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14Alternatives of OneselfPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 60 (2): 381-400. 2000.This paper argues that there are practical problems of such a kind that neither impartial morality nor rational choice theory can provide us with comfort and guidance in our attempt to make the right choice if confronted with such a problem. It argues that both morality and rational choice theory are bound to misconstrue problems of this kind. Appreciating the limits of both morality and rational choice theory, as currently discussed in the literature (Wolf, Morton, Pettit, Hollis & Sugden), ena…Read more
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6Discipline-doorbrekend denkenAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 115 (3): 281-285. 2023.Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community.
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5Zijn vreemden onbetrouwbaar?Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 113 (3): 399-406. 2021.Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community.
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8Don't Be Fooled: A Philosophy of Common SenseRoutledge. 2017.In the debate leading up to the EU referendum in the United Kingdom, the British politician Michael Gove declared that "people in this country have had enough of experts". In the 2016 Presidential campaign in the United States, Donald Trump waged a war against the very idea of expertise. Yet if you are worried about your child's behaviour, don't know which laptop to buy, or just want to get fit, the answer is easy: ask an expert. Where do we draw the line? Why do we appear to know more and more …Read more
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12Pluraliteit organiseren vraagt niet om inclusief universalismeAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 114 (1): 79-82. 2022.Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community.
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6Boomkens over de meaning of lifeAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 108 (4): 533-537. 2016.Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community.
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16DialectiekAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 112 (4): 384-389. 2020.Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community.
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19Self-Management as Socially Embedded EndeavorPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 27 (4): 425-430. 2020.When we first anticipated the research project concluded with this special issue, about 8 years ago, it seemed timely and appropriate to investigate the opportunities and the challenges of self-management in mental health care. At the time self-management was well on the rise in general health care, offering both empowerment to patients and efficiency and cost-effectiveness to the health care system. It seemed a most promising approach in an era that celebrates individualistic self-reliance. And…Read more
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17Alternative of Oneself: Recasting Some of Our Practical ProblemsPhilosophical and Phenomenological Research 60 (2): 381-400. 2000.This paper argues that there are practical problems of such a kind that neither impartial morality nor rational choice theory can provide us with comfort and guidance in our attempt to make the right choice if confronted with such a problem. It argues that both morality and rational choice theory are bound to misconstrue problems of this kind. Appreciating the limits of both morality and rational choice theory, as currently discussed in the literature, enables us to identify the features of thes…Read more
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45Human Action, Deliberation and Causation (edited book)Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1998.The essays collected together in this volume, many of them written by leading scholars in the field, explore the commonsensical fact that our presence as..
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3Personal Identity ManagementIn Catriona Mackenzie & Kim Atkins (eds.), Practical Identity and Narrative Agency, Routledge. 2008.
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Morton White, The Question of Free Will: A Holistic View (review)Philosophy in Review 15 70-72. 1995.
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34From Daily Life to PhilosophyMetaphilosophy 35 (4): 517-535. 2004.It is argued that the little everyday things of life often provide excellent entries into the intellectual problems of academic philosophy. This is illustrated with an analysis of four small stories taken from daily life in which people are in agony because they do not know what to do. It is argued that the crucial question in these stories is a philosophical question; not a closed request for empirical or formal information, but an open question about how best to conceive of human experience.
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14Anticipating reasons of one's ownIn Maureen Sie, Marc Slors & Bert van den Brink (eds.), Reasons of One's Own, Ashgate. pp. 87--105. 2004.
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43Moral competence in action: IntroductionPhilosophical Explorations 3 (3). 2000.This Article does not have an abstract
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68Competences: An introduction to educational and developmental perspectives on minded agencyPhilosophical Explorations 8 (3). 2005.This Article does not have an abstract
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17Actorschap en zelfstandigheidTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 60 (4). 1998.This is a review article of the debate about the role of the hierarchical conceptionof personal autonomy in an analysis of agency. Three well-known problems are described:the infinite regress, the 'ab initio' problem, and the 'incompleteness' problem. It is suggested that solving the last problem would resolve the former two. Three strategies to solve the last problem are discussed and found unsatisfactory: (1) stressing the independent role of value judgements; (2) stressing the supreme value o…Read more
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112Self-Knowledge and Self-LoveEthical Theory and Moral Practice 18 (2): 309-321. 2015.In this paper I argue for the claim that self - love is a precondition for self -knowledge. This claim is relevant to the contemporary philosophical debate on self -knowledge, but mainly because it draws attention to the role of claims of self -knowledge in the larger context of our ordinary practice of rationalizing and appropriating our actions. In this practice it is crucial for persons to open-mindedly investigate the limits of their own responsible agency, an investigation that requires a w…Read more
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34Making X Happen: Prolepsis and the Problem of Mental DeterminationIn J. A. M. Bransen & S. E. Cuypers (eds.), Human Action, Deliberation and Causation, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 131--153. 1998.
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4Postmoderne benadering van de zin van de wijsgerige reflectie.
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59Identification and the Idea of an Alternative of OneselfEuropean Journal of Philosophy 4 (1): 1-16. 1996.
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Afhankelijkheid zonder dominantie (review)Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 3. 2004.
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53The importance of how we see ourselves: Self-identity and responsible agency * by Marina OshanaAnalysis 72 (1): 198-200. 2012.
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512Becoming Oneself through Failure and ResolutionIn Käthe Schneider (ed.), Becoming Oneself: Dimensions of “Bildung” and the facilitation of personality development, Springer Vs-‐verlag. pp. 5-28. 2012.The aim of this chapter is to show how we can account for a most peculiar feature of human life: i.e. the need to address the real possibility of failing to be ourselves.
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