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24Collective Responsibility—Again: PHILOSOPHYPhilosophy 44 (168): 153-155. 1969.I shall not try to deal with all of the interesting points Mr. R. S. Downie raises against my paper, Collective Responsibility . I shall deal with a matter of clarification, one of the lesser issues between us, and the major issue between us. . On one point, surely, Downie has simply misunderstood what I said. He claims that my criticisms do not work against the common view that Responsibility is analytically tied to blameworthiness; but only apainst the claim that Responsibility is analytically…Read more
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23Inverting the image: Dreyfus's commentary on HeideggerInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 35 (2). 1992.No abstract
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22Delusions of modesty: A reply to my criticsJournal of Philosophy of Education 15 (1). 1981.David E Cooper; Delusions of Modesty: a reply to my critics, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 15, Issue 1, 30 May 2006, Pages 125–135, https://doi.org.
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22Philosophy, Environment and TechnologyRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 48 141-153. 2001.A striking feature of philosophy in the century just passed is the scale of attention paid to questions concerning the natural environment and technology—a scale so large that any brief survey of the development, current state and possible future of such attention would degenerate into telegrammatic reportage. I shall indeed address the question why philosophical concern with environment and technology has ‘taken off’, and with some confidence that its answer will enable a reasonable estimate of…Read more
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22Aesthetics, Nature and Religion: Ronald W. Hepburn and his Legacy, ed. Endre SzécsényiAberdeen University Press. 2020.On 18–19 May 2018, a symposium was held in the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Ronald W. Hepburn (1927–2008). The speakers at this event discussed Hepburn’s oeuvre from several perspectives. For this book, the collection of the revised versions of their talks has been supplemented by the papers of other scholars who were unable to attend the symposium itself. Thus this volume contains contribution…Read more
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21Human Sentiment and the Future of WildlifeEnvironmental Values 2 (4). 1993.Identifying what is wrong with the demise of wildlife requires prior identification of the human sentiment which is offended by that demise. Attempts to understand this in terms of animal rights (individual or species) and the benefits of wildlife to human beings or the wider environment are rejected. A diagnosis of this sentiment is attempted in terms of our increasing admiration, in the conditions of modernity and postmodernity, for the 'harmony' or 'at homeness' of wild animals with their env…Read more
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21Practice, philosophy and history: Carr vs. JonathanJournal of Philosophy of Education 21 (2). 1987.David E Cooper; Practice, Philosophy and History: Carr vs. Jonathan, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 21, Issue 2, 30 May 2006, Pages 181–186, https:/
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21MeaningRoutledge. 2003.Meaning is one of our most central and most ubiquitous concepts. Anything at all may, in suitable contexts, have meaning ascribed to it. In this wide-ranging book, David Cooper departs from the usual focus on linguistic meaning to discuss how works of art, ceremony, social action, bodily gesture, and the purpose of life can all be meaningful. He argues that the notion of meaning is best approached by considering what we accept as explanations of meaning in everyday practice and shows that in the…Read more
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19Linguistics and'cultural deprivation'Journal of Philosophy of Education 12 (1). 1978.David E Cooper; Linguistics and ‘Cultural Deprivation’, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 12, Issue 1, 30 May 2006, Pages 113–120, https://doi.org/10.1.
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19Philosophy: The Classic Readings (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2010.Philosophy: The Classic Readings is a collection of accessible readings from the history of philosophy specifically focused on metaphysics and epistemology. The philosophers include Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Hume, Russell and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia.
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17Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy: Three Sides of the Mirror.Transcendence and Wittgenstein's TractatusPhilosophical Quarterly 41 (164): 358-360. 1991.
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17Figuratively Speaking, by Robert J. Fogelin (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 51 (2): 471-473. 1991.
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17Experience and the growth of understandingJournal of Philosophy of Education 14 (1). 1980.David E Cooper; Experience and the Growth of Understanding, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 14, Issue 1, 30 May 2006, Pages 97–103, https://doi.org/1.
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17Sense, mystery and practiceInternational Journal of Philosophy and Theology 79 (4): 425-436. 2018.This paper develops the idea, articulated by Martin Buber among others, that a religious sense cannot be identified independently of sensory and practical engagement with the world of ordinary experience. It begins by rejecting the ‘doxastic’ model’ on which religiousness is equated with propositional belief. Criticisms, however, are made of some attempts to soften the contrast between belief and practice. The religious sense, which need not be a theistic one, is understood in terms of a sense o…Read more
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16Understanding as philosophyJournal of Philosophy of Education 17 (2). 1983.David E Cooper; Understanding as Philosophy, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 17, Issue 2, 30 May 2006, Pages 145–153, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-
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16Symbol and Theory: A Philosophical Study of Theories of Religion in Social AnthropologyPhilosophical Review 87 (2): 319. 1978.
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16Losing our minds: Olafson on human beingInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 39 (3 & 4). 1996.No abstract
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16Heidegger, philosophy, nazism by Julian young. Cambridge university press, 1977, pp. XV + 232Philosophy 73 (2): 305-324. 1998.
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15Buddhism and the Ethics of Species ConservationEnvironmental Values 15 (1): 85-97. 2006.Efforts to conserve endangered species of animal are, in some important respects, at odds with Buddhist ethics. On the one hand, being abstract entities, species cannot suffer, and so cannot be proper objects of compassion or similar moral virtues. On the other, Buddhist commitments to equanimity tend to militate against the idea that the individual members of endangered species have greater value than those of less-threatened ones. This paper suggests that the contribution of Buddhism to the is…Read more
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15World Philosophies: A Historical IntroductionWiley-Blackwell. 1996.This popular text has now been revised to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of the growing number of people interested in all the main philosophical traditions of the world. Introduces all the main philosophical systems of the world, from ancient times to the present day. Now includes new sections on Indian and Persian thought and on feminist and environmental philosophy. The preface and bibliography have also been updated. Written by a highly successful textbook author
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15Illusions of EqualityLondon ; Boston : Routledge & K. Paul. 1980.Educational policy and discussion, in Britain and the USA, are increasingly dominated by the confused ideology of egalitarianism. David E. Cooper begins by identifying the principles hidden among the confusions, and argues that these necessarily conflict with the ideal of educational excellence - in which conflict it is this ideal that must be preserved. He goes on to criticize the use of education as a tool for promoting wider social equality, focussing especially on the muddles surrounding 'eq…Read more
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15Comment on dr Fairhurst's paperJournal of Philosophy of Education 14 (2). 1980.David E Cooper; Comment on Dr Fairhurst's Paper, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 14, Issue 2, 30 May 2006, Pages 254–255, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1.
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14The Law of Non-contradictionder 16. Weltkongress Für Philosophie 2 338-344. 1983.Several philosophers have argued, against the hypothesis of alternative logical mentalities, that it is not conceivable that there should be peoples who reject the law of non-contradictlon. In reply, I argue first that these philosophers are lending an unwarranted pre-eminence to this law, and second that their case is made to look stronger than it is by confusing different senses in which a logical law might be 'rejected'. Finally, I consider some remarks of Wittgenstein which suggest that 'acc…Read more
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