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116Considered JudgmentNew Jersey: Princeton University Press. 1996.The book contains a unique epistemological position that deserves serious consideration by specialists in the subject."--Bruce Aune, University of Massachusetts.
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28Optional Stops, Foregone Conclusions, and the Value of ArgumentCroatian Journal of Philosophy 4 (3): 317-329. 2004.If the point of argument is to produce conviction, an argument tor a foregone conclusion is pointless. I maintain, however, that an argument makes a variety of cognitive contributions, even when its conclusion is already believed. It exhibits warrant. It affords reasons that we can impart to others. It identifies bases tor agreement among parties who otherwise disagree. It underwrites confidence, by showing how vulnerable warrant is under changes in background assumptions. Multiple arguments for…Read more
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12The Legacy of Nelson Goodman (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 62 (3): 679-690. 2001.Nelson Goodman was one of the soaring figures of twentieth century philosophy. His work radically reshaped the subject, forcing fundamental reconceptions of philosophy’s problems, ends, and means. Goodman not only contributed to diverse fields, from philosophy of language to aesthetics, from philosophy of science to mereology, his works cut across these and other fields, revealing shared features and connecting links that narrowly focused philosophers overlook. That the author of The Structure o…Read more
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36Analysis and the Picture Theory in the 'Tractatus'Philosophy Research Archives 2 568-580. 1976.I argue that the picture theory provides both a common referential hase and a common logical syntax for languages embodying alternative conceptual schemes. I offer an analysis of depiction, explicating the Tractarian concepts of pictorial structure, pictorial relationship, and representational form. Significant failure of reference and the existence of languages with incompatible ontological commitments show that on the molar level depiction is not required for sense. Using three premises, taken…Read more
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119Non-foundationalist epistemology: Holism, coherence, and tenabilityIn Matthias Steup & John Turri (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, Blackwell. pp. 156--67. 2013.
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129``Is Understanding Factive?"In ``Is Understanding Factive?", Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 322--30. 2009.
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Eine Neubestimmung der Ästhetik. Goodmans epistemische WendeIn Nelson Goodman, Jakob Steinbrenner, Oliver R. Scholz & Gerhard Ernst (eds.), Symbole, Systeme, Welten: Studien zur Philosophie Nelson Goodmans, Synchron. 2005.
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Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Aesthetics |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology |