Peer Reviewed
2026. Sosa, Dream Ontology, and Dream Scepticism (w/ Kengo Miyazono)
Asian Journal of Philosophy
Published | Penultimate
Synopsis: There are both metaphysical and empirical reasons to think that Sosa’s imagination model of dreams does not allow us to avoid dream scepticism.
2026. The Explanatory Burden of a Heterogeneous Account of Delusions (w/ Kengo Miyazono)
Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology
Published | Penultimate
Synopsis: An invited commentary on Oliver Clark’s paper, ‘Modes of Delusionality‘. We argue that Clark’s heterogeneous account of delusions faces a significant burden when it comes to explaining the pathology of delusions.
2026. Three Kinds of Suspended Belief (w/ Kengo Miyazono)
The Philosophical Quarterly
Published | Penultimate
Synopsis: There are three kinds of suspended belief: positive suspension and negative suspension (previously distinguished), and aporetic suspension (our suggestion).
2025. The Aesthetic Value of Diverse Beliefs.
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Published | Penultimate
Synopsis: If everyone’s beliefs met the conditions of doxastic correctness, then there would be (i) less aesthetic diversity in the world, and (ii) less aesthetic value in the world (at least in some important respects).
2022. Beliefs, Delusions, and Dry-Functionalism.
Asian Journal of Philosophy
Published | Penultimate
Synopsis: An invited contribution to a book symposium on Kengo Miyazono’s Delusions and Beliefs. I suggest that dry-functionalism has the resources to satisfy some of Miyazono’s explanatory goals, despite his claim to the contrary.
2021. The Aim of Belief and Suspended Belief.
Philosophical Psychology
Published | Penultimate
Synopsis: Teleological and normative theories of belief fail to explain the descriptive and normative features of suspended belief.
2019. Weighing Aims in Doxastic Deliberation.
Synthese
Published | Penultimate
Synopsis: Teleological theories of belief can answer the exclusivity objection.
Popular Media
2025. An Ontological Disproof of the Devil?
Daily Philosophy | Link
2019. What’s it like to be a philosopher in Hong Kong?
The Philosophers’ Cocoon | Link
Ph.D. Thesis
2018. On Belief: Aims, Norms, and Functions.
Lingnan University
Published | Penultimate
Synopsis: An extended discussion of the ‘aim of belief’ literature and a defence of a functional theory of belief.
My doctoral research was supported by the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme.
Contact
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Email: jon.cja@gmail.com