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22Kant argues that sex is only permissible under the condition of marriage. In this paper, I argue that Kant’s argument for the impermissibility of non-marital sex commits him to the impermissibility of all sex. I then show how he might alter his account of sexuality in such a way that it would both allow him to avoid the conclusion that all sex is impermissible and be more consistent with his broader ethical and anthropological thought.
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Poe y Valéry: la ejecución del poemaCuadrante Phi. 2008.In spite of Mallarmé, for whom ideas don’t make up poems, the geometric treatise on poetics attempt to offer a definitive answer to the ars poetica’s main question: what is a poem? Based upon the theoretic writings of Paul Valéry and Edgar Allan Poe, in which we can find such a geometric stance, this article examines the reach and difficulties of a philosophical reflection in its attempt of comprehending a poetic composition. In any case, it seems the poet’s word keeps its secrets from the philo…Read more
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Areas of Interest
| Philosophy of Language |
| Normative Ethics |
| 17th/18th Century Philosophy |