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The Future of Confucian Political Philosophy

On February 14, 2017, Joseph Chan and Stephen Angle convened a Roundtable on the Future of Confucian Political Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. Eight invited speakers each offered thoughts ... Comparative Philosophy Volume 2151-6014 THE FUTURE OF CONFUCIAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Edited by STEPHEN C. ANGLE 0 0 INVITED SPEAKERS (alphabetical order): A On February 14, 2017, Joseph Chan and

On Whether It Is and What It Is

This dialogue, taking place between Prof. Whether and Prof. What, focuses on the nature of the relationship between ontology, conceived as the branch of philosophy concerned with the question of what ... the complementary part of philosophy that seeks to explain, of those entities, what they are. Most philosophers claim that it is not possible to address the first question without at the same time

Politics by Other Means: The Jurisprudence of “Common Good Constitutionalism”

, however, is an exercise in Thomist moral and political philosophy, arguing for the “basic goods” of human life that are the basis of practical reasoning (and which law is also essential to realize). These ... administrative agencies are to be enlisted on behalf of a political agenda that is unlikely to win democratic support. I. COMMON GOOD CONSTITUTIONALISM AND ITS OPPONENTS Early on, Vermeule offers the following

Three Kinds of Arguments for Panpsychism

known from the history of philosophy mainly due to the fact that the former is often combined with so-called Russellian monism. According to Russellian monism, the intrinsic properties of physical things ... Terminological Preliminaries Within the last 100 years, the analytic philosophy of mind has been dominated by materialism, a view that one can fully account for mental phenomena in purely physical terms, such as

Reconstructing Klein

white supremacist, aristocratic power base in the South. In particular, the decision is a coda to a tragic story in which property, central to the political reconstruction of the South on a multiracial ... United States find their independence under siege by political and even authoritarian pressure.33 Against this background, we argue that a more nuanced but critical lens is warranted before lionizing Klein

Replies to the Critics of Knowing and Checking: an Epistemological Investigation

Investigation (Routledge 2019), hereinafter abbreviated as KC. These papers resulted from a workshop organized by the department of philosophy of the University of Maribor. I am very thankful to the organizers of ... . Admittedly, there is some plausibility to claiming that we can check by using Newtonian physics. However, this is a general problem within the philosophy of science and not a problem for checking in particular

Tricky Truths: How Should Alethic Pluralism Accommodate Racial Truths?

Department of Philosophy, Stellenbosch University , Stellenbosch , South Africa 2 Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University , North Ryde , Australia Some alethic pluralists maintain that there are two ... accommodate such a notion. Philosophy of truth; Determination Pluralism; Douglas Edwards; Crispin Wright; Michael Lynch; Metaphysics of race 1 Introduction The important question of whether we should

Justified Evidence Resistance

to Mylan Engel, Thomas Grundmann, Paul Silva Jr, Mona Simion, Tom Sorell, and Luis Rosa. I have benefitted from being a Senior Research Associate at the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy ... an intellectual virtue? Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement , 84 , 23 - 45 . Bernecker , S. ( 2021 ). An epistemic defense of news abstinence . In S. Bernecker, A. Flowerree , & T. Grundmann (Eds

Virtue, Self-Narratives, and the Causes of Action

Journal of Philosophy , 13 ( 1 ), 11 - 20 . Ulatowski , J. , & Lumsden , D. ( 2023 ). Do political convictions infect every fibre of our being? Social Epistemology , 1 - 17 . https://doi.org/10.1080 ... of moral value are caused by virtues cultivated by a person over time. This is a notion that not only has relevance to popular thinking about virtues but also, within academic philosophy, has currency

The Chicago School and the Forgotten Political Dimension of Antitrust Law

economists and other experts trained in the field can analyze. Lately, prominent voices from both the political left and right have begun attacking this mainstream view and calling for an enhanced role for ... wrote in one of the most influential Chicago School articles that antitrust law is “an expression of a social philosophy, an educative force, and a political symbol of extraordinary potency.”17 Moreover

Sino-African Philosophy: A Re-“Constructive Engagement”

“Constructive-Engagement” is a meta-philosophical and meta-methodological “strategy” suggested by Chinese and comparative philosophy scholar Bo Mou for analyzing and enriching philosophical exchange ... REFLECTIVE STUDIES TO SINO-AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY The relations between the African continent and China have shown unprecedented economic, political and social growth over the past three decades. Yet as the study

Political Questions and the Ultra Vires Conundrum

This Article advances a novel theory of the political question doctrine by locating its foundations in a conundrum about ultra vires action, exemplified by the ancient question: Who will guard the

On Mexican Philosophy, For Example

of such thinking the work of Luis Villoro. The second part discusses the disagreement between Manuel Vargas and Robert Sánchez on philosophy as a cultural resource. The third part explores the genuine ... could do so, given different economic and political circumstances.4 I do not consider that this is a specific way of doing Latin American philosophy—or, for example, Mexican philosophy. Critical thinking

CLASSICAL INDIAN SKEPTICISM: REFORMING OR REJECTING PHILOSOPHY

skepticism about philosophy, motivating the project of reading the three pillars as strictly committed to the latter enterprise. In Mills' framing of the contrast, epistemological skeptics have an agenda which ... response on ordinary matters (see Mills 2018, xxiii) . By contrast, his skeptics about philosophy take philosophy itself as a target, jousting against various specific philosophical theories without the

THE QUEST FOR RECOGNITION: THE CASE OF LATIN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY

Latin American philosophy has long been concerned with its philosophical identity. In this paper I argue that the search for Latin American philosophical identity is motivated by a desire for ... itself a political task about identity. As a result, we appreciate how the metaphilosophical debate of Latin American philosophy is informed by a desire for recognition through Euro-American philosophical

The Constitutionality of Orthodoxy: First Amendment Implications of Laws Restricting Critical Race Theory in Public Schools

permissible political viewpoints in curricula. This Comment argues that existing doctrine supports recognizing a student right to be free from political orthodoxy in public education. It proposes a ... , courts should evaluate whether curricular decisions restrict discussion of political viewpoints. Second, the government should have the opportunity to show that the restriction serves a legitimate interest

Value Pluralism versus Value Monism

history of philosophy, is defended only by a few contemporary authors (Dworkin, 2012; Hurka, 1996; Klocksiem, 2011; Moen, 2016; Regan, 1997) ,1 is based on the opposing metaphysical thesis: namely, that ... among deliberators that such conflicts allow for reasoned choices. In fact, the very notion of political deliberation is underpinned by the presupposition of comparability. For if choices between freedom

Deliberate One-sidedness as a Method of Doing Philosophy: Reflections on Rosemont’s View of the Person

deliberate. His theory is not intended to be a balanced account. I will illustrate that Rosemont’s way of conceiving the human self is not peculiar to him, but characteristic of those who take philosophy as a ... metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of language, of science, and of religion. Rosemont is not shy in admitting that his view is asymmetrical and one-sided. He states

Prospects for Reform? The Collapse of Community Policing in Chicago

: money—especially the impact of economic downturns; leadership turnover and policy preferences; changes in the social, political, and crime environments; and the emergence of new technologies for ... their founding believers and political supporters move on (the police chief’s job is usually a revolving door). Still more projects are hollowed out but kept around so that mayors and chiefs have

Non-Factualist Interpretation of the Skeptical Solution and the Self-Refutation Argument

and logic . Victor Gollancz Ltd. Barber , A. ( 1998 ). The pleonasticity of talk about concepts . Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition , 89 ( 1 ), 53 ... . ( 2017 ). Semantic non-factualism in Kripke's Wittgenstein . Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy , 5 ( 9 ), 1 - 13 . Byrne , A. ( 1996 ). Misinterpreting Kripke's Wittgenstein. Philosophy and