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Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2024) Feyerabend, Experts, and Dilettantes. Philosophical Inquiries, 12 (1). pp. 89-106. ISSN 2282-0248 doi: 10.4454/philinq.v12i1.553

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2023) The idea of a pseudo-problem in Mach, Hertz, and Boltzmann. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 54. pp. 55-77. ISSN 0925-4560 doi: 10.1007/s10838-021-09569-z

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2022) Gestalt epistemology: from gestalt psychology to phenomenology in the work of Michael Polanyi. Philosophia Scientæ, 26 (3). pp. 233-254. ISSN 1775-4283 doi: 10.4000/philosophiascientiae.3668

Craddock, S. and Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2020) Roles and representations of women in early Chinese philosophy: a survey. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 15 (2). pp. 198-222. ISSN 1673-355X doi: 10.3868/s030-009-020-0012-1

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2016) The rise of Western rationalism: Paul Feyerabend’s story. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 57. pp. 79-86. ISSN 0039-3681 doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2015.11.013

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2009) Review: Bradley Monton, (Ed.) Images of empiricism: essays on science and stances with a reply from Bas Van Fraassen. Oxford University Press, 2007. The European Legacy, 14 (3). pp. 362-364. ISSN 1470-1316 doi: 10.1080/10848770902931743

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2009) Review: A W Carus, Carnap and twentieth century thought: explication as enlightenment. Cambridge University Press, 2007. The European Legacy, 14 (6). pp. 759-761. ISSN 1470-1316 doi: 10.1080/10848770903259276

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2008) Review: Marie McGinn, Elucidating the tractatus: Wittgenstein's early philosophy of logic & language. Clarendon Press, 2006. Philosophical Investigations, 31 (3). pp. 268-272. ISSN 1467-9205 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9205.2008.00349.x

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2008) Mach and Hertz's mechanics. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 39 (1). pp. 91-101. ISSN 0039-3681 doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2007.11.007

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2008) Hertz, Wittgenstein and philosophical method. Philosophical Investigations, 31 (1). pp. 48-67. ISSN 1467-9205 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9205.2008.00333.x

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2008) Review: Andrew Brook and Kathleen Akins, Cognition and the brain: the philosophy and neuroscience movement. Cambridge University Press, 2005. Philosophical Books, 49 (1). pp. 68-71. ISSN 1468-0149 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0149.2008.456_12.x

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2007) Review: James Marcum, Thomas Kuhn's revolution: an historical philosophy of science. Ratio, 20 (3). pp. 352-4. ISSN 0034-0006 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2007.00371.x

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2007) Lutzen on Hertz's mechanics. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 38 (1). pp. 260-7. ISSN 0039-3681 doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2006.12.017

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2007) Review: Christine Sypnowich (ed.), The egalitarian conscience: essays in honour of G. A. Cohen. The European Legacy, 12 (5). pp. 644-5. ISSN 1470-1316 doi: 10.1080/10848770701443742

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2006) Review: Alfred Nordmann, Wittgenstein's Tractatus: an introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2005. The European Legacy, 11 (6). p. 706. ISSN 1470-1316 doi: 10.1080/10848770600919545

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2006) Review: Duncan Richter, Historical dictionary of Wittgenstein's philosophy. The European Legacy, 11 (4). pp. 467-468. ISSN 1470-1316 doi: 10.1080/10848770600766359

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2006) Harre on Hertz and the Tractatus. Philosophy, 81 (2). pp. 357-364. ISSN 1469-817X doi: 10.1017/S0031819106316087

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2006) Janik on Hertz and the early Wittgenstein. Grazer Philosophische Studien, 73. pp. 83-95. ISSN 0165-9227

Preston, J. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2004) Bird, Kuhn and positivism. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 35 (2). pp. 327-335. ISSN 0039-3681 doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2003.05.001

Preston, J. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2003) Kuhn, instrumentalism, and the progress of science. Social Epistemology, 17 (2-3). pp. 259-265. ISSN 1464-5297 doi: 10.1080/0269172032000144261

Preston, J. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2003) Review of 'Kuhn: philosopher of scientific revolution' by W. Sharrock and R. Read. Philosophical Books, 44. pp. 292-493. ISSN 1468-0149

Preston, J. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2003) Review of 'Thomas Kuhn: a philosophical history for our times' by S. Fuller. The European Legacy, 8 (6). pp. 833-834. ISSN 1470-1316

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Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2025) Mary Hesse and Scientific Realism(s). In: Gori, P. (ed.) Mary B. Hesse (1924–2016): Metaphors, models, and the growth of scientific knowledge. Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences. Springer Cham, pp. 21-36. ISBN 9783031951541 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-95155-8_2

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2025) Wittgenstein’s early philosophical feeling and “the relative position of logic and mechanics”. In: Heinrich-Ramharter, E., Pichler, A. and Stadler, F. (eds.) 100 Years of ›Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus‹ – 70 Years after Wittgenstein’s Death. De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783111453040-032 (Proceedings of the 44th International Wittgenstein Symposium.)

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2024) Paul Feyerabend’s Ludwig Boltzmann. In: Paul Feyerabend and Austrian Philosophy – His Formative Years. Vienna Circle Institute Collection. Springer, Cham, Switzerland. (In Press)

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2024) Feyerabend and Mach. In: Gattei, S. and Corvi, R. (eds.) Feyerabend in Dialogue: Critical Essays. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 346. Springer, Cham, pp. 59-91. ISBN 9783031719370 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-71938-7_5

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2024) ‘Interpretations of nature’ in Polanyi’s science, faith and society. In: Hartl, P. (ed.) Science, Faith, Society: New Essays on the Philosophy of Michael Polanyi. Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action (13). Springer, New York, pp. 101-114. ISBN 9783031512278 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-51228-5_5

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2021) Introduction: a new Mach for a new millennium. In: Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (ed.) Interpreting Ernst Mach: Critical Essays. Interpreting. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9781108474016

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2021) Phenomenalism, or neutral monism, in Mach’s analysis of sensations? In: Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (ed.) Interpreting Ernst Mach: Critical Essays. Interpreting. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9781108474016

Schroeder, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4480-6458 and Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2019) Explication, description and enlightenment. In: Analysis and Explication in 20th Century Philosophy. Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy, 22. Brill, pp. 106-120.

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2019) Mach, Wittgenstein, science and logic. In: Stadler, F. (ed.) Ernst Mach - Life, Work, Influence. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook (22). Springer International Publishing, pp. 63-90. ISBN 9783030043773 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-04378-0_5

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2016) Wittgenstein, Hertz and Boltzmann. In: Glock, H.-J. and Hyman, J. (eds.) A companion to Wittgenstein. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118641163 doi: 10.1002/9781118884607.ch6

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2015) Logical space and phase-space. In: Mind, language and action: proceedings of the 36th International Wittgenstein Symposium. Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein society – New Series (N.S.) (22). De Gruyter, pp. 35-44. ISBN 9783110378795

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2014) Positivist and post-positivist philosophy of science. In: Gardner, A., Lake, M. and Sommer, U. (eds.) The Oxford handbook of archaeological theory. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780199567942 doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199567942.013.031

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2012) What are computers (if they're not thinking things)? In: Cooper, S. B., Dawar, A. and Lowe, B. (eds.) How the World Computes: Turing Centenary Conference and 8th Conference on Computability in Europe, CIE 2012, Cambridge UK June 2012 Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7318. Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg, pp. 609-615. ISBN 9783642308697 doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-30870-3_61

Preston, J. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2010) The extended mind, the concept of belief, and epistemic credit. In: Menary, R. (ed.) The extended mind. MIT Press, Cambridge, USA, pp. 355-369. ISBN 9780262014038

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2008) Hertz, Wittgenstein and the instrumentalist turn in the philosophy of science. In: Wolfschmidt, G. (ed.) Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894) and the development of communication: proceedings of the Symposium for History of Science. Norderstedt, Hamburg: Institute for History of Science, pp. 80-93. ISBN 9783837031317

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2006) Is your mobile part of your mind? In: Nyiri, K. (ed.) Mobile understanding: the epistemology of ubiquitous communication. Passagen Verlag, Vienna, pp. 67-77. ISBN 9783851657425

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Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2024) Kuhn’s paradigms and their early critics. In: Paradigm Shifts across the Ages, 8th June 2019, HAPP Centre, Oxford. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2877/1/012072

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Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308, ed. (2021) Interpreting Ernst Mach: Critical Essays. Interpreting. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9781108564311 doi: 10.1017/9781108564311

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308 (2008) Kuhn's the structure of scientific revolutions: a reader's guide. Reader's Guides. Continuum, London, pp126. ISBN 9780826493750

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308, ed. (2008) Wittgenstein and reason. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp160. ISBN 9781405180955

Preston, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2308, ed. (2006) Knowledge, science and relativisim. Philosophical Papers, 3. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp244. ISBN 9780521641296