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    Fiction and Conviction
    Philosophical Papers 32 (3): 243-260. 2003.
    Abstract In this piece I take issue with Bernard Williams's interpretation of Herodotus as lacking something of our conception of time. I claim that there is nothing so unusual in the interleaving of myth or fiction and history that Williams finds in Herodotus. I also reflect on the difficulty of separating acceptance of truth from acceptance of myth, metaphor, and model, not only in history but also in science
    Bernard WilliamsTruth in Fiction
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    Précis of Ruling Passions
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 65 (1): 122-135. 2002.
    Ruling Passions is about human nature. It is an invitation to see human nature a certain way. It defends this way of looking at ourselves against competitors, including rational choice theory, modern Kantianism, various applications of evolutionary psychology, views that enchant our natures, and those that disenchant them in the direction of relativism or nihilism. It is a story centred upon a view of human ethical nature, which it places amongst other facets of human nature, as just one of the …Read more
    Quasi-Realism
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    Book reviews (review)
    Mind 84 (1): 146-148. 1975.
  • S. GUTTENPLAN : "Mind and Language"
    Philosophical Quarterly 26 (105). 1976.