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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19The Significance of Religious ExperienceOxford University Press. 2012.This book is collection of published and unpublished essays on the philosophy of religion by Howard Wettstein, who is a widely respected analytic philosopher.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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13Theodore E. Uehling, Jr., 1935-2006Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 80 (5). 2007.
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Free Will and Moral Responsibility (Midwest Studies in Philosophy 29) (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2005.
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18Forward-looking collective responsibility (edited book)Wiley Periodicals. 2014.• Explores various aspects of the concept of forward-looking collective responsibility and its application • Presents fifteen articles written by leading philosophers from around the world • Extends the philosophical discussion of collective responsibility and collective morality towards future collective action.
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14Social and Political Philosophy (edited book)Univ of Minnesota Press. 1982.Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
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15Philosophy and the Empirical (edited book)Blackwell. 2007.This collection of essays focuses on a current issue of central important in contemporary philosophy, the relationship between philosophy and empirical studies. Explores in detail a range of examples which demonstrate how the older paradigm – philosophy as conceptual analysis – is giving way to a more varied set of models of philosophical work Each of the featured papers is a previously unpublished contribution by a major scholar
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68Against theodicyPhilosophia 30 (1-4): 131-142. 2003.It has long been urged against traditional theism, very long indeed, that God’s perfections—specifically in the domains of goodness, knowledge and power—are logically incompatible with the existence of unwarranted human suffering. It has almost equally long been urged that the problem is illusory—or at least surmountable; the tradition of theodicy must be only moments younger than the problem. The debate is a philosophical classic, with many ingenious moves on both sides, and epicycles galore. B…Read more
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8The New Atheism and Its CriticsWiley-Blackwell. 2013.This volume of the classic series is devoted to the claims, arguments, and perspectives of the New Atheists. The volume collects original work on these topics of leading thinkers in the philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, and philosophy of science. These studies are punctuated by an original short story by a leading novelist.
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5Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Truth and its Deformities (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2008.Truth and Its Deformities is the 32nd volume in the Midwest Studies in Philosophy series. It contains major new contributions on a range of topics related to the general theme of the volume by some of the most important philosophers writing on truth in recent years.
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