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42Gerard J. Hughes, Aristotle on Ethics, London, Routledge, 2001, pp. x + 238Utilitas 15 (1): 117. 2003.
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58The Ecstatic Nature of EmpathyJournal of Philosophical Research 26 359-380. 2001.This paper ventures an analysis of empathy along the lines of Heidegger’s ecstatic structure of being-in-the-world. Empathy is construed as a mode of attunement disclosing the existential weal and woe of others, and as such it serves a basic ethical function of opening up moral import, interest, and motivation. The following conclusions will be drawn: 1) empathy is a genuine possibility in human experience and should not be understood as a “subjective” phenomenon; 2) empathy is “natural” in a wa…Read more
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14A Nietzschean Bestiary: Becoming Animal Beyond Docile and BrutalRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2003.Nietzsche's use of metaphor has been widely noted but rarely focused to explore specific images in great detail. A Nietzschean Bestiary gathers essays devoted to the most notorious and celebrated beasts in Nietzsche's work. The essays illustrate Nietzsche's ample use of animal imagery, and link it to the dual philosophical purposes of recovering and revivifying human animality, which plays a significant role in his call for de-deifying nature
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1984Nietzsche’s Will to Power and PoliticsIn Manuel Knoll & Barry Stocker (eds.), Nietzsche as Political Philosopher, De Gruyter. pp. 113-134. 2014.
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23Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of TruthsOpen Court Publishing Company. 1990.Hatab's work is more than an interpretative study, inspired by Neitzsche and Heidegger of the historical relationship between myth and philosophy in ancient Greece. Its conclusions go beyond the historical case study, and amount to a defence of the intelligibility of myth against an exclusively rational or objective view of the world.
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835How Does the Ascetic Ideal Function in Nietzsche's Genealogy?Journal of Nietzsche Studies 35 (1): 106-123. 2008.
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1William H. Schaberg, The Nietzsche Canon: A Publication History and Bibliography Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 16 (3): 201-203. 1996.
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2338Dasein, The Early Years: Heideggerian Reflections on ChildhoodInternational Philosophical Quarterly 54 (4): 379-391. 2014.Like most philosophers, Heidegger gave little attention to childhood, but his philosophical emphasis on pre-reflective practice and understanding seems uniquely qualified to help make sense of a child’s experience and development. Moreover, it seems to me that many central Heideggerian concepts are best defended, exemplified, and articulated by bringing child development into the discussion. A Heideggerain emphasis on pre-theoretical world-involvement opens up a rich array of phenomena for study…Read more
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57Paul Loeb, The Death of Nietzsche’s Zarathustra (review)New Nietzsche Studies 8 (3-4): 196-204. 2011.
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77Nietzsche's 'on the Genealogy of Morality': An IntroductionCambridge University Press. 2008.Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality is a forceful, perplexing, important book, radical in its own time and profoundly influential ever since. This introductory textbook offers a comprehensive, close reading of the entire work, with a section-by-section analysis that also aims to show how the Genealogy holds together as an integrated whole. The Genealogy is helpfully situated within Nietzsche's wider philosophy, and occasional interludes examine supplementary topics that further enhance the …Read more
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642Prospects for a Democratic Agon : Why We Can Still Be NietzscheansJournal of Nietzsche Studies 24 (1): 132-147. 2002.
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29The Ecstatic Nature of EmpathyJournal of Philosophical Research 26 359-380. 2001.This paper ventures an analysis of empathy along the lines of Heidegger’s ecstatic structure of being-in-the-world. Empathy is construed as a mode of attunement disclosing the existential weal and woe of others, and as such it serves a basic ethical function of opening up moral import, interest, and motivation. The following conclusions will be drawn: 1) empathy is a genuine possibility in human experience and should not be understood as a “subjective” phenomenon; 2) empathy is “natural” in a wa…Read more
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6A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: An Experiment in Postmodern PoliticsJournal of Nietzsche Studies 15 88-91. 1998.
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530Nietzsche, Democracy, and Excellence: Politics as JazzInternational Studies in Philosophy 32 (3): 39-50. 2000.
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508Human nature in a postmodern world: Reflections on the work of Eugene Gendlin (review)Human Studies 17 (3). 1994.
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999Writing Knowledge in the SoulEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 11 (2): 319-332. 2007.In this essay I take up Plato’s critique of poetry, which has little to do with epistemology and representational imitation, but rather the powerful effects that poeticperformances can have on audiences, enthralling them with vivid image-worlds and blocking the powers of critical reflection. By focusing on the perceived psychological dangers of poetry in performance and reception, I want to suggest that Plato’s critique was caught up in the larger story of momentous shifts in the Greek world, tu…Read more
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495Phainomenon and Logos in Aristotle's EthicsIn Hatab Lawrence J. (ed.), Phenomenology and Virtue Ethics, Bloomsbury. pp. 10-30. 2013.
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16Heidegger and Myth: A Loop in the History of BeingJournal of the British Society for Phenomenology 22 (2): 45-64. 1991.(1991). Heidegger and Myth: A Loop in the History of Being. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology: Vol. 22, Psychoanalysis, Emotion, and Myth, pp. 45-64.
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60Time‐sharing in the Bestiary: On Daniel W. Conway's “The Politics of Decadence”Southern Journal of Philosophy 37 (S1): 35-41. 1999.
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868A Story of Unrequited LoveEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 19 (2): 287-296. 2015.Aristotle’s Poetics defends the value of tragic poetry, presumably to counter Plato’s critique in the Republic. Can this defense resonate with something larger and rather surprising, that Aristotle’s overall philosophy displays a tragic character? I define the tragic as pertaining to indigenous and inescapable limits on life, knowledge, control, achievement, and agency. I explore how such limits figure in Aristotle’s physics, metaphysics, and biological works. Accordingly I want to disturb the c…Read more
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Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |
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Philosophy of Language |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |