Arif Ahmed has been a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy since October 2011.
Publications
Articles
- 2000. Hale on the necessity of necessity. Mind 109: 81-92.
- 2005. Evidential decision theory and medical Newcomb problems. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 56: 191-98.
- 2007. Agency and causation. In R. Corry and H. Price (eds), Causation, Physics and the Constitution of Reality: Russell’s Republic Revisited. Oxford: OUP: pp. 120-55.
- 2008. W. V. Quine. In C. Misak (ed.), Oxford Handbook of American Philosophy. Oxford: OUP: pp. 290-338.
- 2009. Gomez-Torrente on rigidity and essentiality. Mind 118: 121-133.
- 2010. Causation and decision. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 110: 111-131.
- 2010. Deductive inference and aspect perception. In A. Ahmed, ed., Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations: A Critical Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: pp. 197-217.
- 2011. Out of the closet. Analysis 71:77-85.
- 2011. Wittgenstein: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. In B. Lee, ed., Key Thinkers: Philosophy of Langauge. London: Continuum pp. 76-84.
- 2011. Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations. In B. Lee, ed., Key Thinkers: Philosophy of Language. London: Continuum pp. 121-37.
- 2011. Walters on conjunction conditionalization. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 111: 115-22.
- 2012. With Huw Price. Arntzenius on ‘Why ain’cha rich?’ Erkenntnis 77: 15-30
- 2012. Push the button. Philosophy of Science 79: 386-95. [preprint]
- 2013. From game-theoretical accounts of cooperation to meta-ethical choices. Studies in Christian Ethics 26: 176-83.
- 2013. Causal Decision Theory: a counterexample. Philosophical Review 122: 289-306.
- 2014. Causal decision theory and the fixity of the past. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 65: 665-85.
- 2014. Dicing with death. Analysis 74: 587-92.
- 2014. With Adam Caulton. Causal decision theory and EPR correlations. Synthese 191: 4315-4352.
- 2015. Infallibility in the Newcomb problem. Erkenntnis 80: 261-73.
- 2015. Hume and the independent witnesses. Mind 124: 1013-44.
- Forthcoming. Aspect perception. In H.-J. Glock and John Hyman, eds., Blackwell Companion to Wittgenstein. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Forthcoming. Signaling systems and the Transcendental Deduction. In T. Goldschmidt and K. Pearce (ed.), Idealism: New Essays in Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Forthcoming. Psychological Newcomb Problems. In A. Ahmed, ed., Newcomb's Problem. Cambridge University Press.
- Forthcoming. Exploiting cyclic preference. Mind.
Books
- 2007. Saul Kripke. London: Continuum
- 2010. Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations: a Reader’s guide. London: Continuum.
- 2010. (Ed.) Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations: A Critical Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- 2014. Evidence, Decision and Causality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Under contract (ed.). Classic Philosophical Arguments: Newcomb's Problem. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Reviews, occasional pieces etc.
- 2002. On Quine. Richmond Journal of Philosophy 2: 29-34.
- 2006. Review of M. de Gaynesford: John McDowell; T. Thornton: John McDowell. Mind 115: 403-9.
- 2009. Review of D. Pears: Paradox and Platitude in Wittgenstein’s Philosophy. Mind 117: 200-3.
- 2010. Introduction to A. Ahmed (ed.) Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations: A Critical Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 1-10.
- 2012. Review of B. Hale and Aviv Hoffman, ed., Modality: Metaphysics, Logic and Epistemology. Mind 121: 817-822.
- 2013. Il vero scoglio e la prova etica. In Il Sole 24 ore, 12 May 2013.
- 'Religious Belief'. Cambridge Philosophy Newsletter 2015.
- 'Hume on Miracles'. OUP Blog.
- 'Forthcoming. Review of L. Buchak, Risk and Rationality. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
- Forthcoming. Kripke, Saul Aaron. Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.
- Forthcoming. Review of B. Epstein, The Ant Trap. Times Literary Supplement.
Interviews
Public debates and lectures
- Debate with William Lane Craig on belief in God
- Debate with Gary Habermas on the resurrection
- Debate with Glenn Peoples on the moral argument for God
- Debate with Andrew Copson, Peter Williams and William Lane Craig on religion
- Debate with Keith Ward on theistic and atheistic worldviews
- Debate with Richard Dawkins, Andrew Copson, Rowan Williams, Tariq Ramadan and Douglas Murray on religion
- Lecture: Is religion a force for good or evil?
- Debate with Tariq Ramadan on Islam and Morality
- Debate on agnosticism and atheism, 'Beyond belief', BBC Radio 4
- Debate on evidence and religion, 'The Big Questions', BBC1
- Debate on religion, University College Dublin.
- Debate on atheism and belief with Ayyaz Mahmood Khan.
Lecture Handouts
Part IA
Sets, Relations and Probability
Lecture 1, Lecture2, Lecture3, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 1 - selected answers, , Lecture 4, Lecture 5, Lecture 6, Lecture 7, Worksheet 2, Worksheet 2 - Solutions to Section A
Personal Identity
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4
Part IB
Berkeley
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4
Part II
Quine
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4, Quine glossary
Rational Choice
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4
Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4, Lecture 5, Lecture 6, Lecture 7, Lecture 8, Lecture 9, Lecture 10, Lecture 11, Lecture 12
Contact Details
E-mail address: ama24@cam.ac.uk
[From 5 October 2015]: Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge CB2 1TAK
