David Storrs-Fox

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• 'Graded Abilities and Action Fragility' (Erkenntnis 90, 2025)        [abstract | draft | published]

• 'Explanation and the A-theory' (Philosophical Studies 178, 2021)       [abstract | draft | published]

In 2022 Philosophical Studies published a reply to this article, by Olley Pearson (here). 

• 'Hume's Skeptical Definitions of 'Cause'' (Hume Studies 43:1, 2020 [issue backdated to 2017])       [abstract | draft | published]

The relation between Hume’s constructive and skeptical aims has been a central concern for Hume interpreters. Hume’s two definitions of ‘cause’ in the Treatise and first Enquiry apparently represent an important constructive achievement, but this paper argues that the definitions must be understood in terms of Hume’s skepticism. The puzzle I address is simply that Hume gives two definitions rather than one. I use Don Garrett’s interpretation as a foil to develop my alternative skeptical interpretation. Garrett claims the definitions exhibit a general susceptibility to two kinds of definition that all “sense-based concepts” share. Against Garrett, I argue that the definitions express an imperfection Hume finds only in our concept of causation. That imperfection is absent from other sense-based concepts, and prompts skeptical sentiments in Hume’s conclusion to the Treatise’s Book 1. I close by comparing my interpretation with those of Helen Beebee, Stephen Buckle, Galen Strawson and Paul Russell.

Under Review

• [Paper on group agency and AI]    [removed in line with journal guidelines; email me for draft]

• [Paper on the normative theory of risk]      [draft]

• [Paper on the Principle of Alternative Possibilities]   [draft]

In Progress

• Paper on corporate responsibility for AI decisions (with Kenneth Silver and Ziad Elsahn)

• Paper on how to understand AI responsibility gaps, and why they might be problematic

• Paper that provides a novel solution to AI responsibility gaps

• Paper on collective fallibility and global obligations

Other Writing

• 'How to Hold Mixed Human-AI Groups Responsible' (Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI Blog, 2024) [link]