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1Terry Nardin, The Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 22 (6): 429-431. 2002.
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24Philosophy and PoetryEssays in Philosophy 12 (2): 254-272. 2011.Philosophy certainly has connections with science but it is not itself a science. Nor is it literature. But it is related to literature in a way that excessive emphasis on science can obscure. In this paper I defend the rather old-fashioned view that philosophy is essentially linguistic. I also argue, less conventionally, that there is an unavoidable personal aspect to at least some philosophical problems, and in answering them we must speak for ourselves without being able to count on every oth…Read more
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5Anscombe's Moral PhilosophyLexington Books. 2010.Anscombe's Moral Philosophy is an accessible introduction to Elizabeth Anscombe's work on ethics. It also offers a critique of her views on such diverse subjects as the bombing of Hiroshima, same-sex marriage, consequentialism, moral obligation, and intention
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18Why be good?: a historical introduction to ethicsOxford University Press. 2008.Plato -- Aristotle -- Christianity -- Aquinas -- Hobbes -- Hume -- Kant -- Mill -- Nietzsche -- Virtue after Nietzsche.
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25Subjectivity after Wittgenstein: The Post-Cartesian Subject and the “Death of Man.” (review)The European Legacy 21 (4): 445-446. 2016.
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61Missing the entire point: Wittgenstein and religionReligious Studies 37 (2): 161-175. 2001.In this paper I contrast some widespread ideas about what Wittgenstein said about religious belief with statements Wittgenstein made about his purposes and method in doing philosophy, in order to argue that he did not hold the views commonly attributed to him. These allegedly Wittgensteinian doctrines in fact essentialize religion in a very un-Wittgensteinian way. A truly Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion can only be a personal process, and there can be no part in it for generalized hypothe…Read more
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44Wittgenstein's ‘tractatus’: An introduction, by Alfred Nordmann (review)European Journal of Philosophy 16 (1). 2008.
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26Rules, magic, and instrumental reason: A critical interpretation of Peter Winch's philosophy of the social studiesPhilosophia 32 (1-4): 435-441. 2005.
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2John W. Cook, Wittgenstein, Empiricism, and Language Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 21 (1): 23-25. 2001.
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22Applying Wittgenstein – by Rupert read (review)Philosophical Investigations 32 (1): 91-95. 2008.No Abstract
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95Wittgensteinian foundationalismErkenntnis 55 (3). 2001.The idea that there is such a thing as Wittgensteinian foundationalism is a provocative one for two reasons. For one thing, Wittgenstein is widely regarded as an anti-foundationalist. For another, the very word `foundationalism' sounds like the name of a theory, and Wittgenstein famously opposed the advancing of theories and theses in philosophy. Nonetheless, in his book Moore and Wittgenstein on Certainty, Avrum Stroll has argued that Wittgenstein does indeed develop a foundationalist view in h…Read more
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42Social Integrity and Private ‘Immorality’ The Hart-Devlin Debate ReconsideredEssays in Philosophy 2 (2): 55-65. 2001.In a debate between tolerance and intolerance one is disinclined to side with intolerance. Nevertheless that, in a sense, is what I want to do in this paper. The particular debate I have in mind is the old one between H.L.A. Hart and Patrick Devlin about the legal enforcement of moral values. It should be noted, though, that the issue has by no means been settled in the minds of many people. The proposed repeal of the British law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality (a law known as Section…Read more
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59Nothing to be Said: Wittgenstein and Wittgensteinian EthicsSouthern Journal of Philosophy 34 (2): 243-256. 1996.
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42Ethics and Private LanguagePhilosophical Topics 38 (1): 181-203. 2010.There are intriguing hints in the works of Stanley Cavell and Stephen Mulhall of a possible connection between ethics and Wittgenstein’s remarks on private language, which are concerned with expressions of Empfindungen: feelings or sensations. The point of this paper is to make the case explicitly for seeing such a connection. What the point of that is I will address at the end of the paper. If Mulhall and Cavell both know their Wittgenstein and choose their words carefully, which I will take as…Read more
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48Whose Ethics? Which Wittgenstein?Philosophical Papers 31 (3): 323-342. 2002.The relevance of Wittgenstein for ethics depends on which Wittgenstein we mean. I argue that we should distinguish not only between Wittgenstein's personal opinions and his philosophy, but also, within his philosophical work, between broadly methodological remarks and what Wittgenstein might call genuinely philosophical remarks (which are not about philosophy but try to bring clarity to the mind bewitched by language). Wittgenstein's personal opinions will be considered irrelevant by most philos…Read more
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