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Full-Text Articles in Philosophy
Intellectual Virtues And Truth, Understanding, And Wisdom, Jason Baehr
Intellectual Virtues And Truth, Understanding, And Wisdom, Jason Baehr
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This chapter addresses the proper end or aim of intellectual virtues. After distinguishing between two fundamentally different conceptions of intellectual virtue, the author considers the plausibility, with respect to each conception, of the “binary thesis,” according to which the proper aim of intellectual virtues is true belief and the avoidance of cognitive error. The author goes on to argue that if one understands intellectual virtues (as many virtue epistemologists do) as admirable traits of personal character—for example, as traits like curiosity, open-mindedness, intellectual courage, and intellectual humility—then sophia or theoretical wisdom presents itself as a plausible way of understanding their …
How To Think Actuality? Schelling, Aristotle And The Problem Of The Pure Daß, Marcela Garcia Romero
How To Think Actuality? Schelling, Aristotle And The Problem Of The Pure Daß, Marcela Garcia Romero
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In this paper, I address a problem of Schelling’s late philosophy: the relation between negative and positive philosophy, and the role of the “pure Daß” in the transition from one to the other. While the so-called transition is a well-known and much discussed issue, recent Schelling scholarship has underlined the difficulties involved in the mere notion of pure Daß. I propose that we can avoid some of these difficulties by taking into account Schelling’s particular and original interpretation of Aristotle’s notion of actuality (energeia) and the way he applies this notion in his late negative philosophy.I would like to begin …
Review Of "The Illusion Of Doubt" By G. Schönbaumsfeld, Peter Baumann
Review Of "The Illusion Of Doubt" By G. Schönbaumsfeld, Peter Baumann
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A Good Enough Heart: Kant And The Cultivation Of Emotions, Krista Karbowski Thomason
A Good Enough Heart: Kant And The Cultivation Of Emotions, Krista Karbowski Thomason
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One way of understanding Kant’s views about moral emotions is the cultivation view. On this view, emotions play a role in Kantian morality provided they are properly cultivated. I evince a sceptical position about the cultivation view. First, I show that the textual evidence in support of cultivation is ambiguous. I then provide an account of emotions in Kant’s theory that explains both his positive and negative views about them. Emotions capture our attention such that they both disrupt the mind’s composure and serve as a surrogate for reason. As such, Kant cannot recommend that we cultivate our emotions.
Review Of "Aesthetic Disinterestedness: Art, Experience, And The Self" By T. Hilgers, Richard Thomas Eldridge
Review Of "Aesthetic Disinterestedness: Art, Experience, And The Self" By T. Hilgers, Richard Thomas Eldridge
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The Philosophies Of Mathematics, Alan Richard Baker
The Philosophies Of Mathematics, Alan Richard Baker
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If You Believe, You Believe: A Constitutive Account Of Knowledge Of One’S Own Beliefs, Peter Baumann
If You Believe, You Believe: A Constitutive Account Of Knowledge Of One’S Own Beliefs, Peter Baumann
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Can I be wrong about my own beliefs? More precisely: Can I falsely believe that I believe that p? I argue that the answer is negative. This runs against what many philosophers and psychologists have traditionally thought and still think. I use a rather new kind of argument, – one that is based on considerations about Moore's paradox. It shows that if one believes that one believes that p then one believes that p – even though one can believe that p without believing that one believes that p.
Power, Soft Or Deep? An Attempt At Constructive Criticism, Peter Baumann
Power, Soft Or Deep? An Attempt At Constructive Criticism, Peter Baumann
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This paper discusses and criticizes Joseph Nye’s account of soft power. First, we set the stage and make some general remarks about the notion of social power. In the main part of this paper we offer a detailed critical discussion of Nye’s conception of soft power. We conclude that it is too unclear and confused to be of much analytical use. However, despite this failure, Nye is aiming at explaining an important but also neglected form of social power: the power to influence the will and not just the behavior of other agents. In the last part of this paper …
Review Of "Anger And Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice" By M. C. Nussbaum, Krista Karbowski Thomason
Review Of "Anger And Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice" By M. C. Nussbaum, Krista Karbowski Thomason
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“This Most Human Predicament”: Cavell On Language, Intention, And Desire In Shakespeare, Richard Thomas Eldridge
“This Most Human Predicament”: Cavell On Language, Intention, And Desire In Shakespeare, Richard Thomas Eldridge
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In the second paragraph of “The Avoidance of Love,” the earliest of his essays on Shakespeare, Cavell asks, “What has discouraged attention from investigations of character?” in Shakespeare criticism of the mid-twentieth century. “What […] has [instead] specifically motivated an absorbing attention to words?”, as in the criticism of William Empson and G. Wilson Knight. The answer that Cavell offers is that it is “the merest assumption,” foisted off on us “by some philosophy or other, that [literary] characters are not people, [and] that what can be known about people cannot be known about characters” (DK, 40). Cavell then goes …
Distinguishing Between Cognitive And Social Values, Hugh Lacey
Distinguishing Between Cognitive And Social Values, Hugh Lacey
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Essays In Philosophy: Moral Psychology And War, Krista Karbowski Thomason
Essays In Philosophy: Moral Psychology And War, Krista Karbowski Thomason
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The Life And Times Of Transgenics, Hugh Lacey
The Life And Times Of Transgenics, Hugh Lacey
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Is Everything Revisable?, Peter Baumann
Is Everything Revisable?, Peter Baumann
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Over the decades, the claim that everything is revisable (defended by Quine and others) has played an important role in Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. Some time ago, Katz (1988) argued that this claim is paradoxical. This paper does not discuss this objection but rather argues that the claim of universal revisability allows for two different readings but in each case leads to a contradiction and is false.
Intellectual Virtues And Educational Practice, Jason Baehr
Intellectual Virtues And Educational Practice, Jason Baehr
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Philosophy And Theology: Physicians, Not Conscripts: Conscientious Objection In Health Care, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Physicians, Not Conscripts: Conscientious Objection In Health Care, Christopher Kaczor
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Philosophy And Theology: Better Never To Have Been Born, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Better Never To Have Been Born, Christopher Kaczor
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The Ethics Of Pregnancy, Abortion, And Childbirth: Exploring Moral Choices In Childbearing, Christopher Kaczor
The Ethics Of Pregnancy, Abortion, And Childbirth: Exploring Moral Choices In Childbearing, Christopher Kaczor
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Philosophy And Theology: Pre-Birth And Post-Birth Abortion, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Pre-Birth And Post-Birth Abortion, Christopher Kaczor
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Philosophy And Theology: Objection To Conscience: An Argument Against Conscience Exemptions In Healthcare, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Objection To Conscience: An Argument Against Conscience Exemptions In Healthcare, Christopher Kaczor
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Selfish Genes And Lucky Breaks: Richard Dawkins' And Stephen Jay Gould's Divergent Darwinian Research Agendas, Timothy Shanahan
Selfish Genes And Lucky Breaks: Richard Dawkins' And Stephen Jay Gould's Divergent Darwinian Research Agendas, Timothy Shanahan
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Darwin expressed alternative theoretical perspectives on a range of issues fundamental to our understanding of evolution, thereby making it possible for his intellectual descendants to develop his ideas in markedly different and even incompatible directions while still promoting their views as authentically “Darwinian.” The long-running and well-publicized scientific rivalry between Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould is a striking case in point. In elegantly written books and essays spanning the last quarter of the twentieth century, they developed and defended diametrically opposed views on the units of selection, the scope and depth of adaptation, the significance of chance events, and …
Honesty's Threshold, Jason Baehr
Virtue, Jason Baehr
Virtue, Jason Baehr
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Intellectual virtues are character traits that facilitate the acquisition and transmission of knowledge and related epistemic goods. This chapter takes up the question of which traits are intellectual virtues in relation to a particular variety of knowledge; namely, knowledge of God. It is argued that moral humility (as distinct from intellectual humility) is an intellectual virtue in this context. This account of moral humility and its epistemically salutary effects is sketched against the backdrop of an account of human pride and the obstacles such pride poses to the acquisition of theistic knowledge. Finally, an objection is considered according to which, …
The Situationist Challenge To Educating For Intellectual Virtues, Jason Baehr
The Situationist Challenge To Educating For Intellectual Virtues, Jason Baehr
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The Varieties Of Character And Some Implications For Character Education, Jason Baehr
The Varieties Of Character And Some Implications For Character Education, Jason Baehr
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The moral and civic dimensions of personal character have been widely recognized and explored. Recent work by philosophers, psychologists, and education theorists has drawn attention to two additional dimensions of character: intellectual character and “performance” character. This article sketches a “four-dimensional” conceptual model of personal character and some of the character strengths or “virtues” proper to each dimension. In addition to exploring how the dimensions of character are related to each other, the article also examines the implications of this account for character education undertaken in a youth or adolescent context. It is argued that “intellectual character education,” which emphasizes …
Philosophy And Theology: Reflections On Interests And Regret, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Reflections On Interests And Regret, Christopher Kaczor
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The article provides an assessment of the burdens of continuing a pregnancy. Topics discussed include the burdens and costs of abortion, anecdotal evidence regarding feelings of regret after opting for abortion, reference to the book "A Defense of Abortion" by David Boonin, and the violinist argument, which must take account of the possible burdens of a crisis pregnancy.
Review Of "Reckoning With The Imagination: Wittgenstein And The Aesthetics Of Literary Experience" By C. Altieri, Richard Thomas Eldridge
Review Of "Reckoning With The Imagination: Wittgenstein And The Aesthetics Of Literary Experience" By C. Altieri, Richard Thomas Eldridge
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No abstract provided.
Philosophy And Theology: Reflections On Speciesism, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Reflections On Speciesism, Christopher Kaczor
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No abstract provided.
Review Of "The Philosophy Of Tragedy" By C. Hamilton, Richard Thomas Eldridge
Review Of "The Philosophy Of Tragedy" By C. Hamilton, Richard Thomas Eldridge
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Knowledge Across Contexts. A Problem For Subject-Sensitive Invariantism, Peter Baumann
Knowledge Across Contexts. A Problem For Subject-Sensitive Invariantism, Peter Baumann
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The possibility of knowledge attributions across contexts (where attributor and subject find themselves in different epistemic contexts) can create serious problems for certain views of knowledge. Amongst such views is subject-sensitive invariantism—the view that knowledge is determined not only by epistemic factors (belief, truth, evidence, etc.), but also by non-epistemic factors (practical interests, etc.). I argue that subject-sensitive invariantism either runs into a contradiction or has to make very implausible assumptions. The problem has been very much neglected but is so serious that one should look for alternative accounts of knowledge.