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Matravers, Derek (2025). Empathy, the Aesthetic Emotion, and Expression in the Visual Arts. In: Matravers, Derek and Brassey, Vanessa eds. The Expression of Emotion in the Visual Arts. London: Routledge, pp. 10–24.

Matravers, Derek and Brassey, Vanessa (2025). The Expression of Emotion in the Visual Arts. London: Routledge.

Matravers, Derek and Brassey, Vanessa (2025). Introduction. In: Matravers, Derek and Brassey, Vanessa eds. The Expression of Emotion in the Visual Arts. London: Routledge, pp. 1–9.

Matravers, Derek (2024). Mental states and consciousness: a tribute to Daniel Dennett. AI & SOCIETY (Early access).

Matravers, Derek; Marino, Alessandra and Treviño, Natalie (2024). Unearthing Global Justice: From Space to Inter-Planetary Ethics. In: Garasic, Mirko Daniel and Di Paola, Marcello eds. The Philosophy of Outer Space. London: Routledge, pp. 127–138.

Matravers, Derek (2024). Empathy, Fiction, and Non-Fiction. In: Petraschka, Thomas and Werner, Christiana eds. Empathy's Role in Understanding Persons, Literature, and Art. Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. New York, USA: Routledge, pp. 158–173.

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Frowe, Helen and Matravers, Derek (2024). Stones and Lives: The Ethics of Protecting Heritage in War. Oxford University Press.

Matravers, Derek (2024). Theory and practice in heritage decision-making. In: Somhegyi, Zoltán and Giombini, Lisa eds. The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Architectural Reconstruction. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 9–18.

Matravers, Derek (2023). Richard Wollheim. In: Carroll, Noël and Gilmore, Jonathan eds. The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 407–416.

Matravers, Derek (2023). Fiction and the Actual World. In: Engisch, Patrik and Langkau, Julia eds. The Philosophy of Fiction: Imagination and Cognition. New York, NY, USA and Oxon, UK: Routledge, pp. 62–76.

Bülow, William; Frowe, Helen; Matravers, Derek and Thomas, Joshua Lewis eds. (2023). Heritage and War: Ethical Issues. Oxford Academic.

Frowe, Helen and Matravers, Derek (2023). Heritage and War: An Introduction. In: Bülow, William; Frowe, Helen; Matravers, Derek and Thomas, Joshua eds. Heritage and War: Ethical Issues. Oxford Academic, pp. 1–11.

Frowe, Helen and Matravers, Derek (2023). Conflicts in Heritage Protection. In: Bülow, William; Frowe, Helen; Matravers, Derek and Thomas, Joshua Lewis eds. Heritage and War: Ethical Issues. Oxford Academic, pp. 33–50.

Matravers, Derek; Marino, Alessandra and Trevino, Natalie (2023). Colonizing Space: The Argument from an Obligation to Future Generations. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 37(1) pp. 1–10.

Frowe, Helen and Matravers, Derek (2022). The “Cultural Turn” and the Reconstruction of Heritage. In: Finkelstein, Claire; Gillman, Derek and Rosén, Frederik eds. The Preservation of Art and Culture in Times of War. New York, USA: Oxford University Press, pp. 53–69.

Matravers, Derek (2022). Non-Fictions and Narrative Truths. Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 22(65) pp. 145–160.

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Matravers, Derek (2022). [Book Review] Hatala Mathes, Erich. Drawing the Line: What to Do with the Work of Immoral Artists from Museums to the Movies. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 80(3) pp. 400–402.

Matravers, Derek (2022). Sympathy and Empathy. In: Hogan, Patrick Colm; Irish, Bradley J. and Hogan, Lalita Pandit eds. The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion. Routledge Literature Companions. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 144–154.

Matravers, Derek (2021). Walton on ‘the Paradox of Fiction’: Confusions and Misunderstandings. In: Sedivy, Sonia ed. Art, Representation, and Make-Believe: Essays on the Philosophy of Kendall L. Walton. Routledge, pp. 58–73.

Matravers, Derek (2020). Comments on Rafe McGregor’s Narrative Criminology. The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 54(4) pp. 19–25.

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Matravers, Derek (2020). Laying the Foundation for a Legal and Political Framework to Protect Cultural Heritage at Risk in Zones of Armed Conflict. In: Laying the Foundation for a Legal and Political Framework to Protect Cultural Heritage at Risk in Zones of Armed Conflict (Cuno, James and Weiss, Thomas eds.), J. Paul Getty Trust Occasional Papers in Cultural Heritage Policy, Getty Trust, Los Angeles, pp. 54–64.

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Matravers, Derek (2020). Social and Cultural Costs. In: Cuno, James and Weiss, Thomas G. eds. Cultural Heritage Under Siege: Laying the Foundation for a Legal and Political Framework to Protect Cultural Heritage at Risk in Zones of Armed Conflict. J. Paul Getty Trust Occasional Papers in Cultural Heritage Policy. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications, pp. 54–64.

Matravers, Derek (2020). [Book Review] Things: In Touch with the Past by Carolyn Korsmeyer (New York: Oxford University Press). The Philosophical Quarterly, 70(278) pp. 212–215.

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Matravers, Derek (2020). The Reconstruction of Damaged or Destroyed Heritage. In: Bicknell, Jeanette; Judkins, Jennifer and Korsmeyer, Carolyn eds. Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins, Monuments, and Memorials. New York: Routledge, pp. 189–200.

Frowe, Helen and Matravers, Derek (2019). Conflict and Cultural heritage: A Moral Analysis of the Challenges of Heritage Protection.

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Matravers, Derek (2018). The History Plays: Fiction or Non-Fiction? In: Bourne, Craig and Caddick-Bourne, Emily eds. The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy. Routledge Philosophy Companions. London: Routledge, pp. 591–602.

Matravers, Derek (2018). What is the Object of an Empathetic Emotion? In: Matravers, Derek and Waldon, Anik eds. Philosophical Perspectives on Empathy: Theoretical Approaches and Emerging Challenges. New York: Routledge.

Matravers, Derek and Waldow, Anik eds. (2018). Philosophical Perspective on Empathy: Theoretical Approaches and Emerging Challenges. Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory. London: Routledge.

Matravers, Derek (2018). Visualizing and Visualizing Representations. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 76(3) pp. 275–284.

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Matravers, Derek (2018). Recent philosophy and the fiction/non-fiction distinction. Collection and Curation, 37(2) pp. 93–96.

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Matravers, Derek (2017). Empathy. Key Concepts in Philosophy. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Matravers, Derek (2017). Empathy in the Aesthetic Tradition. In: Maibom, Heidi ed. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Empathy. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 77–85.

Matravers, Derek (2016). Life and Narrative. In: Dodd, Julian ed. Art, Mind, and Narrative: Themes From the Work of Peter Goldie. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 35–46.

Matravers, Derek (2016). What Difference (If Any) Is There Between Reading as Fiction and Reading as Non-Fiction? In: Selleri, Andrea and Gaydon, Philip eds. Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature: New Interdisciplinary Directions. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 169–184.

Matravers, Derek (2015). The Aesthetic Experience. In: Ribeiro, Anna Christina ed. The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics. London: Bloomsbury Academic (Reprint Edition), pp. 74–83.

Matravers, Derek (2014). Art, knowledge, and virtue: comments on Alana Jelinek's This is Not Art. Journal of Visual Art Practice, 13(3) pp. 169–177.

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Matravers, Derek and Freeman, Damien eds. (2014). Figuring Out Figurative Art: Contemporary Philosophers on Contemporary Paintings. Abingdon: Routledge.

Matravers, Derek (2014). Fiction and Narrative. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Matravers, Derek (2013). Negative Emotions and Creativity. In: Levinson, Jerrold ed. Suffering Art Gladly: The Paradox of Negative Emotions in Art. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 207–223.

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Matravers, Derek (2013). Art, expression, and emotion. In: Gaut, Berys and McIver Lopes, Dominic eds. The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics (3rd Edn.). Routledge Philosophy Companions. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 404–414.

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Matravers, Derek (2013). Wollheim. In: Gaut, Berys and McIver Lopes, Dominic eds. The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics (3rd ed). Routledge Philosophy Companions. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 200–209.

Matravers, Derek (2012). Introducing Philosophy of Art: Eight Case Studies. Durham: Acumen Press.

Matravers, Derek (2012). Wonder and cognition. In: Vasalou, Sophia ed. Practices of Wonder: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, pp. 166–178.

Matravers, Derek (2011). Empathy as a route to knowledge. In: Coplan, Amy and Goldie, Peter eds. Empathy: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 19–30.

Matravers, Derek (2011). Pictorial representation and psychology. In: Schellekens, Elisabeth and Goldie, Peter eds. The Aesthetic Mind: Philosophy and Psychology. New York, USA: Oxford University Press, pp. 427–438.

Matravers, Derek (2011). Imagination, fiction, and documentary. In: Carroll, Noel and Gibson, John eds. Narrative, Emotion, and Insight. Studies of the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium. Pennsylvania, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 173–184.

Matravers, Derek (2011). Arousal theories. In: Gracyk, Theodore and Kania, Andrew eds. Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music. Routledge Philosophy Companions. Abingdon, UK and New York, USA: Taylor & Francis, pp. 212–223.

Matravers, Derek and Coplan, Amy (2011). Film, literature and non-cognitive affect. In: Carel, Havi and Tuck, Greg eds. New Takes in Film-Philosophy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 117–134.

Matravers, Derek (2010). Why we should give up on the imagination. Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 34(1) pp. 190–199.

Matravers, Derek (2010). Expression in the arts. In: Goldie, Peter ed. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Emotion. Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 617–634.

Matravers, Derek (2010). Recent philosophical work on the connection between music and the emotions. Music Analysis, 29(1-3) pp. 8–18.

Matravers, Derek (2010). La expresión como forma de aparecer. In: Alcaraz, María José and Carreño, Francisca Pérez eds. Significado, emoción y valor: Ensayos sobre filosofía de la música. Madrid: Machado Libros.

Crilly, Nathan; Good, David; Matravers, Derek and Clarkson, P. John (2008). Design as communication: exploring the validity and utility of relating intention to interpretation. Design Studies, 29(5) pp. 425–457.

Matravers, Derek (2007). Expression in Music. In: Stock, Kathleen ed. Philosophers on Music: Experience, Meaning, and Work. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 95–116.

Matravers, Derek (2007). The Dematerialization of the art object. In: Goldie, Peter and Schellekens, Elisabeth eds. Philosophy and Conceptual Art. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 18–32.

Matravers, Derek (2007). Richard Wollheim. In: Costello, Diarmuid and Vickery, Jonathan eds. Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Oxford: Berg, pp. 140–143.

Matravers, Derek (2007). Institutional definitions and reasons. The British Journal of Aesthetics, 47(3) pp. 251–257.

Matravers, Derek (2006). Pictures, knowledge, and power: the case of T.J. Clark. In: Kieran, Matthew and Lopes, Dominic eds. Knowing Art: Essays in Aesthetics and Epistemology. Philosophical Studies Series (107). Dortrecht, Netherlands: Springer, pp. 19–35.

Matravers, Derek (2006). Some questions about radical externalism. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 13(7-8) pp. 95–108.

Matravers, Derek (2006). Aesthetics (Twentieth Century). In: Grayling, A.C.; Pyle, Andrew and Naomi, Goulder eds. The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy. London: Continuum.

Matravers, Derek (2005). Two comments and a problem for David Davies’ Performance Theory. Acta Analytica, 20(4) pp. 32–40.

Matravers, Derek and Levinson, Jerrold (2005). Aesthetic properties 1 - Derek Matravers. Supplementary Volume - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 79(1) pp. 191–210.

Matravers, Derek (2005). The challenge of irrationalism and how not to meet it. In: Kieran, Matthew ed. Contemporary debates in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

Matravers, Derek (2005). Ought Painting to Die? In: Van Eck, Caroline and Winters, Edward eds. Dealing with the Visual: Art History, Aesthetics and Visual Culture. Histories of Vision. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.

Matravers, Derek (2003). The Experience of emotion in music. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 61(4) pp. 353–363.

Matravers, Derek (2003). Fictional assent and the (so-called) 'puzzle of imaginative resistance'. In: Kieran, Matthew and Lopes, Dominic McIver eds. Imagination, philosophy and the arts. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 91–106.

Matravers, Derek (2003). The Aesthetic Experience. British Journal of Aesthetics, 43(2) pp. 158–174.

Matravers, Derek and Pike, Jon eds. (2002). Debates in Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology. London: Routledge.

Matravers, Derek (2000). The institutional theory of art: a protean creature. British Journal of Aesthetics, 40(2) pp. 242–250.

Matravers, Derek (1999). Justice and moral theory. Skepsis: A Journal for Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Research, 10 pp. 71–82.

Matravers, Derek (1999). Revising principles of architecture. Journal of Architecture, 4(1) pp. 39–45.

Matravers, Derek (1998). Art and Emotion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Matravers, Derek (1997). Truth in fiction: a reply to New. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 55(4) pp. 423–425.

Matravers, Derek (1997). The paradox of fiction: the report versus the perceptual model. In: Hjort, Mette and Laver, Sue eds. Emotion and the Arts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 78–92.

Matravers, Derek (1996). Aesthetic concepts and aesthetic experience. British Journal of Aesthetics, 36(3) pp. 265–277.

Matravers, Derek (1995). Is boring art just boring? Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 53(4) pp. 425–426.

Matravers, Derek (1995). Beliefs and the fictional narrators. Analysis, 55(2) pp. 121–122.

Matravers, Derek (1994). Why some modern art is junk. Cogito, 8(1) pp. 19–25.

Matravers, Derek (1993). Unsound sentiment: a critique of Kivy's 'Emotive Formalism'. Philosophical Papers, 22(2)

Matravers, Derek (1991). Art and the feelings and emotions. British Journal of Aesthetics, 31(4) pp. 322–331.

Matravers, Derek (1991). Whose afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ratio, 4(1) pp. 25–37.