2025-02-212015-08-20https://p2p8-sa-zuvru-a9vusux.re-cotta.com/handle/1/42715942I'm a retired anaesthetist, now 69. I was recently awarded a PhD (Queen's University Belfast) in philosophy for thesis entitled 'Causality in a McDowellian World'. I now have no academic affiliation, nor any prospect of one, and therefore find Open Access extremely useful for further study.