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EditorialTheoLogica: An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology 8 (1): 1-5. 2024.Questions concerning death and the afterlife are amongst the most perennial in philosophy and theology. Traditionally, the afterlife was the answer that many religions offered in response to the mystery with which death presents us. This answer has metaphysical, anthropological, and ethical implications in that it appeals to a transcendent justification to ground our understanding of human nature, the concepts of justice and moral obligation, as well as more general propositions pertaining to th…Read more
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5Schopenhauer on the Metaphysics of Art and MoralityIn Bart Vandenabeele (ed.), A Companion to Schopenhauer, Wiley-blackwell. 2011.This chapter contains sections titled: Background: Schopenhauer's Methodological Presuppositions Empirical Consciousness Aesthetic Consciousness Moral Consciousness and the Path to Salvation Concluding Remarks Notes References Further Reading.
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24Nietzsche on Morality and the Affirmation of Life (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2022.This volume brings together a number of new essays by leading Nietzsche scholars to examine the philosopher's famous critique of morality and his emphasis on life-affirming values.
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18Nietzsche’s Attempt at a Self-Criticism: Art and Morality in The Birth of TragedyNietzsche Studien 33 37-67. 2004.
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55Theism and Contrastive ExplanationEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 9 (1): 19--26. 2017.I argue that there could not be grounds on which to introduce God into our ontology. My argument presupposes two doctrines. First, we should allow into our ontology only what figures in the best explanation of an event or fact. Second, explanation is contrastive by nature, in that the explanandum always consists in a contrast between a fact and a foil. I argue that God could not figure in true contrastive explanatory statements, because the omnipotence of God guarantees that for any true proposi…Read more
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37Disinterestedness and ObjectivityEuropean Journal of Philosophy 17 (1): 91-100. 2009.No Abstract
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167To relish the sublime? Culture and self-realization in postmodern timesBritish Journal of Aesthetics 43 (3): 322-324. 2003.
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4To Relish the Sublime? Culture and Self‐realization in Postmodern Times (review)British Journal of Aesthetics 43 (3): 322-324. 2003.
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30Nietzsche on Art and Life (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2014.Nietzsche had a particular interest in the relationship between art and life, and in art's contribution to his philosophical aims--to identify the conditions of the affirmation of life, cultural renewal, and exemplary human living. These new essays demonstrate that understanding his engagement with art is essential for understanding his philosophy
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80The themes of affirmation and illusion in the birth of tragedy and beyondIn Ken Gemes & John Richardson (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche, Oxford University Press. pp. 209. 2013.The main theme of Nietzsche’s first published work, The Birth of Tragedy, is that the affirmation of life requires ‘illusion’ which allows us to cope with the ‘insight into the horrible truth’ of our condition. This article argues that Nietzsche held the same position in his later works: that illusion is a necessary to affirm life. The discussion is organized as follows. Section 1 sets out the core thesis of BT vis-à-vis the relationship between affirmation and illusion. Section 2 examines the r…Read more
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90Nietzsche’s Attempt at a Self-Criticism: Art and Morality in The Birth of TragedyNietzsche Studien 33 (1): 37-67. 2004.
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21The Aesthetic Justification of ExistenceIn Keith Ansell Pearson (ed.), A Companion to Nietzsche, Blackwell. 2006-01-01.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Schopenhauerian Challenge “Justification” The Extension of “Aesthetic Phenomenon” The Aestheticization of Suffering Concluding Remarks: The Ethics of Aesthetic Justification.
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