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Language and Ontology. Proceedings of the 6th International Wittgenstein Symposium 23rd to 30th August 1981, Kirchberg Wechsel, Austria (review)Studia Logica 43 (3): 306-307. 1984.
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31In this paper I begin by examining a particularly disturbing eliminativist argument from Evelyn Fox Keller against the continued use of the very concept of the gene. If Fox Keller’s argument were to work, then any attempt to continue with or attempt to revise behavioral genetics would be doomed. In the course of replying to Fox Keller’s argument a revised, functional concept of the gene is presented and defending. Using this revised conception of the gene I then consider how appeal to a function…Read more
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34Evil, Political Violence, and Forgiveness: Essays in Honor of Claudia CardLexington Books. 2009.Rather than focusing on political and legal debates surrounding attempts to determine if and when genocidal rape has taken place in a particular setting, this essay turns instead to a crucial, yet neglected area of inquiry: the moral significance of genocidal rape, and more specifically, the nature of the harms that constitute the culpable wrongdoing that genocidal rape represents. In contrast to standard philosophical accounts, which tend to employ an individualistic framework, this essay offer…Read more
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2Sprache und Ontologie: Akten des sechsten Internationalen Wittgenstein-Symposiums, 23. bis 30. August 1981, Kirchberg am Wechsel (Österreich) (edited book, review)Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky. 1982.
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Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Biology |