John Donaldson

Selected publications

• Donaldson, J. Mental Causation, Oxford Bibliographies. Oxford University Press, 2018

• Donaldson, J. Vertical Versus Horizontal: What is really at issue in the exclusion problem? Synthese, 2019

• ​Constantinou, A., Donaldson, J., Hornet W., Blomkvist, A., Brown, D., Lyons, J. 'Do all brains have neurons? Metaphysics and neutrality in The Brain Abstracted. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences, 2026 

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​Work in progress​

• My main focus at present is on my manuscript, Causal exclusion: A problem-first approach.

• For more details on my work in progress, please see my CV.

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NetMetSci​

• Founding member of the Scottish Network for Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science

• NetMetSci.org

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Living Proof

• Co-investigator on Living Proof, an interdisciplinary project, led by Dr Kimia Witte, to develop a taxonomy of "molecular trust" and establish a conceptual foundation for understanding how biological processes can function as verification mechanisms within hybrid computational systems.

• Pre-programme discovery project (December 2025-March 2026) funded by a £20,000 grant from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency.