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16Slaves to Fashion?In Fritz Allhoff, Jessica Wolfendale & Jeanette Kennett (eds.), Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking with Style, Wiley. 2011.This chapter contains sections titled: Objectification Physical Bonds? Moral Bonds? Epistemological Bonds? The Upshot.
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Conflicts of Desire: Dispositions and the Metaphysics of MindIn Jonathan Jacobs (ed.), Causal Powers. pp. 167-176. 2017.
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92Possibilities of MisidentificationPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 25 (3): 161-164. 2018.We seem to have a special, seemingly direct, relationship to our own thoughts that we do not have to the thoughts of others; I can become aware of my thoughts in a way that I cannot become aware of yours: through introspection. Those who have delusions of thought-insertion, however, claim not only to be aware of another's thoughts, but to have another's thoughts in their own mind. These thoughts, of course, cannot actually be someone else's thoughts. However, if we take those who have this delus…Read more
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331Deep, dark…or transparent? Knowing our desiresPhilosophical Studies 165 (1): 245-256. 2013.The idea that introspection is transparent—that we know our minds by looking out to the world, not inwards towards some mental item—seems quite appealing when we think about belief. It seems that we know our beliefs by attending to their content; I know that I believe there is a café nearby by thinking about the streets near me, and not by thinking directly about my mind. Such an account is thought to have several advantages—for example, it is thought to avoid the need to posit any extra mental …Read more
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117The Metaphysics of Desire and DispositionsPhilosophy Compass 9 (7): 469-477. 2014.There seems to be some kind of close relationship between desires and behavioral dispositions. While a popular view about the nature of desire is that it essentially involves dispositions towards action, there do seem to be pressing objections to this view. However, recent work on dispositional properties potentially undermines some of the metaphysical assumptions that lie beneath these objections
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291Gendered SlursSocial Theory and Practice 42 (2): 228-239. 2016.Slurring language has had a lot of recent interest, but the focus has been almost exclusively on racial slurs. Gendered pejoratives, on the other hand—terms like “slut,” “bitch,” or “sissy”—do not fit into existing accounts of slurring terms, as these accounts require the existence of neutral correlates, which, I argue, these gendered pejoratives lack. Rather than showing that these terms are not slurs, I argue that this challenges the assumption that slurs must have neutral correlates, and so t…Read more
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108Review of Transparent Minds: A Study of Self-Knowledge, by Jordi Fernandez (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 8. 2013.
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173Superficial DispositionalismAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 88 (4): 635-653. 2010.Dispositional ascriptions do not entail the counterfactuals we might expect, as interfering factors may be poised to prevent the disposition from manifesting in its very stimulus conditions. Such factors are commonly called finks and masks. It is thought, however, that finks and masks cannot be intrinsic to the disposition bearer; if an intrinsic property of the object would prevent a particular response in certain conditions, the object fails to have the corresponding disposition. I argue that …Read more
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226Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking with Style (edited book)Wiley. 2011.If you just can't decide what to wear, this enlightening guide will lead you through the diverse and sometimes contradictory aspects of fashion in a series of lively, entertaining and thoughtful essays from prominent philosophers and writers. A unique and enlightening insight into the underlying philosophy behind the power of fashion Contributions address issues in fashion from a variety of viewpoints, including aesthetics, the nature of fashion and fashionability, ethics, gender and identity po…Read more
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96Slaves to Fashion?In Fritz Allhoff, Jessica Wolfendale & Jeanette Kennett (eds.), Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking with Style, Wiley. pp. 135--150. 2011.
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Bates CollegeAssociate Professor
Lewiston, Maine, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
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Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |
Philosophy of Language |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Epistemology |
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Mind |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Philosophy of Language |