All Outputs (5)

Moral expressivism and sentential negation (2011)
Journal Article
Sinclair, N. (2011). Moral expressivism and sentential negation. Philosophical Studies, 152(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-009-9484-5

This paper advances three necessary conditions on a successful account of sentential negation. First, the ability to explain the constancy of sentential meaning across negated and unnegated contexts (the Fregean Condition). Second, the ability to exp... Read More about Moral expressivism and sentential negation.

Scientific explanation and moral explanation (2011)
Journal Article
Leibowitz, U. D. (2011). Scientific explanation and moral explanation. Noûs, 45(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0068.2010.00775.x

Moral philosophers are, among other things, in the business of constructing moral theories. And moral theories are, among other things, supposed to explain moral phenomena. Consequently, one’s views about the nature of moral explanation will influenc... Read More about Scientific explanation and moral explanation.

The complex and simple views of personal identity (2011)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. (2011). The complex and simple views of personal identity. Analysis, 71(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anq114

The explanationist argument for moral realism (2011)
Journal Article
Sinclair, N. (2011). The explanationist argument for moral realism. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 41(1),

In this paper I argue that the explanationist argument in favour of moral realism fails. According to this argument, the ability of putative moral properties to feature in good explanations provides strong evidence for, or entails, the metaphysical c... Read More about The explanationist argument for moral realism.

Rationality and the unit of action (2011)
Journal Article
Woodard, C. (2011). Rationality and the unit of action. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-011-0058-z

This paper examines the idea of an extended unit of action, which is the idea that the reasons for or against an individual action can depend on the qualities of a larger pattern of action of which it is a part. One concept of joint action is that... Read More about Rationality and the unit of action.