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30EditorialBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 29 (1): 1-3. 2021.In taking over as Co-Editors of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, we are conscious that we have an incredibly hard act to follow. When Mike Beaney officially became Editor in April...
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23Kantian philosophy and the human sciences: introduction to issue 4Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 39 (4): 459-461. 2008.
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11EditorialBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 30 (1): 1-2. 2022.We would like to start by thanking all those who have contributed to the smooth running of the Journal over the last year in what remain challenging circumstances due to Covid-19: all our Associate...
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7Thinking About the Emotions: A Philosophical History (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2017.Philosophical reflection on the emotions has a long history stretching back to classical Greek thought, even though at times philosophers have marginalized or denigrated them in favour of reason. Fourteen leading philosophers here offer a broad survey of the development of our understanding of the emotions. The thinkers they discuss include Aristotle, Aquinas, Ockham, Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, Hobbes, Hume, Shaftesbury, Hutcheson, Kant, Schiller, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, James, Brentano, …Read more
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1Enabling the Realization of Humanity: The Anthropological Dimension of EducationIn Klas Roth & Chris W. Surprenant (eds.), Kant and Education: Interpretations and Commentary, Routledge. pp. 152-62. 2011.The aim of this paper is to argue that Kant’s philosophy of education should be interpreted as showing that education can be morally relevant despite the fact that it cannot make the child moral. To support this claim, I suggest that it is necessary to focus on the connection between Kant’s account on education and his views on moral anthropology. For it brings to light that education cannot but work with nature (and in particular human nature, natural feelings and predispositions) rather than a…Read more
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Kant on the moral cultivation of feelingsIn Alix Cohen & Robert Stern (eds.), Thinking about the Emotions : A Philosophical History, Oxford University Press. 2017.
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Physiological vs. Pragmatic Anthropology: A Response to Schleiermacher’s Objection to Kant’s AnthropologyIn Valerio Rohden, Ricardo Terra, Guido Antonio Almeida & Margit Ruffing (eds.), Recht und Frieden in der Philosophie Kants: Akten des X. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses, De Gruyter. pp. 3-14. 2008.
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The making of a philosophical classic: The reception of david hume in europeRivista di Storia Della Filosofia 62 (3): 457-468. 2007.
University of Cambridge
Alumnus, 2005
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
Immanuel Kant |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Emotions |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Social Sciences |