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Scott Hill 《Argumentation》2009,23(2):277-283
Toomas Karmo claims that his taxonomy of ethical sentences has the result that there does not exist a sound argument with
all non-ethical premises and an ethical conclusion. In a recent paper, Mark T. Nelson argues against this claim. Nelson presents
a sound argument that he takes to be such that (i) Karmo’s taxonomy classifies that argument’s single premise as non-ethical
and (ii) Karmo’s taxonomy classifies that argument’s conclusion as ethical. I attempt to show that Nelson is mistaken about
(ii). For any possible world at which the premise of Nelson’s argument is true, Karmo’s taxonomy classifies the conclusion
of Nelson’s argument as non-ethical.
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Scott HillEmail: |
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Timothy Williamson has famously argued that the (KK) principle (roughly, that if one knows that p, then one knows that one knows that p) should be rejected. We analyze Williamson’s argument and show that its key premise is ambiguous, and that when it is properly
stated this premise no longer supports the argument against (KK). After canvassing possible objections to our argument, we
reflect upon some conclusions that suggest significant epistemological ramifications pertaining to the acquisition of knowledge
from prior knowledge by deduction.
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Levi Spectre (Corresponding author)Email: |
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Jens Johansson 《Philosophia》2009,37(1):87-89
Many philosophers maintain that artworks, such as statues, are constituted by other material objects, such as lumps of marble.
I give an argument against this view, an argument which appeals to mereological simples.
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Jens JohanssonEmail: |
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Seahwa Kim 《Erkenntnis》2009,70(3):419-426
In his 2003 paper, “Does the Existence of Mathematical Objects Make a Difference?”, Alan Baker criticizes what he terms the
‘Makes No Difference’ (MND) argument by arguing that it does not succeed in undermining platonism. In this paper, I raise
two objections. The first objection is that Baker is wrong in claiming that the premise of the MND argument lacks a truth-value.
The second objection is that the theory of counterlegals which he appeals to in his argument is incompatible with actual scientific
practice. I conclude that we ought not to accept Baker’s claim.
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Seahwa KimEmail: Email: |
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Michael Martin 《Sophia》2007,46(1):75-77
In this note I show that Noreen Johnson misunderstands my argument and consequently fails to refute my thesis that God’s omnipotence
conflicts with his omniscience.
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Michael MartinEmail: |
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Jacob Busch 《Philosophia》2009,37(1):55-65
The underdetermination of theory by data argument (UD) is traditionally construed as an argument that tells us that we ought
to favour an anti-realist position over a realist position. I argue that when UD is constructed as an argument saying that
theory choice is to proceed between theories that are empirically equivalent and adequate to the phenomena up until now, the
argument will not favour constructive empiricism over realism. A constructive empiricist cannot account for why scientists
are reasonable in expecting one theory to be empirically adequate rather than another, given the criteria he suggests for
theory choice.
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Jacob BuschEmail: |
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Joel Thomas Tierno 《Sophia》2008,47(2):223-230
In this essay, I respond to Nick Trakakis’ “A Third (Meta-)Critique.” This critique is directed against my argument concerning
the inadequacy of the traditional theistic argument from free will. I contend that the argument from free will does not adequately
explain the distribution of moral evil in the world. I maintain that the third critique, like Trakakis’ earlier critiques,
is unconvincing. I remain convinced that my original argument regarding the inadequacy of the traditional argument from free
will is compelling. The argument from freedom of the will, considered in itself, is unpersuasive.
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Joel Thomas TiernoEmail: |
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Michael Weber 《Ethical Theory and Moral Practice》2007,10(2):209-226
Larry Temkin has shown that Derek Parfit’s well-known Mere Addition Paradox suggests a powerful argument for the intransitivity
of the relation “better than.” The crux of the argument is the view that equality is essentially comparative, according to
which the same inequality can be evaluated differently depending on what it is being compared to. The comparative view of
equality should be rejected, I argue, and hence so too this argument for intransitivity.
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Michael WeberEmail: |
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Jürgen Schr?der 《Erkenntnis》2007,67(2):221-237
One of several problems concerning the possibility of mental causation is that the causal potential of a supervenient property
seems to be absorbed by its supervenience base if that base and the supervenient property are not identical. If the causal
powers of the supervenient property are a proper subset of the causal powers of the supervenience base then, according to
the causal individuation of properties, the supervenience base seems to do all the causal work and the supervenient property
appears to be futile. Against this consequence it is possible to argue, first, that the relevant properties of causes must
be in some sense proportional to the relevant properties of their effects and, second, that the principle of causal closure
serving as a premise in the supervenience argument is probably false. The constraint that the relevant properties of causes
should be proportional to the relevant properties of their effects together with the falsity of the closure principle leads
to a restoration of the causal efficacy of supervenient properties.
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Jürgen Schr?derEmail: |
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Gregory Landini 《Axiomathes》2009,19(2):115-142
This is a critical discussion of Nino B. Cocchiarella’s book “Formal Ontology and Conceptual Realism.” It focuses on paradoxes
of hyperintensionality that may arise in formal systems of intensional logic.
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Gregory LandiniEmail: |
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Laurence Goldstein 《Philosophical Studies》2009,144(3):377-389
Consideration of a paradox originally discovered by John Buridan provides a springboard for a general solution to paradoxes
within the Liar family. The solution rests on a philosophical defence of truth-value-gaps and is consistent (non-dialetheist),
avoids ‘revenge’ problems, imports no ad hoc assumptions, is not applicable to only a proper subset of the semantic paradoxes
and implies no restriction of the expressive capacities of language.
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Laurence GoldsteinEmail: |
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Jay Newhard 《Philosophical Studies》2009,142(3):345-352
Contextual theories of truth are motivated primarily by the resolution they provide to paradoxical reasoning about truth.
The principal argument for contextual theories of truth relies on a key intuition about the truth value of the proposition
expressed by a particular utterance made during paradoxical reasoning, which Anil Gupta calls “the Chrysippus intuition.”
In this paper, I argue that the principal argument for contextual theories of truth is circular, and that the Chrysippus intuition
is false. I conclude that the philosophical motivation for contextual theories of truth fails.
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Jay NewhardEmail: |
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André Juthe 《Argumentation》2009,23(2):133-169
This paper discusses the method when an argument is refuted by a parallel argument since the flaw of the parallel argument
is clearly displayed. The method is explicated, examined and compared with two other general methods.
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André JutheEmail: |
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Ishtiyaque Haji 《Erkenntnis》2008,68(1):1-19
The Direct Argument for the incompatibility of determinism and moral responsibility is so christened because this argument allegedly circumvents
any appeal to the principle of alternate possibilities – a person is morally responsible for doing something only if he could
have avoided doing it – to secure incompatibilism. In this paper, I first summarize Peter van Inwagen’s version of the Direct
Argument. I then comment on David Widerker’s recent responses to the argument. Finally, I cast doubt on the argument by constructing
counterexamples to a rule of inference it invokes.
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Ishtiyaque HajiEmail: |
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David Liggins 《Erkenntnis》2008,68(1):113-127
Much recent discussion in the philosophy of mathematics has concerned the indispensability argument—an argument which aims
to establish the existence of abstract mathematical objects through appealing to the role that mathematics plays in empirical
science. The indispensability argument is standardly attributed to W. V. Quine and Hilary Putnam. In this paper, I show that
this attribution is mistaken. Quine’s argument for the existence of abstract mathematical objects differs from the argument
which many philosophers of mathematics ascribe to him. Contrary to appearances, Putnam did not argue for the existence of
abstract mathematical objects at all. I close by suggesting that attention to Quine and Putnam’s writings reveals some neglected
arguments for platonism which may be superior to the indispensability argument.
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David LigginsEmail: |
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Simon Roberts-Thomson 《Res Publica》2008,14(2):69-82
The institution of slavery is an unjust institution. The aim of this paper is to provide an explanation of why it is unjust.
I argue that slavery is unjust because it makes it impossible for slaves to realise both their interest in self-respect and
their interest in being at home in the world. Furthermore, I argue that this explanation of the injustice of slavery also
provides us with an argument for political equality.
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Simon Roberts-ThomsonEmail: |
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Leo Iacono 《Philosophical Studies》2008,140(3):423-436
In Beyond Rigidity, Soames attempts to defend Millianism by articulating a novel account of the semantics and pragmatics of sentences containing
names. Soames uses this account both to respond to the objection that Millianism unintuitively allows the unrestricted substitution
of coreferential names in propositional attitude contexts, and to generate a positive argument for Millianism. I argue that
the positive argument fails, and that Soames’s account of the semantics and pragmatics of sentences containing names is inconsistent
with Millianism.
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Leo IaconoEmail: |
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James D. Marshall 《Studies in Philosophy and Education》2007,26(2):97-109
In this paper I wish to comment upon the use of polemical argument in philosophy of education and education. Like Foucault,
I believe that a whole morality is at stake because polemical argument obfuscates the search for truth at the expense of truth
and the other’s veracity, integrity and dignity. The use of polemics is illustrated by two arguments. The first general argument
is taken from an attack upon Albert Camus by the British writer Colin Wilson. The second more particular example is taken
from attacks in New Zealand by the State Department of Education upon the educational ideas of the novelist and educator Sylvia
Ashton-Warner. Finally I discuss how polemics might be countered in education.
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James D. MarshallEmail: |
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The presumption of movement 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Alba Papa-Grimaldi 《Axiomathes》2007,17(2):137-154
The conceptualisation of movement has always been problematical for Western thought, ever since Parmenides declared our incapacity
to conceptualise the plurality of change because our self-identical thought can only know an identical being. Exploiting this
peculiar feature and constraint on our thought, Zeno of Elea devised his famous paradoxes of movement in which he shows that
the passage from a position to movement cannot be conceptualised. In this paper, I argue that this same constraint is at the
root of our incapacity to conceptualise the unseen movement at the micro-level and that the aporetic idea of super-position
far from opening the gate on a deeper reality is a symptomatic word for this lack of understanding.
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Alba Papa-GrimaldiEmail: |