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Shand, John (2002). Philosophy and philosophers: An introduction to Western philosophy. Routledge.

Shand, John (2000). Arguing Well. London: Routledge.

Shand, John ed. (2019). A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Philosophy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Shand, John ed. (2009). Central Issues of Philosophy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Shand, John ed. (2006). Central Works of Philosophy v4: Twentieth Century: Moore to Popper. Central Works of Philosophy, 4. London: Routledge.

Shand, John ed. (2006). Central Works of Philosophy v5: Twentieth Century: Quine and After. Central Works of Philosophy, 5. London: Routledge.

Shand, John ed. (2005). Central Works of Philosophy v3: Nineteenth Century. Central Works of Philosophy, 3. London: Routledge.

Shand, John ed. (2005). Central Works of Philosophy v2: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Central Works of Philosophy, 2. London: Routledge.

Shand, John ed. (2004). Central Works of Philosophy v1: Ancient and Medieval. Central Works of Philosophy, 1. London: Routledge.

Shand, John ed. (2003). Fundamentals of Philosophy. London: Routledge.

Shand, John (2016). Introduction to: Colin Wilson Collected Essays on Philosophers. In: Stanley, Colin ed. Colin Wilson Collected Essays on Philosophers. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, x-xviii.

Shand, John (2013). J-P Sartre & Existentialism. In: Payne, Michael and Barbera, Jessica Rae eds. A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory, 2nd Edition. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

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Shand, John (2001). Ockham. In: Arrington, Robert L. ed. A Companion to the Philosophers. Wiley-Blackwell.

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Shand, John (2024). Reasons and Causes: We are not as rational as we think we are. Daily Philosophy

Shand, John (2024). Utilitarianism Is Not a Moral Theory. Filosofiska Notiser, Årgång, 11(1) pp. 63–73.

Shand, John (2024). Evil: Ordinary or Extraordinary? Daily Philosophy

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Shand, John (2023). How Humour Works. Daily Philosophy

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Shand, John (2023). Ineffable Understanding. Daily Philosophy

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Shand, John (2022). Free Will: Dr Johnson Was Right. Human Affairs, 32(4) pp. 394–402.

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Shand, John (2021). Why we should read Descartes. Daily Philosophy

Shand, John (2021). On Never Knowing the Definition of Knowledge. Dialectic, XV(3) pp. 33–41.

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Shand, John (2021). Consciousness: Removing the Hardness and Solving the Problem. Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, 77(4) pp. 1279–1296.

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Shand, John (2019). A Meaningful life. Human Affairs, 29(4) pp. 434–444.

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Shand, John (2019). Ideas in music. Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, 74(4) pp. 1307–1328.

Shand, John (2019). Readiness for Death: Sybil Speaks. Think, 18(51) pp. 123–136.

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Shand, John (2018). No such thing as the good-life: A critique and plea for ignorance. Journal of Philosophy of Life, 8(2) pp. 48–64.

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Shand, John (2018). Putting Animals and Humans to Sleep. Philosophy Now(129)

Shand, John (2017). Philosophy makes no progress, so what is the point of it? Metaphilosophy, 48(3) pp. 284–295.

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Shand, John (2016). Why there is Something rather than Nothing. Think, 15(43) pp. 103–115.

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Shand, John (2016). Nausea is the Only Truly Philosophical Novel. Philosophers' Magazine(75) pp. 26–27.

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Shand, John (2015). Kant, Respect, and Hypothetical Acts. Philosophy, 90(3) pp. 505–518.

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Shand, John (2015). Free Will and Subject. Polish Journal of Philosophy, 9(1) pp. 51–70.

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Shand, John (2014). Predictive Mind, Cognition, and Chess. Analysis, 74(2) pp. 244–249.

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Shand, John (2012). The Degradation of Human Relations Through Instant and Ever-present Communication, and the New Etiquette It Requires. Journal of the Philosophy of Life, 2(1)

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Shand, John (2012). Varieties of Good. Journal of Leeds Philosophical Society, 2(1)

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Shand, John (2011). A Valuable and Meaningful Individual Life. Journal of Philosophy of Life, 1(2) pp. 74–83.

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Shand, John (2011). Love as if. Essays in Philosophy, 12(1) pp. 4–17.

Shand, John (2011). How believing in an afterlife can ruin your life. Philosophy Now(84)

Shand, John (2010). Abhorrence and Justification. Ethical Perspectives, 17(4) pp. 516–530.

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Shand, John (2010). Taking Offence. Analysis, 70(4) pp. 703–706.

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Shand, John (2010). A refutation of the existence of God. Think, 9(26) pp. 61–79.

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Shand, John (2009). Limits, Perspectives, and Thought. Philosophy, 84(3) pp. 429–435.

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Shand, John (2008). Sandis in defence of four Socratic doctrines. Think, 6(17-18) pp. 103–107.

Shand, John (2008). Futile Definitions. Think, 6(17-18) pp. 129–137.

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Shand, John (2007). How to live? Philosophy, 82(2) pp. 347–348.

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Shand, John (2007). Fear of the Future. Think, 5(15) pp. 45–53.

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Shand, John (2007). The Bits In Between. Philosophy Now(61) pp. 31–32.

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Shand, John (2004). Colin Wilson: Thought Against Defeat. The Philosophers' Magazine(25) pp. 48–49.

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Shand, John (2004). Innate Ideas and Immortality in Descartes and Locke. Locke Studies, 4 pp. 47–58.

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Shand, John (2002). A reply to some standard objections to euthanasia. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 14(1) pp. 43–47.

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Shand, John (2001). Induction: The Problem Solved. Philosophy Now, 34

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Shand, John and Seedhouse, David (1998). Health care discourse: A dialogue concerning the philosophy of health care. Health Care Analysis, 6 pp. 237–260.

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Shand, John (1996). Colin Wilson as Philosopher. Colin Wilson Studies, Pauper's Press, 8

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Shand, John (1989). Fallibilism and Realism. Explorations in Knowledge, VI(2) pp. 22–36.

Shand, John (1986). Grayling, Feyerabend and the constancy of sense. Analysis, 46(4) pp. 211–212.

Shand, John (2022). Books that Lead You to Philosophy. Karl Popper: The Open Society and Its Enemies.

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Shand, John (2022). Kant’s Categories and the Stevenson Screen.

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Shand, John (2022). The Knowledge-Effect.

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Shand, John (2022). The Wind on Your Face: A reflection.

Shand, John (2022). The Empathy Paradox.

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Shand, John (2022). Meaning, Value, Death and God.

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Shand, John (2021). What Are We Responsible For? Intentions, consequences and character.

Shand, John (2021). Assisted Voluntary Euthanasia: The main arguments.