Dr Stephen McLeod M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Reader Philosophy

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Publications

Selected Publications

Policing, Undercover Policing and 'Dirty Hands': The Case of State Entrapment (Journal article - 2024)
The Basic Liberties: An Essay on Analytical Specification (Journal article - 2023)
Entrapment (Chapter - 2024)
What is the Incoherence Objection to Legal Entrapment? (Journal article - 2022)
Entrapment, Temptation and Virtue Testing (Journal article - 2022)
The Concept of Entrapment (Journal article - 2018)
Basic Liberties, the Moral Powers and Workplace Democracy (Journal article - 2018)
Dummett and Frege on sense and Selbständigkeit (Journal article - 2017)

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2024

Entrapment (Chapter)

Hill, D. J., McLeod, S. K., & Tanyi, A. (2024). Entrapment. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781789902990.entrapment

DOI: 10.4337/9781789902990.entrapment

Policing, Undercover Policing and 'Dirty Hands': The Case of State Entrapment (Journal article)

Hill, D., McLeod, S., & Tanyi, A. (n.d.). Entrapment and the Problem of Dirty Hands. Unknown.

DOI: 10.1007/s11098-024-02110-0

2023

The Basic Liberties: An Essay on Analytical Specification (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K., & Tanyi, A. (2023). The basic liberties: An essay on analytical specification. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL THEORY, 22(3), 465-486. doi:10.1177/14748851211041702

DOI: 10.1177/14748851211041702

2022

Liberalism and the Right to Strike (Internet publication)

McLeod, S., & Tanyi, A. (2022). Liberalism and the Right to Strike. Public Ethics, Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace. Retrieved from https://www.publicethics.org/post/liberalism-and-the-right-to-strike

What is the Incoherence Objection to Legal Entrapment? (Journal article)

Hill, D. J., McLeod, S. K., & Tanyi, A. (n.d.). What is the Incoherence Objection to Legal Entrapment?. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 22(1). doi:10.26556/jesp.v22i1.1181

DOI: 10.26556/jesp.v22i1.1181

Entrapment, Temptation and Virtue Testing (Journal article)

Hill, D. J., McLeod, S. K., & Tanyi, A. (2022). Entrapment, temptation and virtue testing. PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, 179(8), 2429-2447. doi:10.1007/s11098-021-01772-4

DOI: 10.1007/s11098-021-01772-4

2021

Entrapment and 'Paedophile Hunters' (Internet publication)

Hill, D. J., McLeod, S. K., & Tanyi, A. (2021). Entrapment and 'Paedophile Hunters'. Public Ethics, Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace. Retrieved from https://www.publicethics.org/post/entrapment-and-paedophile-hunters

2020

Fregean Descriptivism (Chapter)

Dunbar, I. H., & McLeod, S. K. (2020). Fregean Descriptivism. In The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference (pp. 41-52). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003111894-5

DOI: 10.4324/9781003111894-5

2019

On a Supposed Puzzle Concerning Modality and Existence (Journal article)

Atkinson, T., Hill, D. J., & McLeod, S. K. (2019). On a Supposed Puzzle Concerning Modality and Existence. Organon F, 26(3), 446-473. doi:10.31577/orgf.2019.26306

DOI: 10.31577/orgf.2019.26306

2018

The Concept of Entrapment (Journal article)

Hill, D. J., McLeod, S. K., & Tanyi, A. (2018). The Concept of Entrapment. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 12, 539-554. doi:10.1007/s11572-017-9436-7

DOI: 10.1007/s11572-017-9436-7

Basic Liberties, the Moral Powers and Workplace Democracy (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2018). Basic Liberties, the Moral Powers and Workplace Democracy. Ethics, Politics & Society, 1, 231-259. doi:10.21814/eps.1.1.57

DOI: 10.21814/eps.1.1.57

2017

Dummett and Frege on sense and Selbständigkeit (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2017). Dummett and Frege on Sense and Selbständigkeit. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 25(2), 309-331. doi:10.1080/09608788.2016.1230538

DOI: 10.1080/09608788.2016.1230538

2015

Two Philosophies of Needs (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2015). Two Philosophies of Needs. Polish Journal of Philosophy, 9(1), 33-50. doi:10.5840/pjphil2015912

DOI: 10.5840/pjphil2015912

2014

Absolute Biological Needs (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2014). Absolute Biological Needs. Bioethics, 28(6), 293-301. doi:10.1111/bioe.12020

DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12020

2011

First-order logic and some existential sentences (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2011). First-order logic and some existential sentences. Disputatio, 4(31), 255-270. doi:10.2478/disp-2011-0012

DOI: 10.2478/disp-2011-0012

Knowledge of Need (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2011). Knowledge of Need. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, 19(2), 211-230. doi:10.1080/09672559.2011.561616

DOI: 10.1080/09672559.2011.561616

2010

ON TRUTH-FUNCTIONALITY (Journal article)

Hill, D. J., & McLeod, S. K. (2010). ON TRUTH-FUNCTIONALITY. REVIEW OF SYMBOLIC LOGIC, 3(4), 628-632. doi:10.1017/S1755020310000274

DOI: 10.1017/S1755020310000274

2009

RATIONALISM AND MODAL KNOWLEDGE (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2009). RATIONALISM AND MODAL KNOWLEDGE. CRITICA-REVISTA HISPANOAMERICANA DE FILOSOFIA, 41(122), 29-42. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

Truth value (Chapter)

McLeod, S. (2009). Truth value. In Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language (pp. 244-246).

Ordinary Objects (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2009). Ordinary Objects. ANALYSIS, 69(1), 173-174. doi:10.1093/analys/ann024

DOI: 10.1093/analys/ann024

2008

Knowledge of necessity: Logical positivism and Kripkean essentialism (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2008). Knowledge of necessity: Logical positivism and Kripkean essentialism. PHILOSOPHY, 83(324), 179-191. doi:10.1017/S0031819108000454

DOI: 10.1017/S0031819108000454

How to reconcile essence with contingent existence (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2008). How to reconcile essence with contingent existence. RATIO, 21(3), 314-328. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9329.2008.00404.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2008.00404.x

2007

On Two Arguments about the Logical Status of 'Exists' (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2007). On Two Arguments about the Logical Status of 'Exists'. The Reasoner, 1(7), 3-5. Retrieved from http://www.kent.ac.uk/

2006

Why essentialism requires two senses of necessity (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2006). Why essentialism requires two senses of necessity. RATIO, 19(1), 77-91. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9329.2006.00310.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2006.00310.x

2005

Modal Epistemology (Journal article)

McLeod, S. K. (2005). Modal Epistemology. Philosophical Books, 46(3), 235-245. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9329.2008.00404.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2008.00404.x

2001

Modality and Anti-Metaphysics (Book)

McLeod, S. K. (2001). Modality and Anti-Metaphysics. Ashgate.