民主、价值与代表方式

按照以产生于17世纪英国的“辉格党”学说为参照的“政治自由主义”观点,历史假设人就其价值、实践和目的而言是不断进步的,向着一个使他们能够实现自己目标的更伟大的“人道主义”迈进。这一观念似乎铭刻在当代的各种活动之中,而且不应该轻率地对待。生活水平、技术、科学由于     

Two dogmas of empirical justification

Nearly everyone agrees that perception gives us justification and knowledge, and a great number of epistemologists endorse a particular two‐part view about how this happens. That view is that perceptual beliefs get their justification from perceptual experiences, and that they do so by being based on them. Despite the wide acceptance of these two views, I think that neither has very much going for it; on the contrary, there's good reason not to believe either one of them.     

Some algebraic properties of the Reticular Action Model for moment structures

A number of models for the analysis of moment structures, such as LISREL, have recently been shown to be capable of being given a particularly simple and economical representation, in terms of the Reticular Action Model (RAM). In contrast to previous treatments, a formal algebraic treatment is provided which shows that RAM directly incorporates many common structural models, including models describing the structure of means. It is also shown here that RAM treats coefficient matrices with patterned inverses simply and generally.     

The procreative asymmetry and the impossibility of elusive permission

Philosophical Studies - This paper develops a form of moral actualism that can explain the procreative asymmetry. Along the way, it defends and explains the attractive asymmetry: the claim...