L.A. Paul

L. A. Paul (Ph.D. Princeton, 1999) works in metaphysics, primarily ontology and in related areas in the philosophy of mind. Topics in which she is particularly interested include mereology, objects, persistence, causation, properties, de re modality, constitution, identity and essence.

Recent work includes:

"Constitutive Overdetermination," Topics in Contemporary Philosophy IV, 2007.
"In Defense of Essentialism," Philosophical Perpectives 2006.
"Coincidence as Overlap," Nous, December 2006.
Causation and Counterfactuals, eds. Collins, Hall and Paul, MIT Press, 2004.
"The Context of Essence," Australasian Journal of Philosophy, March 2004.
"Logical Parts," Nous, December 2002.
" Aspect Causation", Journal of Philosophy, April 2000.
" The Worm at the Root of the Passions", Utilitas, April 1998.

For a complete list of previous and forthcoming work see her homepage at: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~lapaul

Contact Professor Paul at:
Department of Philosophy
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0027
lapaul@u.arizona.edu