiefly with topics in metaphysics and the philosophy of language, especially necessity and causation. Her book on necessity and essentialism, How Things Might… read more

Recent Publications

• MACKIE, P., 2021. Sortals, Timelessness, and Transcendental Truth Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 95(1), 287-307
• MACKIE, P., 2021. 'Ability, Relevant Possibilities, and the Fixity of the Past' Philosophical Studies.
• MACKIE, P., 2020. Can Metaphysical Modality Be Based on Essence?. In: DUMITRU, M., ed., Metaphysics, Meaning, and Modality: Themes from Kit Fine Oxford University Press. 247-264
• MACKIE, P., 2020. Essentialism and Modality. In: BUENO, O. and SHALKOWSKI, S., eds., The Routledge Handbook of Modality Routledge. 61-69

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I expect to be on research leave in Autumn Semester 2022-23

Current Research

Penelope's research has been concerned chiefly with topics in metaphysics and the philosophy of language, especially necessity and causation. Her book on necessity and essentialism, How Things Might Have Been, was published in 2006 by Oxford University Press. She is interested in a wide range of philosophical topics, including aspects of the history of Philosophy, both ancient and modern (especially the British Empiricists), epistemology, identity over time (including personal identity), free will and determinism, reasons for action and weakness of will, and consequentialism in ethics. She is currently one of the editors in Metaphysics for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

• MACKIE, P., 2021. Sortals, Timelessness, and Transcendental Truth Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 95(1), 287-307
• MACKIE, P., 2021. 'Ability, Relevant Possibilities, and the Fixity of the Past' Philosophical Studies.
• MACKIE, P., 2020. Can Metaphysical Modality Be Based on Essence?. In: DUMITRU, M., ed., Metaphysics, Meaning, and Modality: Themes from Kit Fine Oxford University Press. 247-264
• MACKIE, P., 2020. Essentialism and Modality. In: BUENO, O. and SHALKOWSKI, S., eds., The Routledge Handbook of Modality Routledge. 61-69
• MACKIE, P., 2019. Perception, Mind-Independence, and Berkeley Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
• MACKIE, P., 2018. Compatibilism, Indeterminism, and Chance Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement. 82, 265-287
• MACKIE, P., 2018. Persistence and Modality Synthese.
• MACKIE, P., 2017. Fischer and the Fixity of the Past European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 9(4), 39-50
• MACKIE, P., 2017. Essentialism: Postscript. In: HALE, B., WRIGHT, C., AND MILLER, A., ed., A Companion to the Philosophy of Language 2nd edition. Volume 2. Wiley Blackwell. 896-901
• MACKIE, P. and JAGO, M., 2017. Transworld Identity. In: ZALTA, E. N., ed., Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• MACKIE, P., 2014. Review of R. Stalnaker, Mere Possibilities The Journal of Philosophy. 111(1), 50-54
• MACKIE, P., 2014. Review of B. Hale, Necessary Beings Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
• MACKIE, P., 2014. Mumford and Anjum on incompatibilism, powers and determinism Analysis.
• MACKIE, P., 2013. Counterfactuals and the fixity of the past Philosophical Studies. n/a(n/a), n/a
• MACKIE, P., 2013. Sortal concepts and modality University of Nottingham eRepository. Available at: <http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2170/>
• MACKIE, P., 2011. Property dualism and substance dualism Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 111(1), 181-199
• MACKIE, P., 2010. Response to Frank Jackson, 'Possible Worlds and the Necessary A Posteriori'. In: HALE, B. and HOFFMANN, A., eds., Modality: Metaphysics, Logic, and Epistemology Oxford University Press. 267-273
• MACKIE, P., 2008. Coincidence and identity. In: LE POIDEVIN, R., ed., Being: developments in contemporary metaphysics Cambridge University Press. 151-176
• MACKIE, P., 2008. Review Essay: Material Objects and Metaphysics The Journal of Philosophy. 105(12), 756-771
• MACKIE, P.J., 2007. Coincidence and modal predicates Analysis. 67(1), 21-31
• MACKIE, P., 2006. Transworld Identity. In: ZALTA, E. N., ed., Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• MACKIE, P.J., 2006. How things might have been: individuals, kinds, and essential properties Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• MACKIE, P., 2003. Lynne Rudder Baker, Persons and Bodies: a Constitution View Philosophical Quarterly. VOL 53(PART 210), 127-128
• MACKIE, P., 2003. Fatalism, incompatibilism, and the power to do otherwise Noûs. 37(4), 672-689
• MACKIE, P.J., 2002. Forbes on origins and identities. In: BOTTANI, A., CARRARA, M. and GIARETTA, P., eds., Individuals, essence and identity: themes of analytic metaphysics Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 341-352
• MACKIE, P., 2002. Deep contingency and necessary a posteriori truth Analysis. 62(3), 225-236
• MACKIE, P., 2000. Causes, chances, and degrees of effectiveness: reply to Mellor Analysis. VOL 60(PART 4), 359-363
• MACKIE, P., 2000. Mellor on causes, chances and degrees of effectiveness Analysis. VOL 60(PART 1), 63-70
• MACKIE, P., 1998. Identity, Time, and Necessity Aristotelian Society. Proceedings. VOL 98, 59-78
• MACKIE, P.J., 1994. Sortal Concepts and Essential Properties Philosophical Quarterly. 44(176), 311-333
• MACKIE, P.J., 1993. Ordinary Language and Metaphysical Commitment Analysis. 53(4), 243-251
• MACKIE, P.J., 1993. Critical Notice of P. van Inwagen, Material Beings Philosophical Books. 34(2), 75-83
• MACKIE, P.J., 1992. Causing, Delaying, and Hastening: Do Rains Cause Fires? Mind. 101(403), 483-500
• MACKIE, P.J., 1991. Causing, Enabling, and Counterfactual Dependence Philosophical Studies. 62, 325-330
• MACKIE, P.J., 1989. Identity and Extrinsicness: Reply to Garrett Mind. 98(389), 105-117
• MACKIE, P.J., 1987. Essence, Origin, and Bare Identity Mind. 96(382), 173-201