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11Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law: Volume 1 (edited book)Oxford University Press UK. 2011.Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Law is an annual forum for some of the best new philosophical work on law, by both senior and junior scholars from around the world. The essays range widely over issues in general jurisprudence, the philosophical foundations of specific areas of law, the history of legal philosophy, and related philosophical topics that illuminate the problems of legal theory. OSPL will be essential reading for philosophers, academic lawyers, political scientists, and historia…Read more
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11NietzscheIn Timothy O'Connor & Constantine Sandis (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Denial of Free Will and Moral Responsibility Against the Causality of the Will The Genesis of Action A ‘Persuasive (Re)Definition’ of Free Will References.
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9Dlaczego tolerować religię?Principia 66 59-85. 2019.The majority of legal systems in Western democracies accord special treatment to religions, e.g. exemptions from generally applicable laws if they conflict with religious convictions. Other beliefs do not usually enjoy such far‑reaching tolerance on the part of the state. The article raises the question of how granting such privilege to religious views can be justified. Arguments of some philosophers (e.g. Thomas Hobbes’) which suggest that an intolerant attitude might sometimes be disadvantageo…Read more
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6Closet Dualism and Mental CausationCanadian Journal of Philosophy 28 (2): 161-181. 1998.Serious doubts about nonreductive materialism — the orthodoxy of the past two decades in philosophy of mind — have been long overdue. Jaegwon Kim has done perhaps the most to articulate the metaphysical problems that the new breed of materialists must confront in reconciling their physicalism with their commitment to the autonomy of the mental. Although the difficulties confronting supervenience, multiple-realizability, and mental causation have been recurring themes in his work, only mental cau…Read more
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5American Legal RealismIn Dennis Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010.This chapter contains sections titled: Jurisprudential Methodology Legal Indeterminacy Descriptive Theory of Adjudication The Attack on Formalism Normative Theory of Adjudication Other Themes from Realism References.
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3Marx and MarxismIn Martin Kusch (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Relativism, Routledge. pp. 88-96. 2020.Many kinds of relativism have been attributed to Karl Marx. We discuss three broad areas of Marx’s thinking: his theories of history, science, and morality. Along the way, we show that Marx is committed to a version of philosophical naturalism that privileges the results of genuine science over alternative ways of understanding the world. This outlook presupposes the possibility of objective knowledge of the world. It follows that Marx is no relativist (at least in the senses we consider). Unlik…Read more
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3The Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Recovering Marx, Nietzsche, and FreudIn The Future for Philosophy, Clarendon Press. 2004.
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3The Paradox of Fatalism and Self-Creation in NietzscheIn Christopher Janaway (ed.), Willing and Nothingness: Schopenhauer as Nietzsche's Educator, Clarendon Press. 1998.
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2Naturalism and naturalized jurisprudenceIn Brian Bix (ed.), Analyzing Law: New Essays in Legal Theory, Oxford University Press. pp. 79. 1998.
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2Is there an american furisprudence?Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 17 (2): 367-387. 1997.BRIAN LEITER; Is There An ‘American’ Jurisprudence?, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 17, Issue 2, 1 July 1997, Pages 367–387, https://doi.org/10.1093/oj.
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2The conference will examine important historical influences on Nietzsche, as well as Nietzsche's legacy to later philosophy. Invited papers will last approximately one hour, followed by a short comment, and then general discussion.
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1Legal Realism, Hard Positivism, and Limits of Conceptual AnalysisIn Jules L. Coleman (ed.), Hart's Postscript: Essays on the Postscript to `the Concept of Law', Oxford University Press. 2001.
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1Nietzsche: Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 1997.Daybreak marks the arrival of Nietzsche's 'mature' philosophy and is indispensable for an understanding of his critique of morality and 'revaluation of all values'. This volume presents the distinguished translation by R. J. Hollingdale, with a new introduction that argues for a dramatic change in Nietzsche's views from Human, All Too Human to Daybreak, and shows how this change, in turn, presages the main themes of Nietzsche's later and better-known works such as On the Genealogy of Morality. T…Read more
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Law and objectivityIn Jules Coleman & Scott J. Shapiro (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law, Oxford University Press. pp. 969--89. 2002.
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The topic this semester will be “methodology,” with special (but not exclusive) reference to the recent, voluminous literature on this topic in legal philosophy. There are two central questions: (1) Is there a distinctive method of philosophical inquiry? (2) What is the relationship between philosophical methods and the methods (and results) of the empirical sciences (broadly construed)?
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IntroductionIn Brian Leiter & Michael Rosen (eds.), The Oxford handbook of continental philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2007.
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Law and ObjectivityIn Jules Coleman & Scott J. Shapiro (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, Oxford University Press. 2002.
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Realism, Hart Positivism, and Conceptual AnalysisIn Jules L. Coleman (ed.), Hart's Postscript: Essays on the Postscript to `the Concept of Law', Oxford University Press. 2001.
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Morality criticsIn Brian Leiter & Michael Rosen (eds.), The Oxford handbook of continental philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2007.
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Legal positivism as a realist theory of lawIn Torben Spaak (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Legal Positivism, Cambridge University Press. 2021.
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IntroductionIn Brian Leiter & Neil Sinhababu (eds.), Nietzsche and morality, Oxford University Press. 2007.
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The case for Nietzschean moral psychologyIn Brian Leiter & Neil Sinhababu (eds.), Nietzsche and morality, Oxford University Press. 2007.
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“The Routledge [series] is designed to introduce students to classic works of philosophy. Brian Leiter’s Nietzsche on Morality does that, and much more. The book offers a complete commentary of On the Genealogy of Morality, but it also articulates a comprehensive and original interpretation of Nietzsche’s critique of morality. The product is an exceptionally clear and cohesive account of philosophical views known neither for their clarity nor their cohesiveness…. “The distinction, and the chief …Read more
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Review of Beyond Selflessness, by Christopher Janaway (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. forthcoming.
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University of ChicagoRegular Faculty
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Meta-Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |
19th Century Philosophy |