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give rise to corresponding general recommendations for how to do empirical political philosophy. Proponents of this approach should take care to (1) check for inappropriately narrow (and broad) samples ... theorizing. 1 Introduction Political philosophy has traditionally mainly been conducted from the proverbial philosopher’s armchair.1 Only in recent decades a methodological shift or expansion has taken place
, expertise and expert disagreement, social justice, climate change ethics, racism and gender. These issues raise questions in ethics, social and political philosophy, but also in epistemology, philosophy of ... philosophy in non-academic settings. On the other hand, we witness philosophers going public in the sense of intervening in ongoing political debates. The difference concerns the origin of the subject matter
ground for answering to this question by showing that it cannot be answered within a widely influential framework in the philosophy of action that has been dubbed the Standard Conception of Action, shared ... within a widespread framework in the philosophy of action that has been dubbed the ‘Standard Conception of Action’ (cf. Schlosser, 2019: §2) . That framework is a broad school, uniting causal theories of
-conscious machines via ad hoc means. Second, we can identify ad hoc AI by taking inspiration from the notion of an ad hoc hypothesis in philosophy of science. Third, given the first and the second claim, the ... , whether a being has conscious (affective) experience determines whether it has moral status (Dung, 2022b; Jaworska & Tannenbaum, 2021; Shevlin, 2020b) . 2 Institute of Philosophy II, Ruhr-Universität
work. Acknowledgements For comments, I would like to thank audiences of the UCL Colloquium in Political Philosophy, the VI Braga Meetings on Ethics & Political Philosophy, the German Analytic Philosophy ... Conference, the Public Goods Workshop in Zurich and the Ashoka Colloquium in Political and Legal Theory. I am especially indebted to Paul Bou-Habib, Paula Casal, Andrée-Anne Cormier, Anca Gheaus, Geert Keil
can be justified. We will address these two problems by combining ideas taken from legal theory and moral philosophy. Our analysis will emphasise the importance of the voluntary involvement of the ... University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovak Republic 1 Department of Analytic Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Public Research Institution , Bratislava , Slovak Republic
opportunities for welfare . Philosophical Studies , 56 ( 1 ), 77 - 93 . Axelsen , D. , & Nielsen , L. ( 2015 ). Sufficiency as Freedom from Duress . The Journal of Political Philosophy , 23 ( 4 ), 406 - 426 ... egalitarian self-relations . British Journal of Political Science , 52 ( 2 ), 908 - 920 . Huseby , R. ( 2010 ). Sufficiency: Restated and defended . The Journal of Political Philosophy , 18 ( 2 ), 178 - 197
that are less tightly connected to rationality, such as political philosophy or the philosophy of language. As is characteristic for a handbook of this kind, certain key concepts or aspects are ... Informatics Campus , Saarland University , Campus E The concept of rationality is staple in philosophy, though it is not exclusive to it. Other disciplines - psychology in particular - take an interest in it
The problem of dream skepticism – i.e., the problem of what can justify one’s belief that they are not dreaming – is one of the most famous problems in philosophy. I propose a way of responding to ... two separate imagistic experiences in the same modality. 1 Introduction The problem of dream skepticism is one of the most famous problems in philosophy. It can be put simply: What can justify one’s
Pluralist mathematical realism, the view that there exists more than one mathematical universe, has become an influential position in the philosophy of mathematics. I argue that, if mathematical ... and attractive philosophy of mathematics. Note, however, that none of the accounts discussed offers a reason to believe in mathematical realism in the first place; they merely show that pluralist
Ancient philosophy proposed a wide range of possible approaches to life which may enhance well-being. Stoic philosophy has influenced various therapeutic traditions. Individuals today may adopt an ... approach to life representing a naive Stoic Ideology, which nevertheless reflects a misinterpretation of stoic philosophy. How do these interpretations affect well-being and meaning in life? We examine the
memory, can provide philosophy with elucidating input that a restricted view misses. We further argue that reflection in fact often does add reliability, through generalizability, flexibility, and ... Introduction Throughout the history of Western philosophy, reflection has been considered an especially important human ability. Its role has long been prominent and can still be found at the center of theories
This paper argues, based on Lewis’ claim that communication is a coordination game (Lewis in Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, pp 3–35, 1975 ... philosophical logic and the philosophy of language, are not among those they employ. Strictly speaking, it is not their view of ‘reference’, in our sense, that is at issue here. Rather the relevance of their work
. I argue that we testify not only by asserting something, but also by taking something for granted within some other utterance. In philosophy of language, this is called semantic presupposition. The ... reductionists and non-reductionists).5 Statements and assertions are utterances in the declarative mood. While ‘assertion’ seems the more technical term in philosophy of language, I take it that ‘statement
Experimental Philosophy (X-Phi) is now a fully-fledged methodological project with applications in almost all areas of analytic philosophy, including, as of recently, aesthetics. Another ... engineering (CE). Its areas of implementation are now diverse, but as was the case initially with experimental philosophy, aesthetics has unfortunately been left out (or perhaps aestheticians have failed to pay
giving up the favoured account. I think this shows that even apparently abstract debates in epistemology can provide resources that may help to resolve debates in the philosophy of science and medicine. ... that the conciliatory approach is a plausible option here. Its benefits are not just that it provides a potential way out of a dilemma in the philosophy of medicine; it manages to provide this way out
authorship of this article reflects all these constituencies. Coproduction and other forms of citizen involvement are emphasised in perspectives on wellbeing policy emerging from political science (Scott ... .) b) Being able to satisfy your desires and preferences. c) Having income, health, education, and political rights. d) Being free to decide for yourself how you want to live your life, feeling effective
such non-paradigmatic forms of disinformation is essential to understanding the threat disinformation poses and why this threat is so difficult to counter. 1 Introduction Recent political developments ... , one plausible explanation for this is that conspiracy theories are often intended to manipulate the audience for political or other purposes (Cassam, 2019; Harris, 2022) . If there is no such
Social Evolution . Oxford University Press. Bourrat , P. ( 2021a ). Facts, Conventions, and the Levels of Selection. Elements in the Philosophy of Biology . Cambridge University Press. Bourrat , P. ( 2021b ... . ( 2022b ). Evolutionary transitions in individuality by endogenization of scaffolded properties . The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science , 719118 . Bourrat , P. , et al. ( 2022c ). Tradeoff
methodology of P. Maddy’s naturalism, Second Philosophy. In accordance with this methodology, I investigate the historical case study of the use of models in the introduction of forcing, compare this case to ... view of Second Philosophy. This is a naturalistic program developed by Penelope Maddy that targets mathematics in general and set theory in particular.5 Both Hamkins and Maddy base their investigations
