Dr Michael Hicks
- Lecturer in Philosophy of Science / Technology (Philosophy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5668Publications
2024
Hicks, M. T. (2024) A practitioner's guide to pragmatic Humeanism. Philosophers' Imprint, (doi: 10.3998/phimp.2968) (Accepted for Publication)
Slater, J. , Humphries, J. and Hicks, M. T. (2024) ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting! Scientific American, 17 July.
Hicks, M. T. , Humphries, J. and Slater, J. (2024) Correction: ChatGPT is bullshit. Ethics and Information Technology, 26, 46. (doi: 10.1007/s10676-024-09785-3)
Hicks, M. T. , Humphries, J. and Slater, J. (2024) ChatGPT is bullshit. Ethics and Information Technology, 26, 38. (doi: 10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5)
2023
Hicks, M. T. and Wilson, A. (2023) How chance explains. Noûs, 57(2), pp. 290-315. (doi: 10.1111/nous.12401)
2022
Hicks, M. T. (2022) Counterparts and counterpossibles: Impossibility without impossible worlds. Journal of Philosophy, 119(10), pp. 542-574. (doi: 10.5840/jphil20221191035)
2021
Demarest, H. and Hicks, M. T. (2021) Isolation, not locality. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 103(3), pp. 607-619. (doi: 10.1111/phpr.12731)
Hicks, M. T. (2021) Breaking the explanatory circle. Philosophical Studies, 178(2), pp. 533-557. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-020-01444-9)
2019
Hicks, M. T. (2019) What everyone should say about symmetries (and how Humeans get to say it). Philosophy of Science, 86(5), pp. 1284-1294. (doi: 10.1086/705475)
2018
Hicks, M. T. (2018) Dynamic Humeanism. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 69(4), pp. 983-1007. (doi: 10.1093/bjps/axx006)
2017
Hicks, M. T. (2017) Making fit fit. Philosophy of Science, 84(5), pp. 931-943. (doi: 10.1086/693967)
Hicks, M. T. and Schaffer, J. (2017) Derivative properties in fundamental laws. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 68(2), pp. 411-450. (doi: 10.1093/bjps/axv039)
2015
Hicks, M. T. and van Elswyk, P. (2015) Humean laws and circular explanation. Philosophical Studies, 172(2), pp. 433-443. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-014-0310-3)
Articles
Hicks, M. T. (2024) A practitioner's guide to pragmatic Humeanism. Philosophers' Imprint, (doi: 10.3998/phimp.2968) (Accepted for Publication)
Slater, J. , Humphries, J. and Hicks, M. T. (2024) ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting! Scientific American, 17 July.
Hicks, M. T. , Humphries, J. and Slater, J. (2024) Correction: ChatGPT is bullshit. Ethics and Information Technology, 26, 46. (doi: 10.1007/s10676-024-09785-3)
Hicks, M. T. , Humphries, J. and Slater, J. (2024) ChatGPT is bullshit. Ethics and Information Technology, 26, 38. (doi: 10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5)
Hicks, M. T. and Wilson, A. (2023) How chance explains. Noûs, 57(2), pp. 290-315. (doi: 10.1111/nous.12401)
Hicks, M. T. (2022) Counterparts and counterpossibles: Impossibility without impossible worlds. Journal of Philosophy, 119(10), pp. 542-574. (doi: 10.5840/jphil20221191035)
Demarest, H. and Hicks, M. T. (2021) Isolation, not locality. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 103(3), pp. 607-619. (doi: 10.1111/phpr.12731)
Hicks, M. T. (2021) Breaking the explanatory circle. Philosophical Studies, 178(2), pp. 533-557. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-020-01444-9)
Hicks, M. T. (2019) What everyone should say about symmetries (and how Humeans get to say it). Philosophy of Science, 86(5), pp. 1284-1294. (doi: 10.1086/705475)
Hicks, M. T. (2018) Dynamic Humeanism. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 69(4), pp. 983-1007. (doi: 10.1093/bjps/axx006)
Hicks, M. T. (2017) Making fit fit. Philosophy of Science, 84(5), pp. 931-943. (doi: 10.1086/693967)
Hicks, M. T. and Schaffer, J. (2017) Derivative properties in fundamental laws. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 68(2), pp. 411-450. (doi: 10.1093/bjps/axv039)
Hicks, M. T. and van Elswyk, P. (2015) Humean laws and circular explanation. Philosophical Studies, 172(2), pp. 433-443. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-014-0310-3)