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11Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Free Will and Moral Responsibility (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2005.The essays in this volume explore various issues pertaining to human agency, such as the relationship between free will and causal determinism, and the nature and conditions of moral responsibility. Builds on and extends some of the very best recent work in the field. Features lively and vigorous debate. Forges connections between abstract philosophical theorizing and applied work in neuroscience and even criminal law.
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15Philosophy and poetry (edited book)Blackwell. 2010.Philosophy and Poetry is the 33rd volume in the Midwest Studies in Philosophy series. It begins with contributions in verse from two world class poets, JohnAshbery and Stephen Dunn, and an article by Dunn on the creative processthat issued in his poem. The volume features new work from an internationalcollection of philosophers exploring central philosophical issues pertinent topoetry as well as the connections between the two domains
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6On Referents and Reference FixingIn Richard Schantz (ed.), Prospects for Meaning, Walter De Gruyter. pp. 107-118. 2012.
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9Moral luck (edited book)Wiley Periodicals. 2019.Many of us are inclined to accept something like the following principle: We can only be properly morally assessed for what is in our control. And yet our ordinary practices seem to frequently violate this principle. The resulting tension, and the attempt to resolve it, is the problem of moral luck. For example, we tend to punish and think worse of the negligent driver who kills a child than we do the equally negligent driver who was lucky there was no child in his path. Thus, the lucky outcomes…Read more
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The fabric of faithIn Samuel Lebens, Dani Rabinowitz & Aaron Segal (eds.), Jewish Philosophy in an Analytic Age, Oxford University Press, Usa. 2019.
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19The Significance of Religious ExperienceOxford University Press. 2012.This book is collection of published and unpublished essays on the philosophy of religion by Howard Wettstein, who is a widely respected analytic philosopher. Over the past twenty years, Wettstein has attempted to reconcile his faith with his philosophy, and he brings his personal investment in this mission to the essays collected here. Influenced by the work of George Santayana, Wittgenstein, and A.J. Heschel, Wettstein grapples with central issues in the philosophy of religion such as the rela…Read more
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161Living in the Throes of ParadoxConversations: Institute of Jewish Ideas 30 (4): 1-15. 2017.A reflection on paradox vis-a-vis truth in the context of religion. The discussion directly pertains to the Jewish context. But the issues are quite general.
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17Contemporary Perspectives on the History of Philosophy (edited book)U of Minnesota Press. 1983.Contemporary Perspectives on the History of Philosophy was first published in 1983. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The authors of the 27 appears in Volume 8, Midwest Studies in Philosophy,have established reputations as historians of philosophy, but their vantage point, here, is from "contemporary perspectives" - they use contemporary ana…Read more
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64The Magic Prism: An Essay in the Philosophy of LanguageMind 114 (455): 791-796. 2005.The late 20th century saw great movement in the philosophy of language, often critical of the fathers of the subject-Gottlieb Frege and Bertrand Russell-but sometimes supportive of (or even defensive about) the work of the fathers. Howard Wettstein's sympathies lie with the critics. But he says that they have often misconceived their critical project, treating it in ways that are technically focused and that miss the deeper implications of their revolutionary challenge. Wettstein argues that Wit…Read more
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Philosophy of Religion (Midwest Studies in Philosophy 21) (edited book)University of Notre Dame Press. 1997.
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6Against TheodicyThe Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 4 115-125. 1999.The problem of theodicy is a philosophical classic. I argue that not only are the classical answers suspect, but that the question itself is problematic. In its classical form, the problem presupposes a conception of divinity—call it “perfect-being theology”—that does not go without saying. Even so, there is a significant gap between what the Western religions tell us about the reign of justice and what we seem to find in the world. I argue that approaches to evil need to maintain focus on this …Read more
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49The Significance of Religious ExperienceOxford University Press USA. 2012.In this volume of essays, Howard Wettstein explores the foundations of religious commitment. His orientation is broadly naturalistic, but not in the mode of reductionism or eliminativism. This collection explores questions of broad religious interest, but does so through a focus on the author's religious tradition, Judaism. Among the issues explored are the nature and role of awe, ritual, doctrine, religious experience; the distinction between belief and faith; problems of evil and suffering wit…Read more
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37Response to Fumerton, Marti, Reimer and Stroud (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 74 (3): 754-775. 2007.
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14Film and the Emotions (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2010.Film and the Emotions explores the complicated relationship between filmed entertainment, such as movies and television shows, and our capacity to feel emotions. This volume of The Midwest Studies in Philosophy covers topics such as the role of imagination in our capacity to respond emotionally to films, how emotions felt in response to films relate to emotions felt about real events, and the moral implications of responding emotionally to fictions, among others. This collection includes ninetee…Read more
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Causal theory of proper namesIn Audi Robert (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 109--10. 1995.
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