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Representation in artIn Jerrold Levinson (ed.), The Oxford handbook of aesthetics, Oxford University Press. pp. 192--210. 2003.
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27Review of Michael A. Bishop, J.d. Trout, Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2005 (6). 2005.
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58Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1980.This book's thirty essays explore philosophically the nature and morality of sexual perversion, cybersex, masturbation, homosexuality, contraception, same-sex marriage, promiscuity, pedophilia, date rape, sexual objectification, teacher-student relationships, pornography, and prostitution. Authors include Martha Nussbaum, Thomas Nagel, Alan Goldman, John Finnis, Sallie Tisdale, Robin West, Alan Wertheimer, John Corvino, Cheshire Calhoun, Jerome Neu, and Alan Soble, among others. A valuable resou…Read more
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38Evaluating artIn Peter Kivy (ed.), Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics, Wiley-blackwell. pp. 93--108. 2004.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Aesthetic Properties and Principles Ideal Critics Engagement Objections and Questions References Further reading.
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303Huckleberry Finn and moral motivationPhilosophy and Literature 34 (1). 2010.Huckleberry Finn is not irrational in being unmotivated to follow his explicit judgments of rightness and wrongness. Philosophers have previously judged Huck to be irrational, subject to weakness of will, in being unable to act on his moral judgment. But their interpretation rests on incorrect analyses of weak will and of the emotions on which Huck does act. I also argue that such emotion based motivation is not of the kind that could be rationally required. The character of Huckleberry Finn the…Read more
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52Desires and reasonsAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 46 (4). 2009.In an article on whether desires generate practical reasons, Ruth Chang points out that philosophers have gravitated to extreme positions in their answers to this question. Internalists argue that all reasons derive from desires, while externalists argue that none, or virtually none, do. She, by contrast, holds that some reasons derive from desires and some from objective values. According to her, single desires in themselves can provide reasons for actions based simply on the desires' affective…Read more
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David HumeIn Alessandro Giovannelli (ed.), Aesthetics: The Key Thinkers, Continuum. pp. 48-60. 2012.
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2Henry Shue, Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence and U.S. Foreign Policy (review)Philosophy in Review 1 41-45. 1981.
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91Beardsley's legacy: The theory of aesthetic valueJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 63 (2). 2005.Alan Goldman; Beardsley's Legacy: The Theory of Aesthetic Value: Symposium: Monroe Beardsley's Legacy in Aesthetics, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
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102Desire, depression, and rationalityPhilosophical Psychology 20 (6). 2007.Internalists hold that all reasons derive from existing motivations. They also hold that agents act irrationally when they fail to act on the strongest reasons they have. Emotions can make one act irrationally. But depression as an emotion tends to remove the motivation to act at the same time as it causes irrational inaction. If depression can cause irrationality, then the reasons to act must remain. Hence the internalist must explain how reasons can remain if depression removes motivation. Thi…Read more
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Epistemology |
Philosophy of Action |
Aesthetics |
Philosophy of Law |
Value Theory, Miscellaneous |