L.A. Paul specializes in metaphysics and philosophy of mind, focusing on questions concerning perception, temporal experience, mereology, causation, identity, constitution and essence. She also has interests in cognitive science, aesthetics, and the philosophy of science. She is the co-editor of Causation and Counterfactuals, (2004), with Collins and Hall. Other publications include: "The Worm at the Root of the Passions," Utilitas (1998), "Aspect Causation," Journal of Philosophy (2000), "Logical Parts," Noûs (2002), "The Context of Essence," Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2004), "Coincidence as Overlap," Noûs, (2006), "In Defense of Essentialism," Philosophical Perpectives (2006),"Constitutive Overdetermination," Topics in Contemporary Philosophy IV (2007).