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Christian Miller 《Ethical Theory and Moral Practice》2008,11(5):551-561
The purpose of this paper is to consider Joshua Gert’s novel view of subjective practical rationality in his book Brute Rationality. After briefly outlining the account, I present two objections to his view and then consider his own objections to a rival
approach to understanding subjective rationality which I take to be much more plausible.
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Christian MillerEmail: |
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Evan Selinger 《Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences》2008,7(2):301-308
Harry Collins interprets Hubert Dreyfus’s philosophy of embodiment as a criticism of all possible forms of artificial intelligence.
I argue that this characterization is inaccurate and predicated upon a misunderstanding of the relevance of phenomenology
for empirical scientific research.
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Evan SelingerEmail: |
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Stephan Kornmesser 《Journal for General Philosophy of Science》2008,39(1):53-67
In this article I will compare two approaches for defining theoretical terms, that of Logical Empirism (especially the approach
of R. Carnap) and that of Structuralism (according to the works of J. Sneed and W. Stegmüller). I will determine explicitly
the accounts of theoreticity in both Logical Empirism and Structuralism, and compare them by means of a case study: a structuralistic
reconstruction of Neurobiological Constructivism (according to the theory of G. Roth). I will point out that the structuralistic
criticism on the account of theoreticity of Logical Empirism is insufficient and that the structuralistic criterion of theoreticity
does not satisfy the requirements of demarcation for theoretical terms demanded by Logical Empirism.
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Stephan KornmesserEmail: |
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Glen A. Hoffmann 《Philosophia》2007,35(2):161-170
According to Field’s influential incompleteness objection, Tarski’s semantic theory of truth is unsatisfactory since the definition
that forms its basis is incomplete in two distinct senses: (1) it is physicalistically inadequate, and for this reason, (2)
it is conceptually deficient. In this paper, I defend the semantic theory of truth against the incompleteness objection by
conceding (1) but rejecting (2). After arguing that Davidson and McDowell’s reply to the incompleteness objection fails to
pass muster, I argue that, within the constraints of a non-reductive physicalism and a holism concerning the concepts of truth,
reference and meaning, conceding Field’s physicalistic inadequacy conclusion while rejecting his conceptual deficiency conclusion
is a promising reply to the incompleteness objection.
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Glen A. HoffmannEmail: |
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Jens Johansson 《Ethical Theory and Moral Practice》2009,12(3):247-256
Chris Heathwood has recently put forward a novel and ingenious argument against the view that intrinsic value is analyzable
in terms of fitting attitudes. According to Heathwood, this view holds water only if the related but distinct concept of welfare—intrinsic
value for a person—can be analyzed in terms of fitting attitudes too. Moreover, he argues against such an analysis of welfare by appealing to
the rationality of our bias towards the future. In this paper, I argue that so long as we keep the tenses and the intrinsic/extrinsic
distinction right, the fitting-attitudes analysis of welfare can be shown to survive Heathwood’s criticism.
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Albert Atkin 《Philosophia》2008,36(3):313-326
This paper traces a lost genealogical connection between Charles S. Peirce’s later theory of signs and contemporary work in
the philosophy of language by John Perry. As is shown, despite some differences, both accounts offer what might be termed
a multi-level account of meaning. Moreover, it is claimed that by adopting a ‘Peircian turn’ in his theory, Perry might overcome
alleged shortcomings in his account of cognitive significance.
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Albert AtkinEmail: |
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Thomas Uebel 《Journal for General Philosophy of Science》2007,38(2):383-391
This paper responds to a recent criticism of Uebel's analysis of Neurath's protocol statements and proposes some independent
amendments.
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Thomas UebelEmail: |
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Martin Paulsen 《Studies in East European Thought》2008,60(3):251-260
In this article I look at changes in the role of literary criticism in Russian literature since perestroika. The article draws on the research of Sergej Čuprinin and Birgit Menzel. Based on my readings of the debate among literary
critics about what literary criticism is and should be, and focusing on the interrelationship in the triangle writer-critic-reader,
I establish a typology of contemporary literary criticism: 1. the critic as a master of the “literary process”, 2. the critic
as co-writer, 3. the critic as a guide for the reader.
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Martin PaulsenEmail: |
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Elizabeth Brake 《Ethical Theory and Moral Practice》2007,10(3):243-254
This paper develops a Kantian account of the moral assessment of institutions. The problem I address is this: while a deontological
theory may find that some legal institutions are required by justice, it is not obvious how such a theory can assess institutions
not strictly required (or prohibited) by justice. As a starting-point, I consider intuitions that in some cases it is desirable
to attribute non-consequentialist moral value to institutions not required by justice. I will argue that neither consequentialist
nor virtue-ethical accounts account for these intuitions, suggesting that a distinctive deontological account is needed. The
account I give is drawn from Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals; I distinguish it from Kantian views of institutions developed by Barbara Herman and Onora O’Neill. Throughout, I use marriage
as an example.
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Elizabeth BrakeEmail: |
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“Ontological emergence” of inherent high-level properties with causal powers is witnessed nowhere. A non-substantialist conception
of emergence works much better. It allows downward causation, provided our concept of causality is transformed accordingly.
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Michel BitbolEmail: |
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The present paper explored the relation of wealth and support for self-determination to national subjective well-being (SWB).
Support for self-determination was considered from both a political and cultural values standpoint. The results confirmed
associations between wealth, support for self-determination, and well-being in a large sample of countries. Importantly, political
and cultural value supports for self-determination remained significantly associated with national well-being (as measured
by happiness reports and life expectancy) even after controlling for national differences in wealth.
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Michelle DownieEmail: |
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Frank Arntzenius 《Erkenntnis》2008,68(2):277-297
I argue that standard decision theories, namely causal decision theory and evidential decision theory, both are unsatisfactory.
I devise a new decision theory, from which, under certain conditions, standard game theory can be derived.
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Frank ArntzeniusEmail: |
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Guy Fletcher 《Philosophia》2009,37(1):149-152
Despite its apparent ubiquity, philosophers have not talked much about sentimental value. One exception is Anthony Hatzimoysis
(The Philosophical Quarterly 53:373–379, 2003). Those who wish to take sentimental value seriously are likely to make use of Christine Korsgaard’s ideas on two distinctions
in value. In this paper I show that Hatzimoysis has misrendered Korsgaard’s insight in his discussion of sentimental value.
I begin by briefly summarising Korsgaard’s idea before showing how Hatzimoysis’ treatment of it is mistaken.
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Guy FletcherEmail: |
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Ásta Sveinsdóttir 《Philosophical Studies》2008,140(1):135-148
In this article I introduce a certain kind of anti-realist account of what makes a property essential to an object and defend
it against likely objections. This account, which I call a ‘conferralist’ account, shares some of the attractive features
of other anti-realist accounts, such as conventionalism and expressivism, but I believe, not their respective drawbacks.
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ásta SveinsdóttirEmail: |
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Erin Eaker 《Philosophia》2009,37(3):455-457
This paper raises questions concerning Ted Morris’ interpretation of Hume’s notion of meaning and investigates the private
and public aspects of Hume’s notion of meaning.
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Erin EakerEmail: |
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Haye AA 《Integrative psychological & behavioral science》2008,42(2):157-163
One of the main goals of cognitive science is to shed light on human knowledge. This paper states that, if daily conversations,
literature, and private thought, are proper expressions of human behavior, then cognitive sciences ought to elaborate a concept
of knowledge suited to this kind of activities. I draw upon the notion of discourse in Bakhtin to specify the attributes of
knowing needed to account for human behavior, whose manifestations in everyday life are not reduced to representing objects
but essentially oriented toward responding to others. As a central aspect of knowledge, I focus on intentionality and offer
a discussion about different aspects of it. Specifically, I examine the difference between intentionality as the faculty of
representation (aboutness) and intentionality as the subjective positioning toward contextually relevant ideological perspectives
(meaning).
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Andrés A. HayeEmail: |
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A. D. Smith 《Philosophical Studies》2008,140(2):197-212
This paper considers the claim that perceptual experience is “transparent”, in the sense that nothing other than the apparent
public objects of perception are available to introspection by the subject of such experience. I revive and strengthen the
objection that blurred vision constitutes an insuperable objection to the claim, and counter recent responses to the general
objection. Finally the bearing of this issue on representationalist accounts of the mind is considered.
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A. D. SmithEmail: |
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Phenomenology of the body and the third generation of cognitive science, both of which attribute a central role in human cognition
to the body rather than to the Cartesian notion of representation, face the criticism that higher-level cognition cannot be
fully grasped by those studies. The problem here is how explicit representations, consciousness, and thoughts issue from perception
and the body, and how they cooperate in human cognition. In order to address this problem, we propose a research program,
a cognitive phenomenology of the body, which is basically motivated by the perspective of Merleau-Ponty. We find a substantial clue in developmental psychological
studies on the body and language.
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Shoji Nagataki (Corresponding author)Email: |
Satoru HiroseEmail: |
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Stephanie Patridge 《Philosophia》2008,36(2):181-193
Moralists hold that art criticism can and should take stock of moral considerations. Though moralists disagree over the proper
scope of ethical art criticism, they are unified in their acceptance of the consistency of valence thesis: when an artwork
fares poorly from the moral point of view, and this fact is art critically relevant, then it is thereby worse qua artwork.
In this paper, I argue that a commitment to moralism, however strong, is unattractive because it requires that we radically
revise our art critical practices in contexts where revision seems ill advised. I will consider two such cases, Pushkin’s
Eugene Onegin and Balthus’ Alice. When we further reflect on our actual art critical practices in cases like these, we find
that we do not have an unfailing commitment to the consistency of valence thesis. That is, some artworks are (artistically)
good because they are (morally) bad.
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Stephanie PatridgeEmail: |
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Derk Pereboom 《Philosophical Studies》2009,144(1):21-33
In this article I develop several responses to my co-authors of Four Views on Free Will. In reply to Manuel Vargas, I suggest
a way to clarify his claim that our concepts of free will and moral responsibility should be revised, and I question whether
he really proposes to revise the notion of basic desert at stake in the debate. In response to Robert Kane, I examine the
role the rejection of Frankfurt-style arguments has in his position, and whether his criticism of my version of this argument
is sound. In reply to John Fischer, I argue that the reasons-responsiveness central to his account of moral responsibility
is not best characterized counterfactually, and I provide a suggestion for revision.
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Derk PereboomEmail: |