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Full-Text Articles in Philosophy
Book Review Of A Companion To Ricoeur's Freedom And Nature, Edited By Scott Davidson, Pol Vandevelde
Book Review Of A Companion To Ricoeur's Freedom And Nature, Edited By Scott Davidson, Pol Vandevelde
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Migratorial Disobedience: The Fetishization Of Immigration Law, Grant J. Silva
Migratorial Disobedience: The Fetishization Of Immigration Law, Grant J. Silva
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Racism As Self-Love, Grant J. Silva
Racism As Self-Love, Grant J. Silva
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
In the United States today, much interpersonal racism is driven by corrupt forms of self-preservation. Drawing from Jean-Jacques Rousseau, I refer to this as self-love racism. The byproduct of socially-induced racial anxieties and perceived threats to one’s physical or social wellbeing, self-love racism is the protective attachment to the racialized dimensions of one’s social status, wealth, privilege, and/or identity. Examples include police officer related shootings of unarmed Black Americans, anti-immigrant sentiment, and the resurgence of unabashed white supremacy. This form of racism is defined less by the introduction of racism into the world and more on the perpetuation of racially …
Criticism As A Form Of Cognition (Journal Article), Curtis L. Carter
Criticism As A Form Of Cognition (Journal Article), Curtis L. Carter
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Self-Control And Moral Security, Jeanette Kennett, Jessica Wolfendale
Self-Control And Moral Security, Jeanette Kennett, Jessica Wolfendale
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
Self-control is integral to successful human agency. But the capacity for self-control requires external support. This paper explores the connections between social conditions, self-control, agency, and the self. Part one offers a taxonomy of self-control. Part two examines the external conditions that support successful agency and self-control, and argues that moral security is a critical foundation for agency. Moral security refers to the degree to which an agent believes that her welfare and her projects are valued by others and by her society. Parts three and four explore how narratives about racism and poverty undermine moral security, and limit and …
Religious F Aith In The Unjust Meantime: The Spiritual Violence Of Clergy Sexual Abuse, Theresa W. Tobin
Religious F Aith In The Unjust Meantime: The Spiritual Violence Of Clergy Sexual Abuse, Theresa W. Tobin
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
Clergy sexual abuse is both sexual and psychological violence, but it is also a paradigmatic case of spiritual violence that rises to the level of religious trauma. In this paper I argue that the spiritual violence of clergy sexual abuse diminishes, and in some cases may even destroy, a survivor’s capacities for religious faith or other forms of spiritual engagement. I use and illustrate the value of feminist methodology, as developed and advanced by Alison Jaggar, for generating and pursuing philosophical questions about religious experience. Feminist methodology’s sensitivity to theorizing situated subjects who stand to each other in relations of …
From Fallibility To Fragility: How The Theory Of Narrative Transformed The Notion Of Character Of Fallible Man, Pol Vandevelde
From Fallibility To Fragility: How The Theory Of Narrative Transformed The Notion Of Character Of Fallible Man, Pol Vandevelde
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Professional Philosophy, “Diversity,” And Racist Exclusion: On Van Norden’S Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto, Grant J. Silva
Professional Philosophy, “Diversity,” And Racist Exclusion: On Van Norden’S Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto, Grant J. Silva
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
On The Difficulties Of Writing Philosophy From A Racialized Subjectivity, Grant J. Silva
On The Difficulties Of Writing Philosophy From A Racialized Subjectivity, Grant J. Silva
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Bridging The Gap Between Similarity And Causality: An Integrated Approach To Concepts, Corinne L. Bloch-Mullins
Bridging The Gap Between Similarity And Causality: An Integrated Approach To Concepts, Corinne L. Bloch-Mullins
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
A growing consensus in the philosophy and psychology of concepts is that while theories such as the prototype, exemplar, and theory theories successfully account for some instances of concept formation and application, none of them successfully accounts for all such instances. I argue against this ‘new consensus’ and show that the problem is, in fact, more severe: the explanatory force of each of these theories is limited even with respect to the phenomena often cited to support it, as each fails to satisfy an important explanatory desideratum with respect to these phenomena. I argue that these explanatory shortcomings arise from …
“The Americas Seek Not Enlightenment But Liberation”: On The Philosophical Significance Of Liberation For Philosophy In The Americas, Grant J. Silva
“The Americas Seek Not Enlightenment But Liberation”: On The Philosophical Significance Of Liberation For Philosophy In The Americas, Grant J. Silva
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Kant, Neo-Kantianism, And Phenomenology, Sebastian Luft
Kant, Neo-Kantianism, And Phenomenology, Sebastian Luft
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
This chapter offers a reassessment of the relationship between Kant, the Kantian tradition, and phenomenology, here focusing mainly on Husserl and Heidegger. Part of this reassessment concerns those philosophers who, during the lives of Husserl and Heidegger, sought to defend an updated version of Kant’s philosophy, the neo-Kantians. The chapter shows where the phenomenologists were able to benefit from some of the insights on the part of Kant and the neo-Kantians, but also clearly points to the differences. The aim of this chapter is to offer a fair evaluation of the relation of the main phenomenologists to Kant and to …
The Parable As Mirror: An Examination Of The Use Of Parables In The Works Of Kierkegaard, Russell Hamer
The Parable As Mirror: An Examination Of The Use Of Parables In The Works Of Kierkegaard, Russell Hamer
Dissertations (1934 -)
This dissertation focuses on an exploration of the use of parables in the works of Soren Kierkegaard. While some work has been done on Kierkegaard’s poetic style, very little attention has been paid to his metaphors, despite their prevalent use in his works. Much of the scholarship instead treats his parables as mere examples of philosophical concepts. In this work, I argue that Kierkegaard’s parables function primarily to cause the reader to see him or herself truly. The parables work like mirrors, reflecting our true selves back onto ourself. In this way, the parables prompt Kierkegaard’s readers to overcome the …
Hume On Thick And Thin Causation, Alexander Bozzo
Hume On Thick And Thin Causation, Alexander Bozzo
Dissertations (1934 -)
Hume is known for his claim that our idea of causation is nothing beyond constant conjunction, and that our idea of necessary connection is nothing beyond a felt determination of the mind. In short, Hume endorses a "thin" conception of causation and necessary connection. In recent years, however, a sizeable number of philosophers have come to view Hume as someone who believes in the existence of thick causal connections - that is, causal connections that allow one to infer a priori the effect from the cause, and vice versa. Hume doesn't wish to deny such connections, said philosopher's claim, he …
The Raise Act: Protecting First-World Privilege Via Strategic Racism, Grant J. Silva
The Raise Act: Protecting First-World Privilege Via Strategic Racism, Grant J. Silva
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Dialogue Or Drama? The Role Of Language As Seen By Gadamer And Foucault, Pol Vandevelde
Dialogue Or Drama? The Role Of Language As Seen By Gadamer And Foucault, Pol Vandevelde
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Socratic Turn: Knowledge Of Good And Evil In An Age Of Science, By Dustin Sebell, Owen Goldin
Review Of The Socratic Turn: Knowledge Of Good And Evil In An Age Of Science, By Dustin Sebell, Owen Goldin
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Mind Als Geist In Der Welt Der Kultur: Kultuphilosophie, "Naturalistische" Transzendentalphilosophie Und Die Frage Nach Dem Raum Der Kultur, Sebastian Luft
Mind Als Geist In Der Welt Der Kultur: Kultuphilosophie, "Naturalistische" Transzendentalphilosophie Und Die Frage Nach Dem Raum Der Kultur, Sebastian Luft
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
Abstract: Mind as Spirit in the World of Culture. Philosophy of Culture, "Naturalistic" Transcendental Philosophy and the Question of the Space of Culture. In this essay I present Cassirer's philosophy of culture as a special application of Kant's transcendental philosophy. I then compare and contrast it to another tradition, namely the Pittsburgh School, especially McDowell. The starting point here is the Sellarsian concept of the 'Space of reasons', which McDowell expands through his Aristotelian-inspired concept of 'Second nature'. By way of a rather peculiar interpretation of an early interpreter of Cassirer -Howe- I will attempt to bring 'Marburg' and 'Pittsburgh' …
El Suplemento De La Imaginación En La Narración. O De Cómo Husserl Aporta Un Complemento A La Perspectiva De Ricoeur, Pol Vandevelde
El Suplemento De La Imaginación En La Narración. O De Cómo Husserl Aporta Un Complemento A La Perspectiva De Ricoeur, Pol Vandevelde
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
I apply Edmund Husserl’s notion of “phantasma”, which he sees as the support for pure imagination, to Ricoeur’s understanding of a narrative of real facts or events. I argue, first, that the phantasma, which plays in pure imagination the same role as sensations in perception, allows us to visualize and experience what is recounted in a narrative; and, second, that this phantasma is analogous to the sensations of perceptions that observers had of these facts and events. This component of imagination in a narrative is precisely what allows a narrative to render facts and events “as they …
Capturing Transitional Justice: Exploring Colleen Murphy’S The Conceptual Foundations Of Transitional Justice, Margaret Urban Walker
Capturing Transitional Justice: Exploring Colleen Murphy’S The Conceptual Foundations Of Transitional Justice, Margaret Urban Walker
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
Colleen Murphy’s impressive book presents a unified theory of transitional justice as a single, novel, distinct kind of justice, intended to guide normative evaluation of the choices transitional societies make in dealing with the past. I raise three central challenges to Murphy’s theory. First, how do we know that transitional justice is fundamentally a single special kind of justice that permits a grand unified theory? Second, is it plausible to hold, as Murphy claims, that societal transformation is the overarching aim or objective of transitional justice? Third, is transitional justice convincingly explained as pursuing societal transformation ‘through’ or ‘by’ dealing …
Some Themes In Suárez’S Account Of The Separated Soul, James B. South
Some Themes In Suárez’S Account Of The Separated Soul, James B. South
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
In this article, I focus on three issues in Francisco Suárez’s account of the separated soul: the status of the separated soul as a person, the separated soul’s knowledge of itself, and the question of the soul’s nature both as form of the body and as existing outside the body. I place his discussion in dialogue with St. Thomas Aquinas and Cajetan (Thomas de Vio) and show the ways he departs from those two thinkers. Finally, I show that his account of these problems makes for a philosophically probable account of the resurrection of the body.
Reason And Agency In Kant And Fichte, Michael Vater
Reason And Agency In Kant And Fichte, Michael Vater
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
This paper explores the question of the unity of Transcendental Idealism at the end of Eighteenth Century German philosophy, given that it circulated in different versions, Kant’s Critique [of humans’ rational powers] and Fichte’ System of Science [Wissenschaftslehre]. Both thinkers take the transcendental turn. They base conceptual investigations not on facts or empirical evidence, but on the possibility of a situation; they are idealists since they look inward to the spontaneity of the agent/knower for explanation, not the environment, stimulus, or sensory given. Reason can fathom only what it has constructed.
Hope(S) After Genocide, Margaret Urban Walker
Hope(S) After Genocide, Margaret Urban Walker
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
On National Identity, Owen Goldin, Wolfgang Streeck
On National Identity, Owen Goldin, Wolfgang Streeck
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
In response to “Trump and the Trumpists” (Vol. 3, No. 1).
Aquinas, Averroes, And The Human Will, Traci Ann Phillipson
Aquinas, Averroes, And The Human Will, Traci Ann Phillipson
Dissertations (1934 -)
Scholars have largely read Aquinas’ critique of Averroes on the issue of will and moral responsibility in a positive light. They tend to accept Aquinas’ account of Averroes’ theory and its shortcomings, failing to read Averroes’ theory in its own right or take a critical eye to Aquinas’ understanding of Averroes. This dissertation will provide that critical eye by addressing four key issues associated with the location and function of the will: (A) the nature of the Intellects as both separate and “in the soul,” (B) the notion that the Intellects are “form for us,” (C) the relationship between the …
The Social And Historical Subject In Sartre And Foucault And Its Implications For Healthcare Ethics, Kimberly Siobhan Engels
The Social And Historical Subject In Sartre And Foucault And Its Implications For Healthcare Ethics, Kimberly Siobhan Engels
Dissertations (1934 -)
This dissertation explores Jean Paul Sartre’s and Michel Foucault’s view that subjectivity is socially and historically constituted. Additionally, it explores their corresponding ethical thought and how these viewpoints can be applied to ethical issues in the delivery of healthcare. Sartre and Foucault both hold the view that human beings as subjects are not just participants or spectators in social practices, rather, they become subjects with ontological possibilities through their interaction with these practices. In Chapter One, I trace Sartre’s views on subjectivity in his two major works Being and Nothingness and The Critique of Dialectical Reason, Volume 1, showing how …
Hegel And The Problem Of The Multiplicity Of Conflicting Philosophies, Matthew M. Peters
Hegel And The Problem Of The Multiplicity Of Conflicting Philosophies, Matthew M. Peters
Dissertations (1934 -)
As Hegel notes in his long Introduction to the Lectures on the History of Philosophy, the problem of the multiplicity of conflicting philosophies presents a particularly urgent problem to the very discipline of philosophy itself. For, from the viewpoint of what Hegel would refer to as “ordinary consciousness”, the fact that there are so many different philosophies which seem constantly to disagree can only lead to one conclusion: philosophy itself is a futile enterprise. Hegel, perhaps more than any previous philosopher, was sensitive to this charge of futility levelled against philosophy. In response, he provided an explanatory account of the …
Investigations Of Worth: Towards A Phenomenology Of Values, Dale Hobbs Jr.
Investigations Of Worth: Towards A Phenomenology Of Values, Dale Hobbs Jr.
Dissertations (1934 -)
The purpose of this project is to provide a clear and compelling account of the existence and nature of values within a phenomenological context. Values such as beauty or virtue are certainly a major part of our experiential lives. After all, what would life be worth if we could never describe a painting as beautiful, for example, or a beverage as delicious? Nevertheless, understanding what these values are on their own terms has historically been a rather difficult task. Certainly, they are not ordinary objects that could be seen or heard, touched or tasted, like the physical objects to which …
Contextualizing Aquinas's Ontology Of Soul: An Analysis Of His Arabic And Neoplatonic Sources, Nathan Mclain Blackerby
Contextualizing Aquinas's Ontology Of Soul: An Analysis Of His Arabic And Neoplatonic Sources, Nathan Mclain Blackerby
Dissertations (1934 -)
Contemporary scholarship has generally focused on two major influences that have shaped Thomas Aquinas’ account of the soul. The first set of scholarship focuses on how doctrinal concerns and the Augustinian and Scholastic traditions defined the central issue that Aquinas faced, viz., explaining how the soul can be treated as an individual substance that has an essential relationship to a body. The second set of scholarship focuses on Aquinas’s employment of Aristotle’s works in his attempt to resolve the issue. Contemporary assessments of Aquinas’s theory of the soul-body relation therefore take Aquinas to be offering a solution that follows directly …
There Is Nothing It Is Like To See Red: Holism And Subjective Experience, Anthony F. Peressini
There Is Nothing It Is Like To See Red: Holism And Subjective Experience, Anthony F. Peressini
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
The Nagel inspired “something-it-is-like” (SIL) conception of conscious experience remains a dominant approach in philosophy. In this paper I criticize a prevalent philosophical construal of SIL consciousness, one that understands SIL as a property of mental states rather than entities as a whole. I argue against thinking of SIL as a property of states, showing how such a view is in fact prevalent, under-warranted, and philosophically pernicious in that it often leads to an implausible reduction of conscious experience to qualia. I then develop a holistic conception of SIL for entities (not states) and argue that it has at least …