Moral Testimony As Higher-order Evidence
(2020)
Book Chapter
Lee, M., Robson, J., & Sinclair, N. (2020). Moral Testimony As Higher-order Evidence. In M. Klenk (Ed.), Higher-Order Evidence and Moral EpistemologyTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Truthmaker Semantics for Relevant Logic (2020)
Journal Article
Jago, M. (2020). Truthmaker Semantics for Relevant Logic. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 49, 681-702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-019-09533-9I develop and defend a truthmaker semantics for the relevant logic R. The approach begins with a simple philosophical idea and develops it in various directions, so as to build a technically adequate relevant semantics. The central philosophical idea... Read More about Truthmaker Semantics for Relevant Logic.
Resisting Liberal Self-Deception (2019)
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Duff, K. (2019). Resisting Liberal Self-Deception. European Journal of Philosophy, 27(4), 1075-1083. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12503Review of Political Self-Deception by Anna Elisabetta Galeotti & A Duty to Resist: When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil by Candice Delmas.
Presentism, Endurance and Object-Dependence (2019)
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Noonan, H. W. (2020). Presentism, Endurance and Object-Dependence. Inquiry, 63(9-10), 1115-1122. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2019.1698458According to the presentist the present time is the only one that there is. Nevertheless, things persist. Most presentists think that things persist by enduring. Employing Jonathan Lowe’s notion of identity-dependence, Tallant argues that presentism... Read More about Presentism, Endurance and Object-Dependence.
Might Teaching Be Judgement Dependent? (2019)
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Tallant, J., & Fisher, A. (2020). Might Teaching Be Judgement Dependent?. Philosophia, 48, 777–787. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-019-00130-3Our thesis in this paper is that consideration of Wright’s account of what it is to be judgement-dependent leads us to the conclusion that teaching is judgement dependent. We begin with a consideration of Wright’s account of what it is to be judgemen... Read More about Might Teaching Be Judgement Dependent?.
Grounding at a distance (2019)
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Baron, S., Miller, K., & Tallant, J. (2019). Grounding at a distance. Philosophical Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-019-01374-1What distinguishes causation from grounding? One suggestion is that causation, but not grounding, occurs over time. Recently, however, counterexamples to this simple temporal criterion have been offered. In this paper, we situate the temporal criteri... Read More about Grounding at a distance.
Trust in education (2019)
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Fisher, A., & Tallant, J. (2019). Trust in education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 52(7), 780-790. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2019.1692304The philosophy of trust is a relatively small subfield. Nonetheless, it contains within it many important insights. Our contention in this paper is that careful study of this subfield can bring with it many insights that can and should be used to rec... Read More about Trust in education.
Credit and Faith (2019)
Book
Goodchild, P. (2019). Credit and Faith. London: Rowman & LittlefieldIn line with the development of political theology and economic theology in contemporary European thought, Credit and Faith offers a critical account of the faith structures within economic life and institutions. Goodchild’s ground-breaking work prov... Read More about Credit and Faith.
Expanding transformative experience (2019)
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Carel, H., & Kidd, I. J. (2020). Expanding transformative experience. European Journal of Philosophy, 28(1), 199-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12480We develop a broader, more fine-grained taxonomy of forms of transformative experience, inspired by the work of L. A. Paul. Our vulnerability to such experiences arises, we argue, due to the vulnerability, dependence, and affliction intrinsic to the... Read More about Expanding transformative experience.
Analyzing Aseity (2019)
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Adams, S., & Robson, J. (2020). Analyzing Aseity. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 50(2), 251-267. https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2019.35The doctrine of divine aseity has played a significant role in the development of classical theism. However, very little attention has been paid in recent years to the question of how precisely aseity should be characterised. We argue that this negle... Read More about Analyzing Aseity.
A bundle theory of words (2019)
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Miller, J. (2021). A bundle theory of words. Synthese, 198(6), 5731–5748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02430-3It has been a common assumption that words are substances that instantiate or have properties. In this paper, I question the assumption that our ontology of words requires posting substances by outlining a bundle theory of words, wherein words are b... Read More about A bundle theory of words.
Taking Utilitarianism Seriously (2019)
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Woodard, C. (2019). Taking Utilitarianism Seriously. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198732624.001.0001Utilitarianism is in the ascendancy in many parts of public culture, but its stock among moral and political philosophers is low. Many philosophers believe that it is a dead end, since they believe that the objections to it are overwhelming. This boo... Read More about Taking Utilitarianism Seriously.
Temporal Fictionalism for a Timeless World (2019)
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Baron, S., Miller, K., & Tallant, J. (2021). Temporal Fictionalism for a Timeless World. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 102(2), 281-301. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12637Current debate in the metaphysics of time ordinarily assumes that we should be realists about time. Recently, however, a number of physicists and philosophers of physics have proposed that time will play no role in a completed theory of quantum gravi... Read More about Temporal Fictionalism for a Timeless World.
Affordability and Non-Perfectionism in Moral Action (2019)
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Rumbold, B., Charlton, V., Rid, A., Mitchell, P., Wilson, J., Littlejohns, P., …Weale, A. (2019). Affordability and Non-Perfectionism in Moral Action. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22(4), 973–991. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-019-10028-4One rationale policy-makers sometimes give for declining to fund a service or intervention is on the grounds that it would be ‘unaffordable’, which is to say, that the total cost of providing the service or intervention for all eligible recipients wo... Read More about Affordability and Non-Perfectionism in Moral Action.
Hume's emotivist theory of moral judgements (2019)
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Chamberlain, J. (2020). Hume's emotivist theory of moral judgements. European Journal of Philosophy, 28(4), 1058-1072. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12482Hume is believed by many to hold an emotivist thesis, according to which all expressions of moral judgements are expressions of moral sentiments. However, most specialist scholars of Hume either deny that this is Hume's position or believe that he ha... Read More about Hume's emotivist theory of moral judgements.
Skepticism: Impractical, therefore implausible (2019)
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Hannon, M. (2019). Skepticism: Impractical, therefore implausible. Philosophical Issues, 29(1), 143-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/phis.12145The truth of skepticism would be depressing and impractical. Our beliefs would be groundless, we would know nothing (or almost nothing) about the world around us, and epistemic success would likely be impossible. But do these negative consequences ha... Read More about Skepticism: Impractical, therefore implausible.
Perception, Mind-Independence, and Berkeley (2019)
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Mackie, P. (2020). Perception, Mind-Independence, and Berkeley. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 98(3), 449-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2019.1648532I discuss a thesis that I call 'The Appearance of Mind-Independence', to the effect that, to the subject of an ordinary perceptual experience, it seems that the experience involves the awareness of a mind-independent world. Although this thesis appea... Read More about Perception, Mind-Independence, and Berkeley.
An Ontological Justification for Contextual Authenticity (2019)
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Morizzi, C. (2019). An Ontological Justification for Contextual Authenticity. British Journal of Aesthetics, 59(4), 413-427. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayz020In this paper I defend a contextualist interpretation of authenticity in musical performance: we judge a performance as authentic not in respect to a stable set of requirements but according to contextually determined factors. This solution is the na... Read More about An Ontological Justification for Contextual Authenticity.
The Possibility of Unity (2019)
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Noonan, H. (2019). The Possibility of Unity. Philosophical Quarterly, 70(279), 407-409. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqz038In One Priest argues for the contradictoriness of Unity. The argument is that the unity of complex things is contradictory. It is contradictory that there are complex wholes composed of many parts. But there are. Thus, the explanation of unity has to... Read More about The Possibility of Unity.
Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy (2019)
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Hannon, M. (2020). Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 101(3), 591-611. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12624Epistemic democracy is standardly characterized in terms of “aiming at truth”. This presupposes a veritistic conception of epistemic value, according to which truth is the fundamental epistemic goal. I will raise an objection to the standard (veritis... Read More about Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy.