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Seeing (More than) What Meets the Eye
Authors: Alweiss Lilian 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This chapter agrees with P.F. Strawson’s observation that perceptual experience is rich and structured, but it questions his conclusion that this shows that perceptual experience is epistemic and knowledge-giving. The chapter argues that while perceptual experience taken by itself is of something ‘objective’, it does not entail a commitment to a commonsense realism where we take these objects to refer to ordinary mind-independent objects that exist unperceived. This has repercussions for how we should understand the so-called problem of perception. The problem of perception asks whether we can ever directly perceive the physical world that is in a strong sense mind-independent. Once we argue that perceptual experience is epistemically neutral, we have reasons to sidestep this concern as we are no longer committed to the premise that the sceptic seeks to question, namely, that we experience enduring objects that exist unperceived. The chapter thus concludes that perceptual experience provides the route for knowledge as it forms the basis upon which we can establish something about it and assess our knowledge claims, but its knowledge-giving role is necessarily derivative and not primitive.
Responsibility After ‘Morality’
Authors: Russell Paul 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Although P.F. Strawson and Bernard Williams have both made highly significant and influential contributions on the subject of moral responsibility, they never directly engaged with the views of each other. On one natural reading their views are directly opposed. Strawson seeks to discredit scepticism about moral responsibility by means of naturalistic observations and arguments. Williams, by contrast, employs genealogical methods to support sceptical conclusions about moral responsibility (and blame). This way of reading their views depends, however, on the assumption that the concept of responsibility that Strawson aims to defend is the same as the one that Williams aims to discredit. The conception of responsibility that Williams aims to discredit is one that is based around the assumptions and aspirations of ‘the morality system’. This chapter argues that while there is a plausible way of interpreting Strawson’s naturalism that uncouples it from the assumptions of ‘the morality system’, there remain significant differences between Strawson and Williams. More specifically, even if Strawson’s understanding of moral responsibility abandons the (narrow) assumptions of ‘morality’, Strawson is still committed to ‘conservative’ and ‘optimistic’ conclusions about moral responsibility that cannot be sustained.
Dissipation and Force Fluctuations
Authors: Eichler Alexander , Zilberberg Oded 
Published: December 2023

AbstractIn this chapter, we make the transition from deterministic to stochastic classical physics by introducing force fluctuations. These fluctuations are responsible for establishing a finite temperature of the resonator mode when it is coupled to an environment, as captured in the famous fluctuations-dissipation theorem. Understanding these concepts on the harmonic resonator prepares us for the following chapters. We also introduce the probability distribution approach to studying fluctuating systems, and in particular the Fokker-Planck equation.
Coupled Parametric Oscillators
Authors: Eichler Alexander , Zilberberg Oded 
Published: December 2023

AbstractIn this chapter, we combine the parametric oscillator, force noise, and linear coupling to study coupled parametric oscillators. Depending on the strength of the parametric pump (below or above threshold) and on the intensity of the coupling (weak or strong), we find different phenomena, such as normal-mode squeezing, parametric symmetry breaking induced by the coupling, and hopping between many-body phase states. Networks of parametric oscillators are envisioned as a computational resource, and we briefly discuss possible challenges of the approach.
The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
Authors: Eichler Alexander , Zilberberg Oded 
Published: December 2023

AbstractIn this chapter, we enter the quantum regime. Following a succinct introduction to the topic, we present the main properties of the quantum harmonic oscillator, such as the ground state energy caused by quantum fluctuations, the harmonic energy spectrum of Fock states, coherent states, the density matrix of mixed states and its time evolution calculated with the von Neumann master equation, and various quantum state representations.
Chekhov
Authors: Murphet Julian 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
In the fourth chapter, the astonishing last cycle of plays by Anton Chekhov from The Seagull through to The Cherry Orchard affords an opportunity to see how the greatest literary artist of the turn of the century turned dramatic character on its head, by deposing the protagonist and clearing its space for the emergence of radically new characterological forms: groups and their distributed affects, henceforth not constrained to individual embodiment, but scrambled across a company of players in a spiritual language never heard before on any stage. In his collaborations with the Moscow Art Theatre, Chekhov reimagined character space as a medium all its own, an instrument capable of music hitherto unheard and tending in the direction of metatheatrical transcendence.
Henry James
Authors: Murphet Julian 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The late work of Henry James is assayed in Chapter 7, where we find a novel solution to the crisis of characterology at this moment in literary history. Rather than plumbing the psychological depths and excavating a newly rounded model of the individual, James redoubles his attention to the narrative surface, where he elaborates a planar geometry of sides, angles, and areas of influence without any third dimension to speak of. In this rarefied textual space, not morals but aesthetics always govern, and individuals cede to groups, as the various quartets and triangles of his compositions stage complex algebraic solutions to moral and formal problems arising from the sheer abstraction of the entire undertaking.
Knut Hamsun
Authors: Murphet Julian 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Chapter 8 turns to the dizzying originality of Knut Hamsun, particularly his Hunger, where the sacrifice of plot, action, and ‘morale’ is so extreme as to force new mutations in the substance of his characters. When your central character is a narrator and a writer who, because he has no pecuniary means of keeping a roof over his head, is unable to finish a single story, the result is a manic projection of pseudo-characters, half-finished but unrealized personae, running all over social space; and a radical decomposition of the body and being of the protagonist, who unravels into the world.
Introduction
Authors: Goldschmidt Nora 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Modernism and classical scholarship are traditionally seen as divided by an unbreachable barrier. The Introduction charts the ways in which that barrier has been criss-crossed multiple times, not just by modernist authors drawing on classical material but the other way around: by classical scholars aware of the aesthetic revolutions of modernism unfolding around them. It discusses current definitions of modernism and of the fragment, and the role of both as major interventions in the ways in which classical antiquity has been received and presented, and lays out the argument of the chapters to come.
Food for Thought
Authors: van Pelt Nadia T. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Henry VIII used food and ceremonies involving food in diplomatic encounters in England and abroad, and used them to cement alliances. This chapter focuses on Charles V’s visit to England in 1522 as described in the Rutland Papers. The size and make-up of Charles’ retinue gives interesting insights into the truly international nature of the meeting of the royals. Note for example, that in his retinue one finds ‘Le Prince doranges’ and ‘Le Duc de Cleves’. The descriptions, however, of precautions taken and staff brought along to ensure good cuisine are even more indicative of the scale and importance of the visit. Food, this chapter shows, was a core instrument of diplomacy, as it touched on questions of hospitality, trust, precedence, reciprocity, and ceremony. The logistics of the 1522 operation indicate that every town through which the Emperor and his followers would pass was provided with sufficient provisions for men and horses. The memoranda in which a writer asked for directions in the organization of the event and was given answers evokes fascinating concerns such as ‘whether the emperor and his nobles shall be served with his own diaper or else with the king’s’. The encounters between Charles V and Henry VIII are contextualized with other examples of royal visits across Europe to enable a view of the splendour and diplomatic importance of this occasion.
Shaping Contracts for Work
Authors: Golding Gabrielle 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This book comprises an in-depth examination of the common law’s role in shaping contracts for work through the normative influence of terms implied by law. It aims to construct a theory of the nature of the employment contract, as distinct from other contracts for the performance of work, through the lens of terms implied by law. Terms implied by law into employment contracts, as well as their potential to operate in other non-standard contracts for the performance of work, are critically examined by reference to the test that courts adopt when they are asked to imply such terms. The work’s primary focus is on the English and Australian positions, yet its jurisprudential underpinnings will be of broader interest in other common law jurisdictions. Following an introduction to the general law on implied terms, this work traces the origins and current status of various key terms implied by law into employment contracts, and contracts for the performance of work. It investigates the idea of employment contracts as a class, which are distinct from other contracts for the performance of work and assesses the courts’ haphazard approach to identifying when it is necessary for a term to be implied by law. The work also considers the broader judicial law-making role in implying such terms. Concluding suggestions are made with respect to how courts ought to rethink the rationale they adopt when implying terms by law into employment contracts, as distinct from other types of contracts for the performance of work.
The Significance of Implying a Term by Law
Authors: Golding Gabrielle 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This chapter assesses the impact of the judicial act of implying a term by law into a contract and how that action, irrespective of the contractual context, has the potential to fundamentally guide, shape, and alter the nature of the relationship between the contracting parties. Its core aim is to expose the significance of the judicial act of implying a term by law. As with Chapter 1, its analysis is brief in comparison to the chapters that follow. This brevity is in recognition of the introductory nature of the debates raised, and their function as a backdrop for the work’s remaining content.
Necessity
Authors: Golding Gabrielle 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This chapter focuses on the second element of the test for implying a term by law into a particular class of contract: that the term must be ‘necessary’. A great deal of confusion has emerged in trying to understand when it is truly necessary to imply a term by law, in both England and Australia. This chapter explores why this is the case in the specific context of employment contracts, with many of the preliminary concepts discussed applying to contracts generally. In traversing the challenges associated with determining when it is truly necessary to imply terms by law into employment contracts—and, conversely, which of those terms ought to be incapable of exclusion—this chapter commences with an historical account of the ‘necessity test’ for implying a term by law into contracts generally in England. Following on from the emergence of that test, focus turns to the difficulties associated with its application in England. Attention is then paid to the narrow (i.e. functional) and wide (ie political or policy-based) interpretations of that test in Australia, and the complications those interpretations have generated, which have been surprisingly unparalleled in England. The final part of the chapter questions whether, in either jurisdiction, a term implied by law into the class of employment contracts could, or should, be capable of exclusion. The resulting question of which terms implied by law ought to be incapable of exclusion due to absolute necessity to the employment relationship is a key component of this chapter’s final exploration.
The Judicial Role
Authors: Golding Gabrielle 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This chapter considers the general debate on whether the courts or parliament should make laws with respect to employment contracts. It then offers a view as to how that debate ought to be resolved in respect of allowing the shaping of employment contracts through terms implied by law in the future. In light of the High Court of Australia’s comments in Commonwealth Bank v Barker that the implication of the mutual trust and confidence term is a matter best left to the legislature (rather than the judiciary), it questions the future judicial role in making laws with respect to employment through the mechanism of terms implied by law. An overarching argument is made for greater coherence between statute and the common law to ensure the continuation of a judicial law-making role, even where there are defensible policy positions on both sides of the argument.
Concepts and Theories
Authors: Olaniyan Kolawole 
Published: December 2023

AbstractChapter 2 discusses the conceptual and theoretical foundations for people’s ownership of proceeds of corruption. It outlines the various theories on the nature of state sovereignty and their relationships with people’s ownership rights. Several works have extended the theoretical exposition of sovereignty, and the chapter analyses some of the relevant theoretical questions that have been raised by these works. The chapter also explores the question of whether wealth, natural resources, and economic resources are parts of the proceeds of corruption. It discusses the notions of ownership, fiduciary obligations, and state responsibility as additional theoretical models related to the issue of people’s ownership rights of wealth and natural resources and of proceeds of corruption. The chapter then turns to an examination of the related concepts of corruption harm, asset recovery, remedy, and reparations.
Institutional Frameworks
Authors: Olaniyan Kolawole 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe articulation, development, and ratification of multiple anti-corruption treaties, and the processes and procedures of their anti-corruption mechanisms as well as anti-corruption institutions on domestic-level processes, were established ostensibly to promote government accountability, yet there is still no effective or satisfactory implementation of treaties. Chapter 5 discusses several anti-corruption implementation mechanisms, their scope, and the extent to which they ensure compliance with treaty obligations and hold states parties to account for any failure to act in conformity with their substantive obligations. It also looks at the relationship between these mechanisms and international and regional human rights systems as well as with other mechanisms, including domestic mechanisms. It considers the purposes of these mechanisms and their approaches to ownership of proceeds of corruption, and access to justice and effective remedies for victims. It seeks to address the questions of accessibility of anti-corruption mechanisms for non-state actors.
Conclusions
Authors: Olaniyan Kolawole 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis chapter offers suggestions for reforms and routes through which recovery, repatriation, management, and transparent and accountable use of repatriated assets might be achieved. This includes an anticipated amendment to Article 69 of the UNCAC. The chapter suggests that the current flaws in the approach of criminal law enforcement to corruption and illicit transfers of its proceeds could be fixed by adopting a combination of strategies, such as global and regional treaties or protocols, and domestic laws to explicitly recognize people’s sovereign and ownership rights of the proceeds of corruption. While these rights exist through inference, expressly recognizing the rights would ground them in reality, enhance their justiciability and enforceability, and improve access to a remedy for victims, as well as enhance accountability of states. The international fight against corruption and efforts to recover its proceeds remain a work in progress.
The Problem of Truth’s Value
Authors: Wrenn Chase B. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The Problem of Truth’s Value arises when we try to reconcile an account of why we should care about truth with an account of what truth is. Some theories, called “normativist” here, build value into the very nature of truth. To be true is, in part, to be fit for belief. They risk severing the connection between a claim’s being true and its saying things are as they really are. Other theories, called “Aristotelian” here, leave all normativity out of the account of what truth is. They leave it mysterious why we should prefer true beliefs to false ones or even ignorance. This chapter outlines how the Problem of Truth’s Value arises for normativist and Aristotelian theories. It also sketches the solution defended over the course of the rest of the book. The main proposal is that truth’s value derives from the moral value of caring about truth, not from special value inherent in states of true belief. That proposal, the Strong Virtue Theory of truth’s value, has two parts. The first claims we morally ought to be Truthful people. The second claims that truth itself does not confer special value on beliefs. The chapter also describes the methodology to be followed throughout the book and describes notational conventions to be used.
Truth-Oriented Desires
Authors: Wrenn Chase B. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
To be Truthful is to have certain truth-oriented desires. They include wanting for what is true to be believed and wanting for what is believed to be true. This chapter considers how best to understand those desires. It has two aims. The first is to clarify and defend a view on which the truth-oriented desires are generic rather than universal in their content. They function as default preferences that allow for exceptions, but a Truthful person requires reasons to deviate from the default. The chapter’s second aim is to consider what assumptions about truth’s nature are necessary to make sense of the truth-oriented desires. The book’s methodology is to employ minimal assumptions about the nature of truth. However, some kinds of deflationism about truth are logically too weak to make sense of the truth-oriented desires. This chapter describes a logically stronger form of deflationism that makes room for the truth-oriented desires without substantive assumptions about the nature of the property of truth.
Against Normativism
Authors: Wrenn Chase B. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Normativists have an easy account of why we should value truth. Part of what it means for a proposition to be true is that it is, in some sense, fit for belief. This chapter makes a basic case against such normativism. The case turns on the dual phenomena of “blindspots” and “brightspots”. A blindspot is a possibly true proposition that can’t be the content of a true belief. A brightspot is a possibly false proposition that can’t be the content of a false belief. The chapter distinguishes “conceptual” from “metaphysical” normativism. According to conceptual normativism, part of the meaning of TRUE is that true claims are distinctively fit for belief, or untrue ones are distinctively unfit for belief. It is argued that conceptual normativism incorrectly makes the ideas of a “true blindspot” or a “false brightspot” incoherent. According to metaphysical normativism, part of possessing the property truth is possessing the normative status of fitness for belief. But since blindspots can be true without possessing that status, metaphysical normativism wrongly predicts there can be no true blindspots. Brightspots pose a similar problem.
Final Remarks: A Needed Agenda
Authors: Mendonça Ricardo F. , Filgueiras Fernando , Almeida Virgílio 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The ‘Final Remarks’ reconstructs the book’s argument and summarizes the main points worked in each chapter. It explains how the book sought to show the relevance of institutional theories to make sense of algorithms, to the same extent in which algorithms call for a renewal of institutional theories. Algorithms are a particular kind of institution, and their specificities invite reflection about central concepts such as agency, rationality, reflexivity, responsibility, and accountability pervading institutional theories. This theoretical disruption indicates a wide field of applications that look at how these institutions solve problems, shape decisions, carry out organizational tasks, allocate resources, affect social relationships, assign meanings to collective action, and define what is prohibited, allowed, or facilitated in the interactions between humans and machines. Algorithmic Institutionalism provides a necessary theoretical framework to make sense of a changing world in uncertain times.
Climate Displacement
Authors: Draper Jamie 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The impacts of climate change are reshaping patterns of displacement around the world. Extreme weather events destroy homes, environmental degradation undercuts the viability of livelihoods, sea-level rise and coastal erosion force communities to relocate, and risks to food and resource security magnify the sources of political instability. Climate displacement—the displacement of people driven at least in part by the impacts of climate change—is a pressing moral challenge that is incumbent upon us to address. This book develops a political theory of climate displacement. Most existing work on climate displacement has tended to take an idealized ‘climate refugee’ as its object of analysis. But this approach does not take seriously the complexity and heterogeneity of climate displacement. This book instead takes the empirical dynamics of climate displacement as its starting point. It examines the problems raised by the interaction of climate change and displacement in five practical contexts: community relocation, territorial sovereignty, labour migration, refugee movement, and internal displacement. In each context, climate change raises distinct problems and questions, which this book explores on their own terms. At the same time, this book treats climate displacement as a unified phenomenon by examining the overarching questions of responsibility and fairness that it raises. The result is an empirically grounded political theory of climate displacement that both maps the conceptual terrain of climate displacement and charts a course for meeting the moral challenge that climate displacement raises.