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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
For reasons of both electoral competitiveness and democratic legitimacy, political parties in diverse democracies increasingly compete for the votes of immigrant and ethnic minority voters. A ... ethnic minority voters, with consequences for their political inclusion and representation. We examine how these questions have been answered in New Zealand, a country characterised by high rates of inward
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
With a recent surge in the outward movement of the population, a new wave of emigration has been suggested to have started in Hong Kong. It is speculated that recent socio-political changes in Hong ... contributed to this phenomenon. Therefore, five socio‑political variables-mobility, sense of place, trust and confidence in the law and the legal system, global citizenship, and perception of inequality-are
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
Netherlands Fatih Goksu Arjen Leerkes Introduction A considerable academic literature in migration studies and political science seeks to identify the factors that determine whether persons with a migration ... levels, for example, are seen as evidence that ethnic minorities have acquired a considerable level of knowledge of, and access to, the domestic political system. Furthermore, the overrepresentation of
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
diverse socio-economic, socio-political and cultural contexts, histories of inward migration, as well as differently preferred destinations in the migration of refugees from Syria in the 2010s. The ... solidarity (Bracic, 2018; Pawlicka et al., 2019; Pedersen & Thomas, 2013; Verkuyten, 2004) , behavioural intentions (Badea et al., 2017; Yitmen & Verkuyten, 2018) , political orientation and related
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
international students and have experienced similar political trajectories during this period, they have pursued divergent education and immigration policies in regulating ISM. Driven by a mix of educational ... particular have contributed to its spectacular ascent. The first is educational expansion, which can be defined as a political strategy to increase tertiary enrollment across society. Historically, the need to
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
Diasporas can create, transform, and exploit transnational networks to engage in political movements in their homeland and in their hostland, engaging in both electoral and non-electoral politics ... . However, the individual processes of subjectivation and its relationship with arts as a form of political engagement have been under‑ explored especially in contexts of violence and insecurity. This
protecting in ways that it, first, neglects ongoing processes of integration and, second, disregards possibilities for social and political change and emancipation, particularly if triggered by immigrant ... rights. In political philosophy, questions of border control are, in principle, separated from questions of domestic justice (e.g., Fine & Ypi, 2016) . Moreover, it must be noted that within the ethics
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
