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24Hypocrisy: Ethical InvestigationsBroadview Press. 2004.What is a hypocrite? What role does hypocrisy play in our lives? Why is it thought to be such an ugly vice? Is it ever acceptable? What do we lose in our indifference to it? Hypocrisy: Ethical Investigations seeks to illuminate the concept of hypocrisy by exploring its multiple roles in our moral and political lives and struggles. The authors provide a critical examination of a wide range of perspectives on the nature, varieties, and significance of hypocrisy, arguing that it is a key concept in…Read more
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24Wittgenstein Reads Weininger (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2004.Otto Weininger was one of the most controversial and widely read authors of fin-de-siècle Vienna. He was both condemned for his misogyny, self-hatred, anti-semitism and homophobia, as well as praised for his uncompromising and outspoken approach to gender and morality. For Wittgenstein Weininger was a 'remarkable genius'. He repeatedly recommended Weininger's Sex and Character to friends and students and included the author on a short list of figures who had influenced him. The purpose of this n…Read more
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24Wittgenstein: Conversations 1949–1951 O. K. Bowsma Edited by J. L. Craft and Ronald E. Hustwit Indianapolis, IN: Hackett, 1986. Pp. xxiv, 78 (review)Dialogue 26 (4): 771. 1987.
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23Rorty on belief and self‐deceptionInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 17 (1): 464-473. 1974.In this note I argue that although Rorty's programme (Inquiry, Vol. 15, No. 4) to bring into focus the role that belief plays in self?deception is a salutary one, her actual claims obscure that role. It is also contended that Rorty fails to de?mythologize self?deception, since her account is either paradox?ridden or else describes a concept recognizably distinct from the concept of self?deception
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23Ludwig Wittgenstein on Race, Gender, and Cultural Identity: Philosophy as a Personal EndeavourEdwin Mellen Press. 2010.This book paints a portrait of Ludwig Wittgenstein that is very different from conventional portraits that narrowly depict him as a philosopher's philosopher silent about social, ethical and cultural questions.
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22Was wittgenstein a fideist? two viewsSophia 41 (2): 41-54. 2002.Kai Nielsen and Felicity McCutcheon have each in their own way taken issue with the received view that Wittgenstein’s remarks on religious language are to be construed as a form of “fideism”. They each provide sharply divergent views on Wittgenstein’s remarks on the meaning of religious language and, indeed, the importance of religion itself. These differences, however, serve to bring into relief both Wittgenstein’s recognition of the genuinely descriptive nature of ordinary religious discourse …Read more
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20On "Moral Expertise"Canadian Journal of Philosophy 8 (1): 117-129. 1978.Not so long ago it was fashionable to claim that it is not the moral philosopher's business to say what things are good or what actions we should perform. This view is succinctly stated by A. J. Ayer:There is a distinction, which is not always sufficiently marked, between the activity of a moralist, who sets out to elaborate a moral code, or to encourage its observance, and that of a moral philosopher, whose concern is not primarily to make moral judgments but to analyse their nature.On the othe…Read more
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17Jealousy and Self-KnowledgePhilosophie Et Culture: Actes du XVIIe Congrès Mondial de Philosophie 3 477-481. 1988.
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15OnCanadian Journal of Philosophy 8 (1): 117-129. 1978.Not so long ago it was fashionable to claim that it is not the moral philosopher's business to say what things are good or what actions we should perform. This view is succinctly stated by A. J. Ayer:There is a distinction, which is not always sufficiently marked, between the activity of a moralist, who sets out to elaborate a moral code, or to encourage its observance, and that of a moral philosopher, whose concern is not primarily to make moral judgments but to analyse their nature.On the othe…Read more
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14Wittgenstein as Philosophical Tone-Poet: Philosophy and Music in DialogueEditions Rodopi. 2014.This book provides the first in-depth exploration of the importance of music for Ludwig Wittgenstein’s life and work. Wittgenstein’s remarks on music are essential for understanding his philosophy: they are on the nature of musical understanding, the relation of music to language, the concepts of representation and expression, on melody, irony and aspect-perception, and, on the great composers belonging to the Austrian-German tradition. Biography and philosophy, this work suggests that Wittgenst…Read more
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13Embarrassment and Self-EsteemJournal of Philosophical Research 15 341-349. 1990.Emotions are in as a philosophical topic. Yet the recent literature is bent on grand theorizing rather than attempting to explore particular emotions and their roles in our lives. In this paper, I aim to remedy this situation a little by exploring the emotion of embarrassment. First, I critically examine R.C. Solomon’s conceptual sketch and try to distinguish “embarrassment” from “shame”, “humiliation” and “being amused”. Secondly, I argue that “private embarrassment” is a coherent and useful id…Read more
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12Hypocricy and PrivacyJournal of Philosophical Research 27 601-618. 2002.Hypocrisy and privacy are commonly thought to be completely different, yet it turns out to be surprisingly difficult to distinguish them. We consider various ways in which they might be differentiated, especially the attempt to do so on the basis of their moral standing. We argue, by case and through discussion, that there is more moral ambiguity about each concept than generally acknowledged. Finally, we offer some additional speculations about the similarities and differences between the two, …Read more
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7Wittgenstein at the Movies: Cinematic Investigations (edited book)Lexington Books. 2011.Wittgenstein at the Movies is centered on in-depth explorations of two intriguing experimental films on Wittgenstein: Derek Jarman's Wittgenstein and Péter Forgács' Wittgenstein Tractatus. The featured essays look at cinematic interpretations of Wittgenstein's life and philosophy in a manner bound to provoke the lively interest of Wittgenstein scholars, film theorists, students of film aesthetics and artistic modernism, and those concerned with the world of Cambridge in the first half of the twe…Read more
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7Michael Hymers, Wittgenstein and the Practice of Philosophy. Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 30 (5): 355-357. 2010.
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5Wittgenstein’s Reception of Wagner: Language, Music, and CultureIn Sascha Bru, Wolfgang Huemer & Daniel Steuer (eds.), Wittgenstein Reading, De Gruyter. pp. 171-196. 2013.
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5Once upon a time in the West: the making of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association, 1963-2004Academic Printing &. 2005.
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3Alfred R. Mele, Irrationality: An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception and Self-Control Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 8 (5): 178-181. 1988.
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2Brian McGuinness, ed., Wittgenstein and his Times Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 4 (1): 31-34. 1984.
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