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31Nelson Goodman's philosophy of art (edited book)Garland. 1997.A challenger of traditions and boundaries A pivotal figure in 20th-century philosophy, Nelson Goodman has made seminal contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, and the philosophy of language, with surprising connections that cut across traditional boundaries. In the early 1950s, Goodman, Quine, and White published a series of papers that threatened to torpedo fundamental assumptions of traditional philosophy. They advocated repudiating analyticity, necessity, and prior assumptions…Read more
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31Analysis 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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30The Epistemic Normativity of Knowing-HowIn Astrid Wagner & Ulrich Dirks (eds.), Abel Im Dialog: Perspektiven der Zeichen- Und Interpretationsphilosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 483-498. 2018.
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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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24Considered JudgmentPrinceton University Press. 1999.Philosophy long sought to set knowledge on a firm foundation, through derivation of indubitable truths by infallible rules. For want of such truths and rules, the enterprise foundered. Nevertheless, foundationalism's heirs continue their forbears' quest, seeking security against epistemic misfortune, while their detractors typically espouse unbridled coherentism or facile relativism. Maintaining that neither stance is tenable, Catherine Elgin devises a via media between the absolute and the arbi…Read more
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24Israel Scheffler, Beyond the Letter: A Philosophical Inquiry into Ambiguity, Vagueness and Metaphor in Language (review)American Journal of Semiotics 1 (4). 1982.
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24Williams on truthfulnessPhilosophical Quarterly 55 (219): 343-352. 2005.Truth and Truthfulness: an Essay in Genealogy. By Bernard Williams
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22Reconceptions In Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences, by Nelson Goodman and Catherine Z. Elgin (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 51 (3): 710-713. 1991.
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21Richard Foley's Intellectual Trust in Oneself and Others (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 68 (3): 724-734. 2004.Descartes’ demon is a crafty little devil. Despite centuries of effort by exceedingly clever thinkers, he continues to elude our clutches. Skepticism endures. The reason, Richard Foley thinks, is not hard to discover. It is simply impossible to break through the Cartesian circle. Our only means of vindicating a claim to knowledge or rational belief is to show that it is produced or sustained by our best epistemic methods, that it satisfies the best standards we can devise for rational belief. Th…Read more
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20Art and educationIn Harvey Siegel (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education, Oxford University Press. pp. 319. 2009.
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19Touchstones of History: Anscombe, Hume, and Julius CaesarLogos and Episteme 1 (1): 39-57. 2010.In “Hume and Julius Caesar,” G.E.M. Anscombe argues that some historical claims, such as “Julius Caesar was assassinated,” serve as touchstones for historical knowledge. Only Cartesian doubt can call them into question. I examine her reasons for thinking that the discipline of history must be grounded in claims that it is powerless to discredit. I argue that she is right to recognize that some historical claims are harder to dislodge than others, but wrong to contend that any are invulnerable to…Read more
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18Reply to Van CleveIn Matthias Steup & John Turri (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, Blackwell. pp. 267. 2013.
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173. Metaphor and ReferenceIn Zdravko Radman (ed.), From a Metaphorical Point of View: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Cognitive Content of Metaphor, De Gruyter. pp. 53-72. 1995.
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15Nelson Goodman 1906-1998Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 72 (5). 1999.
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14Ejemplos elocuentesEnrahonar: Quaderns de Filosofía 49 69-89. 2012.Se considera que la ciencia es el espejo de la naturaleza, mientras que el arte imita la vida. De ser así, las representaciones en ambas disciplinas deberían asemejarse a sus objetos. En contra de tales teorías miméticas, argumento que la ejemplificación y no la simple semejanza es crucial. Explico en qué consiste la ejemplificación: una relación referencial de un ejemplar con alguna de sus características. Puesto que la ejemplificación es selectiva, un ejemplar puede diferir de su referente en …Read more
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