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Narrative testimonyPhilosophical Studies 178 (12): 4025-4052. 2021.
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Intentional Action, Know-how, and Lucky SuccessErgo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy 9 (n/a). 2022.Elizabeth Anscombe held that acting intentionally entails knowing (in a distinctively practical way) what one is doing. The consensus for many years was that this knowledge thesis faces decisive counterexamples, the most famous being Donald Davidson’s carbon copier case, and so should be rejected or at least significantly weakened. Recently, however, a new defense of the knowledge thesis has emerged: provided one understands the knowledge in question as a form of progressive judgement, cases lik…Read more
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Plan BAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 100 (3): 550-564. 2022.We sometimes strive to achieve difficult goals when our evidence suggests that success is unlikely – not just because it will require strength of will, but because we are targets of prejudice and discrimination or because success will require unusual ability. Optimism about one’s prospects can be useful for persevering in these cases. That said, excessive optimism can be dangerous; when our evidence is unfavourable, we should be at most agnostic about whether we will succeed. This paper explo…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Action |
Philosophy of Mind |
Epistemology |
Practical Reason |