Remembering Gareth Matthews,
2012
Independent Scholar
Remembering Gareth Matthews, Peter Shea
Collected Papers of Peter Shea
My experience with Gareth Matthews illustrates some of the ways he helped bring philosophy into the lives of children around the world. He presented a set of clear alternatives to Matthew Lipman’s approach. His work was more accessible to parents, more open to children’s literature, more free-wheeling in the range of its basic teaching strategies, and more cumulative in its methods - than Lipman’s classroom-oriented curriculum.
Schelling's Philosophy Of Identity And Spinoza's Ethica More Geometrico,
2012
Marquette University
Schelling's Philosophy Of Identity And Spinoza's Ethica More Geometrico, Michael Vater
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Salvador Dali: Design For The Three-Cornered Hat Ballet,
2012
Marquette University
Salvador Dali: Design For The Three-Cornered Hat Ballet, Curtis Carter
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Narrative,
2012
Marquette University
Narrative, Pol Vandevelde
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
"Friend" Is A Verb,
2012
Old Dominion University
"Friend" Is A Verb, Dylan E. Wittkower
Philosophy Faculty Publications
An argument against the Aristotelian emphasis on formal and final causes in understanding friendship, and in favor of efficient and material causes. Attempts to establish that social media communications constitute a secondary literacy in the context of a shared asynchronous experience at a distance, and addresses "the sandwich problem:" how we can charitably account for the practice of photographing and sharing one's lunch.
Consuming Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests: The Role Of Genetic Literacy And Knowledge Calibration,
2012
Old Dominion University
Consuming Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests: The Role Of Genetic Literacy And Knowledge Calibration, Yvette E. Pearson, Yuping Liu-Thompkins
Philosophy Faculty Publications
As direct-to-consumer marketing of medical genetic tests grows in popularity, there is an increasing need to better understand the ethical and public policy implications of such products. The complexity of genetic tests raises serious concerns about whether consumers possess the knowledge to make sound decisions about their use. This research examines the effects of educational intervention and feedback on consumers' genetic literacy and calibration -- the gap between consumers' actual knowledge and how much they think they know. The authors find that consumers' genetic knowledge was generally low and that people tended to underestimate their knowledge level. Furthermore, consumers' perceived …
Between God And Man: Community's Place In Virtue, Practical Reason, And Transcendent Good,
2012
University of Mississippi
Between God And Man: Community's Place In Virtue, Practical Reason, And Transcendent Good, Jordan Herz Davis
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Talbot Brewer's Retrieval of Ethics and Robert Adams's Finite and Infinite Goods present distinct theories in ethics and metaethics. Brewer begins with the fundamental ethical perspective of the practical deliberator who experiences his practical deliberations as a continuous, unified, and constantly revised activity which begins with inchoate intimations of goodness and proceeds better or worse to understand and pursue the goodness which pervades his evaluative outlook. From this Brewer aims to account for how we achieve excellence in practical deliberation and arrive at a more tenable and self-consistent evaluative outlook which informs our ethical deliberations. Alternately, Adams begins in the …
The Modern Ontological Argument: In Which The Position Of Alvin Plantinga Is Refuted,
2012
University of Mississippi
The Modern Ontological Argument: In Which The Position Of Alvin Plantinga Is Refuted, Zachary Green Crownover
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In this work, I set out to accomplish three tasks. First, I hope to educate those who may be unfamiliar with the philosophy of religion, by presenting to them rough outlines of positions commonly assumed by logically minded spokespersons for atheism and theism, respectively. Second, I introduce and explicate the work of Alvin Plantinga—a prominent proponent of theistic belief—and in such a way that it may be clearly understood even by those without prior experience of modal logic. Finally, I adopt a polemical stance against Plantinga, and reach the following conclusion: Contrary to Plantinga's assertions, and given the modal framework …
Problems With Truth: Scope, Mixing, And Truth Pluralism,
2012
University of Mississippi
Problems With Truth: Scope, Mixing, And Truth Pluralism, Christopher Dyer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In this paper, I will be taking up the debate between monistic and pluralistic inflationary theories of truth. Truth monism claims that there is one explanatory story which accounts for the truth of all and only true propositions. There seem to be, however, certain domains of discourse wherein monistic theories fail. If monistic theories cannot provide an explanation for how all true propositions are true, then they would not be adequate theories of truth. Truth pluralism is motivated to avoid the scope problem. The pluralist sees that there are as many truth properties as there are domains of discourse. A …
From Positivism To ‘Anti-Positivism’ In Mexico: Some Notable Continuities,
2012
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
From Positivism To ‘Anti-Positivism’ In Mexico: Some Notable Continuities, Alexander V. Stehn
Philosophy Faculty Publications
A general consensus has emerged in the scholarship on Latin American thought dating from the latter half of the nineteenth century through the first quarter of the twentieth. Latin American intellectuals widely adapted the European philosophy of positivism in keeping with the demands of their own social and political contexts, effectively making positivism the second most important philosophical tradition in the history of Latin America, after scholasticism. However, as thinkers across Latin America faced the challenges of the twentieth century, they grew increasingly disappointed with positivism, so that “anti-positivism” stands out as a defining feature of Latin American philosophy in …
When Should Philosophers Be Silent?,
2012
Carleton College
When Should Philosophers Be Silent?, Jason Decker, Charles Taliaferro
Philosophy Faculty Work
Are there general precepts governing when philosophers should not conduct inquiry on a given topic? When, if ever, should a philosopher just be silent? In this paper we look at a number of practical, epistemic, and moral arguments for philosophical silence. Some are quite general, and suggest that it is best never to engage in philosophical inquiry, while others are more domain – or context – specific. We argue that these arguments fail to establish their conclusions. We do, however, try to identify and defend several substantive constraints on philosophical dialogue and inquiry. In practice, though, respecting these constraints needn’t …
Derrida, Lacan And Deconstruction,
2012
Eastern Illinois University
Derrida, Lacan And Deconstruction, Taylor Konieczka
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Freshest Advices On What To Do With The Historical Method In Philosophy When Using It To Study A Little Bit Of Philosophy That Has Been Lost To History,
2012
Portland State University
Freshest Advices On What To Do With The Historical Method In Philosophy When Using It To Study A Little Bit Of Philosophy That Has Been Lost To History, Bennett Gilbert
University Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
The paper explores the question of the relationship between the practice of original philosophical inquiry and the study of the history of philosophy. It is written from my point of view as someone starting a research project in the history of philosophy that calls this issue into question, in order to review my starting positions. I argue: first, that any philosopher is sufficiently embedded in culture that her practice is necessarily historical; second, that original work is in fact in part a reconstruction by reinterpretation of the past and that therefore it bears some relation to historiographic techniques for the …
Toward A History Of Aesthetics Of The Twentieth Century,
2012
Marquette University
Toward A History Of Aesthetics Of The Twentieth Century, Curtis Carter
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of Kant And Phenomenology,
2012
Marquette University
Review Of Kant And Phenomenology, Sebastian Luft
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Von Der Mannigfaltigen Bedeutung Der Reduktion Nach Husserl: Reflexionen Zur Grundbedeutung Des Zentralen Begriffs Der Transzendentalen Phänomenologie,
2012
Marquette University
Von Der Mannigfaltigen Bedeutung Der Reduktion Nach Husserl: Reflexionen Zur Grundbedeutung Des Zentralen Begriffs Der Transzendentalen Phänomenologie, Sebastian Luft
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
This paper takes a renewed look at Husserl's method of the phenomenological reduction. It interprets "the reduction" as shorthand for the meaning of Husserl's entire phenomenology in its mature stage. In the same way, the method of reduction might have different manners of execution but they are nevertheless guided by a common intent. The text takes its starting point by considering the different metaphors Husserl uses - the "flatland creatures" and the reduction as akin to a religious conversion - and spells out their implications, which lead me to consider their metaphilosophical significance. In this way, this article attempts a …
Review Of A Revolution Of The Mind By Jonathan Israel,
2012
Marquette University
Review Of A Revolution Of The Mind By Jonathan Israel, Ericka Tucker
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Global Art,
2012
Marquette University
Global Art, Curtis Carter
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Playing Fair With Prisoners,
2012
University of Richmond
Playing Fair With Prisoners, Richard Dagger
Political Science Faculty Publications
Oddness aside, however, I think there is much to recommend the attempt to restore rehabilitation to a central place in the practice of punishment. Nor do I think that rehabilitation must displace retribution in that practice. Properly understood, the two aims are not only compatible but also complementary. If we are to understand them properly, though, we shall need to see them as components of a theory of punishment that is grounded in considerations of fair play. Such a theory also has the advantage of offering guidance with regard to other controversial matters of penal policy, such as the question …
Introduction: The Trajectory Of German Philosophy After Kant, And The "Difference" Between Fichte And Schelling,
2012
Marquette University
Introduction: The Trajectory Of German Philosophy After Kant, And The "Difference" Between Fichte And Schelling, Michael Vater
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
