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20Hegel and SkepticismHarvard University Press. 1989.Forster demonstrates that Hegel did not in fact ignore epistemology, but on the contrary he fought a tireless and subtle campaign to defeat the threat of skepticism. Forster's work should dispel once and for all the view that Hegel was naive or careless in epistemological matters. Along the way, Forster makes much that has hither to remained obscure in Hegel's texts intelligible for the first time.
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191. Wittgenstein’s Conception of GrammarIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 7-20. 2004.
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19Do I really feel it? The contributions of subjective fluency and compatibility in low-level effects on aesthetic appreciationFrontiers in Human Neuroscience 9. 2015.
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17Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of GrammarPrinceton University Press. 2005.What is the nature of a conceptual scheme? Are there alternative conceptual schemes? If so, are some more justifiable or correct than others? The later Wittgenstein already addresses these fundamental philosophical questions under the general rubric of "grammar" and the question of its "arbitrariness"--and does so with great subtlety. This book explores Wittgenstein's views on these questions. Part I interprets his conception of grammar as a generalized version of Kant's transcendental idealist …Read more
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15The Palgrave Handbook of Russian Thought (edited book)Springer Verlag. 2021.This volume is a comprehensive Handbook of Russian thought that provides an in-depth survey of major figures, currents, and developments in Russian intellectual history, spanning the period from the late eighteenth century to the late twentieth century. Written by a group of distinguished scholars as well as some younger ones from Russia, Europe, the United States, and Canada, this Handbook reconstructs a vibrant picture of the intellectual and cultural life in Russia and the Soviet Union during…Read more
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15Chapter Six. Kant’s Reformed MetaphysicsIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 33-39. 2009.
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15The Philosophy of Translation, the Translation of Philosophy, and ChineseJournal of Chinese Philosophy 50 (3): 219-224. 2023.
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14Chapter Eight. Defenses Against Pyrrhonian SkepticismIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 44-52. 2009.
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13The Cambridge Companion to Hermeneutics (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2018.Hermeneutics, the study of interpretation, is an essential and valuable branch of philosophy. Hermeneutics is also a central component of the methodology of the social sciences and the humanities, for example historiography, anthropology, art history, and literary criticism. In a sequence of accessible chapters, contributors across the human sciences explain the leading concepts and ideas of hermeneutics, the historical development of the field, the importance of hermeneutics in philosophy today…Read more
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13Romantic Hermeneutics and Its Impact in the Long Nineteenth CenturyIn Christian Berner, Sarah Schmidt, Brent W. Sockness & Denis Thouard (eds.), Kommunikation in Philosophie, Religion und Gesellschaft: Akten des InternationalenSchleiermacher-Kongresses 25.–29. Mai 2021, De Gruyter. pp. 81-118. 2023.
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12Does Every Genuine Philosophy Have a Skeptical Side?Review of Metaphysics 75 (2): 219-264. 2021.
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12Chapter Five. Humean SkepticismIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 21-32. 2009.
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12Chapter Seven. Defenses against Humean SkepticismIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 40-43. 2009.
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11Herder's PhilosophyOxford University Press. 2018.Johann Gottfried Herder is a towering figure in modern thought, but one who has hitherto been severely underappreciated. Michael Forster seeks to rectify that situation by exploring the full range of his ideas, and showing their enormous impact in philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, and comparative literature.
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10Back to the future: A methodology for comparing old A-level and new AS standardsEducational Studies 28 (2): 163-180. 2002.Curriculum 2000 has meant significant change for the post-16 sector. New qualifications have been introduced (e.g. the new Advanced Subsidiary examination) and the number of students involved in education and training post-16 has increased. In this scenario how can the standards of new qualifications, particularly the new Advanced Subsidiary examinations, be compared with those of previous qualifications? One method is to use the prior achievement of candidates (i.e. GCSE results) as a basis for…Read more
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10Chapter Ten. A Metaphysics of Morals?In Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 58-62. 2009.
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10Practical Philosophy West and EastJournal of Chinese Philosophy 49 (4): 327-341. 2022.This article offers a broad-ranging comparison of practical philosophy in the West and in China with a view to enabling not only better mutual understanding between the two sides but also better self-understanding on each side. Contrary to widespread Western conceptions that Chinese practical philosophy may have contributed some important principles in first-order morality but has contributed little in the area of meta-ethics as compared to the West, it is argued here that Chinese practical phil…Read more
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106. Alternative Grammars? The Limits of LanguageIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 129-152. 2004.
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9Hat jede wahre Philosophie eine skeptische Seite?In Markus Gabriel (ed.), Skeptizismus Und Metaphysik, Akademie Verlag. pp. 261-294. 2011.
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9IntroductionIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 1-4. 2004.
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9Appendix. The Philosophical InvestigationsIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 189-192. 2004.
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9Chapter Eleven. Failures of Self-ReflectionIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 63-75. 2009.
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8Chapter Twelve. The Pyrrhonist’s RevengeIn Kant and Skepticism, Princeton University Press. pp. 76-92. 2009.
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8Foreignizing Translation and ChineseJournal of Chinese Philosophy 50 (3): 225-242. 2023.This article explains a new ‘foreignizing’ approach to translation that was invented in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, especially by Herder and Schleiermacher, and that has since become the predominant approach in translation theory. The article argues that despite the great virtues of this approach, it was based on an unduly narrow restriction to Indo-European languages, which leaves considerable room for further improvement. Greater attention to Hebrew has since made up this deficit t…Read more
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8The Autonomy of GrammarIn Hans-Johann Glock & John Hyman (eds.), A Companion to Wittgenstein, Wiley-blackwell. 2017.Ludwig Wittgenstein in his later works often implies commitment to a doctrine of the autonomy or arbitrariness of grammar. This chapter discusses the conception of grammar that is presupposed in this doctrine and then explains the doctrine itself. The chapter also explains a sense in which grammar is not autonomous or arbitrary for Wittgenstein and discusses some possible criticisms of the doctrine. It should be noted at the outset that this whole area of exegetical concern is one in which the f…Read more
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87. Alternative Grammars? The Problem of AccessIn Wittgenstein on the Arbitrariness of Grammar, Princeton University Press. pp. 153-188. 2004.
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