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411Hawthorne’s might-y failure: a reply to “Knowledge and epistemic necessity”Philosophical Studies 173 (5): 1165-1177. 2016.In “Knowledge and epistemic necessity,” John Hawthorne gives a defense of what he rightly calls the “standard approach” to epistemic possibility against what he calls a new “competing idea” presented by Dougherty and Rysiew which he notes has been “endorsed and elaborated upon” by Fantl and McGrath. According to the standard approach, roughly, p is epistemically possible for S if S doesn’t know that not-p. The new approach has it that p is epistemically possible if p has a non-zero epistemic pro…Read more
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452Meeting the Epicurean challenge: a reply to ’Abortion and Deprivation'Journal of Medical Ethics 45 (6): 380-383. 2019.Anna Christensen argues that it is implausible to claim that abortion and murder are morally impermissible given that they deprive individuals of a future like ours. In this essay, I provide two responses to Christensen’s argument. First, I show that the premises upon which Christensen’s argument relies have implausible implications. Second, I provide a direct response to Christensen’s challenge, showing that abortion and murder are morally impermissible given that they do deprive individuals of…Read more
Nicholas Colgrove
Augusta University
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Augusta UniversityAssistant Professor
APA Eastern Division
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Religion |
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Religion |