Free Will (2018) Timothy O'Connor and Chris Franklin The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
Comprehensive guide to issues and arguments by philosophers, with emphasis on contemporary discussion.
The Emergence of Personhood: Reflections on The Game of Life (2015) Timothy O'Connor The Emergence of Personhood: A Quantum Leap?, 143-162
"Top-down Causation: An Integrating Theme Within and Across the Sciences?" (themed journal issue) (2012) co-editors: George F.R. Ellis, Denis Noble, and Timothy O'Connor Interface Focus: A Journal of the Royal Society, 2 1-140
Emergence and the Metaphysics of Group Cognition (2010) Timothy O'Connor and Georg Theiner Emergence in Science and Philosophy, 78-117
Nonreductive Physicalism or Emergent Dualism? The Argument from Mental Causation (2010) Timothy O'Connor and John Churchill The Waning of Materialism: New Essays, 261-279
A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (edited volume) (2010) co-editors: Timothy O'Connor and Constantine Sandis Blackwell.
Conscious Willing and the Emerging Sciences of Brain and Behavior (2009) Tim O'Connor Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will, 173-186
Recent studies within neuroscience and cognitive psychology have explored the place ofconscious willing in the generation of purposive action. Some have argued that certain findings indicate that the commonsensical view that we con trol many of our actions through conscious willing is largely or wholly illusory. I rebut such arguments, contending that they typically rest on a conflation of distinct phenomena. Nevertheless, I also suggest that traditional philosophical accounts of the will need to be revised: a raft of studies indicate that control over one’s own will among human beings is limited, fragile, and – insofar as control depends to an extent on conscious knowledge – admitting of degrees. I briefly sketch several dimensions along which freedom of the will may vary over time and across agents.
The Metaphysics of Emergence (2005) Timothy O'Connor and Hong Yu Wong Nous, 39 259-279