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84A Powerless Conscience: Hume on Reflection and Acting ConscientiouslyBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 25 (3). 2017.If one looks for the notion of conscience in Hume, there appears to be a contrast between the loose use of it that can be found in his History of England, and the stricter use of it Hume makes in his philosophical works. It is my belief that, notwithstanding the problems Hume’s philosophy raises for a notion such as conscience, it is possible to frame a positive Humean explanation of it. I want to suggest that, far from corresponding to a mental power or to a faculty of some sort, conscience for…Read more
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30Joan C. Tronto, Confini morali. Un argomento politico per l'etica della cura (review)La Cultura: Rivista di filosofia, letteratura, storia 46 (3): 426-28. 2008.
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47Jacqueline A. Taylor, Reflecting Subjects: Passions, Sympathy, and Society in Hume's Philosophy (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2015). (review)British Journal for the History of Philosophy (6): 1-4. 2017.
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27Galen Strawson, The Evident Connexion (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011). (review)Rivista di Filosofia 103 (2): 360-62. 2012.
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8Craig Taylor, Sympathy: A Philosophical Analysis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). (review)Iride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 17 (43): 730-31. 2004.
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6Philippa Foot, Virtù e vizi (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2008). (review)Rivista di Filosofia 100 (3): 441-43. 2009.
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14Carmelo Vigna (ed.), Introduzione all'etica (Milano: Vita e Pensiero, 2001) (review)Iride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 15 (37): 676-78. 2002.
University of Pisa
PhD, 2003
Italy
Areas of Specialization
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David Hume |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Normative Ethics |
Moral Psychology |
Meta-Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Action |
Philosophy of Mind |
Applied Ethics |
20th Century Philosophy |