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JOHN ZERILLI: RESEARCH

John Zerilli has published numerous articles, canvassing law, political economy, philosophy, and cognitive science, and three books.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS cover of Zerilli 2012
  • 2019. The adaptable mind: What neuroplasticity and neural reuse tell us about language and cognition. New York: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
  • 2019. A citizen’s guide to artificial intelligence (as lead author, with: Danaher, J. & Koene, A.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (forthcoming).
  • 2019. Neural redundancy and its relation to neural reuse. Philosophy of Science 86(5): xx.
  • 2019. The use of algorithms in the New Zealand public sector: A preliminary assessment (with: Liddicoat, J., Gavaghan, C., Knott, A. & Maclaurin, J.). New Zealand Law Journal (forthcoming).
  • 2019. Neural reuse and the modularity of mind: Where to next for modularity? Biological Theory 14(1): 1-20.
  • 2018. Transparency in algorithmic and human decision-making: Is there a double standard? (as lead author, with: Knott, A., Maclaurin, J. & Gavaghan, C.). Philosophy and Technology (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-018-0330-6).
  • 2017. Multiple realization and the commensurability of taxonomies. Synthese (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1599-1).
  • 2017. Against the “system” module. Philosophical Psychology 30(3): 235-250.
  • 2014. A minimalist framework for comparative psychology. Biology and Philosophy 29(6): 897-904.
  • 2013. The Romantic roots of economic rationalism. Arena Journal 41-42: 7-27.
  • 2012. The economic imperative. Exeter: Imprint Academic.
  • 2008. Accident in the equitable jurisdiction. Journal of Contract Law 24: 112-131.
  • 2007. The critical role of theory in practice. Legal Education Review 17: 103-117.
  • 2006. Mitigation in a claim for contract damages. Australian Law Journal 80: 799-801.