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The Ends Of Narrative, Richard Thomas Eldridge Jan 2007

The Ends Of Narrative, Richard Thomas Eldridge

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We can begin to approach what might be called the peculiarity of literature as a form of cognitive practice by comparing how literary works end with how other pieces of intellectual work end. A proof in mathematics ends by reaching its final line, where each line that is not an axiom is generated in explicit accord with a rule of inference that in principle anyone might follow. Reports of experimental results generated in a lab specify procedures that were followed in setting up equipment and carrying out tests. While they often also offer conjectural interpretations of results and suggestions for …


Is There A Problem Of Induction For Mathematics?, Alan Richard Baker Jan 2007

Is There A Problem Of Induction For Mathematics?, Alan Richard Baker

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Explanatory Critique, Hugh Lacey Jan 2007

Explanatory Critique, Hugh Lacey

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Complex Thinking: The Emergence Of Everything?, Alan Richard Baker Jan 2007

Complex Thinking: The Emergence Of Everything?, Alan Richard Baker

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From Epistemology To Aesthetics, Richard Thomas Eldridge Jan 2007

From Epistemology To Aesthetics, Richard Thomas Eldridge

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Science And Human Well-Being: Toward A New Way Of Structuring Scientific Activity, Hugh Lacey Jan 2007

Science And Human Well-Being: Toward A New Way Of Structuring Scientific Activity, Hugh Lacey

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Philosophy Of Religion, Hugh Lacey, D. V. Porpora Jan 2007

Philosophy Of Religion, Hugh Lacey, D. V. Porpora

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Leibniz And China: A Commerce Of Light By Franklin Perkins (Review), Robin R. Wang Jan 2007

Leibniz And China: A Commerce Of Light By Franklin Perkins (Review), Robin R. Wang

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On The Reliability Of Moral And Intellectual Virtues, Jason Baehr Jan 2007

On The Reliability Of Moral And Intellectual Virtues, Jason Baehr

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Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Pro-Life Consistency, Personhood Potentiality, And Prayer For Healing, Christopher Kaczor Jan 2007

Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Pro-Life Consistency, Personhood Potentiality, And Prayer For Healing, Christopher Kaczor

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Why Is Beauty Form? Plotinus’ Theory Of Beauty In Phenomenological Perspective, Eric Perl Jan 2007

Why Is Beauty Form? Plotinus’ Theory Of Beauty In Phenomenological Perspective, Eric Perl

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Not A Four-Letter Word, Timothy Shanahan Jan 2007

Not A Four-Letter Word, Timothy Shanahan

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Splitting Concepts, Gualtiero Piccinini, Sam Scott Oct 2006

Splitting Concepts, Gualtiero Piccinini, Sam Scott

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A common presupposition in the concepts literature is that concepts constitute a singular natural kind. If, on the contrary, concepts split into more than one kind, this literature needs to be recast in terms of other kinds of mental representation. We offer two new arguments that concepts, in fact, divide into different kinds: (a) concepts split because different kinds of mental representation, processed independently, must be posited to explain different sets of relevant phenomena; (b) concepts split because different kinds of mental representation, processed independently, must be posited to explain responses to different kinds of category. Whether these arguments are …


O Princípio De Precaução E A Autonomia Da Ciência, Hugh Lacey Sep 2006

O Princípio De Precaução E A Autonomia Da Ciência, Hugh Lacey

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The Precautionary principle recommends taking special precautions, and conducting detailed and farreaching research on the potential risks of technoscientific innovations, before implementing them. Its use is defended against the charge that it threatens the autonomy of science. On the contrary, I argue, it actually serves to counter current distortions of scientific practices that follow from their having been subordinated to commercial and political values.
O princípio de precaução recomenda que, antes de implementar as inovações tecnocientíficas, sejam tomadas precauções especiais e que se conduza pesquisa detalhada e de largo alcance sobre os riscos potenciais dessas inovações. Defendo o uso do …


The Social Location Of Scientific Practices, Hugh Lacey Jan 2006

The Social Location Of Scientific Practices, Hugh Lacey

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Review Of "A Structural Account Of Mathematics" By C. S. Chihara, Alan Richard Baker Jan 2006

Review Of "A Structural Account Of Mathematics" By C. S. Chihara, Alan Richard Baker

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Literature As Material Figuration: Benjamin, Sebald, And Human Life In Time, Richard Thomas Eldridge Jan 2006

Literature As Material Figuration: Benjamin, Sebald, And Human Life In Time, Richard Thomas Eldridge

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Selfless Offspring: Filial Children And Social Order In Medieval China By Keith Nathaniel Knapp (Review), Robin R. Wang Jan 2006

Selfless Offspring: Filial Children And Social Order In Medieval China By Keith Nathaniel Knapp (Review), Robin R. Wang

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Character, Reliability, And Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr Jan 2006

Character, Reliability, And Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr

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Standard characterizations of virtue epistemology divide the field into two camps: virtue reliabilism and virtue responsibilism. Virtue reliabilists think of intellectual virtues as reliable cognitive faculties or abilities, while virtue responsibilists conceive of them as good intellectual character traits. I argue that responsibilist character virtues sometimes satisfy the conditions of a reliabilist conception of intellectual virtue, and that consequently virtue reliabilists, and reliabilists in general, must pay closer attention to matters of intellectual character. This leads to several new questions and challenges for any reliabilist epistemology.


Review Of Duncan Pritchard, Epistemic Luck, Jason Baehr Jan 2006

Review Of Duncan Pritchard, Epistemic Luck, Jason Baehr

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Review Of Jordi Corominas And Joan Albert Vicens, Xavier Zubiri: La Soledad Sonora, Brad E. Stone Jan 2006

Review Of Jordi Corominas And Joan Albert Vicens, Xavier Zubiri: La Soledad Sonora, Brad E. Stone

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Review Of Michael Depaul & Linda Zagzebski, Intellectual Virtue: Perspectives From Ethics And Epistemology, Jason Baehr Jan 2006

Review Of Michael Depaul & Linda Zagzebski, Intellectual Virtue: Perspectives From Ethics And Epistemology, Jason Baehr

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The Violinist And Double Effect Reasoning, Christopher Kaczor Jan 2006

The Violinist And Double Effect Reasoning, Christopher Kaczor

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Review Of Alfonso Gomez-Lobo, Morality And The Human Goods: An Introduction To Natural Law Ethics, Christopher Kaczor Jan 2006

Review Of Alfonso Gomez-Lobo, Morality And The Human Goods: An Introduction To Natural Law Ethics, Christopher Kaczor

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The Togetherness Of Thought And Being: A Phenomenological Reading Of Plotinus’ Doctrine ‘That The Intelligibles Are Not Outside The Intellect, Eric Perl Jan 2006

The Togetherness Of Thought And Being: A Phenomenological Reading Of Plotinus’ Doctrine ‘That The Intelligibles Are Not Outside The Intellect, Eric Perl

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Plotinus’ doctrine that intelligible reality is in and thus one with intellect bears close affinities to certain features of Husserlian phenomenology. For Husserl, consciousness is the immediate apprehension of being, and being is immediately given to consciousness. Within this unity, we find a “seeing” and a “seen,” an intentional grasp and that which is grasped. Thus there is neither mere identity nor extrinsic duality, but an irreducible polarity or togetherness of consciousness and being. For Plotinus, intellect, as the thinking of being, possesses being, and being is in intellect, as that of which it is the thinking. Therefore, intellect and …


Can There Be A Nonconsequentialist Rights-Based Moral Justification Of Terrorism?, Timothy Shanahan Jan 2006

Can There Be A Nonconsequentialist Rights-Based Moral Justification Of Terrorism?, Timothy Shanahan

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On The Interplay Of The Cognitive And The Social In Scientific Practices, Hugh Lacey Dec 2005

On The Interplay Of The Cognitive And The Social In Scientific Practices, Hugh Lacey

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I consider the following questions, central to recent disagreements between Longino and Kitcher: Is it constitutive of making judgments of the cognitive acceptability of theories that they are made under certain social relations that embody specific social values that have been cultivated among investigators (Longino)? Or is making them (sound ones) just a consequence of social interactions that occur under these relations (Kitcher)? While generally endorsing the latter view, I make a distinction, not made by the philosophers under discussion, between sound acceptance and endorsement of a theory, and argue that Longino's view applies to endorsement.


Review Of "Contending With Stanley Cavell" Edited By R. Goodman, Richard Thomas Eldridge Aug 2005

Review Of "Contending With Stanley Cavell" Edited By R. Goodman, Richard Thomas Eldridge

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Zhou Dunyi's Diagram Of The Supreme Ultimate Explained ("Taijito Shuo"): A Construction Of The Confucian Metaphysics, Robin R. Wang Jul 2005

Zhou Dunyi's Diagram Of The Supreme Ultimate Explained ("Taijito Shuo"): A Construction Of The Confucian Metaphysics, Robin R. Wang

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Could Artificial Wombs End The Abortion Debate?, Christopher Kaczor Jul 2005

Could Artificial Wombs End The Abortion Debate?, Christopher Kaczor

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