Well, not quite. The survey showed that about one-third of the respondents shared my intuition that I (qua subject of the example) have no reason […] Read More
Author: David Sobel
David Sobel works in ethics, practical reason, theory of value, and political philosophy. His book From Valuing to Value was published by OUP in 2016. He co-edits Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy. His dog is better than your dog.
I disagree with one of my fellow PEA Brains about something. Part of what our disagreement hinges upon is our differing intuitions about the following […] Read More
The "smoker" has been getting a lot of bad press and deservedly so. See here for some of the relevant links. I have a proposal. […] Read More
Consider that following plausible wide scope requirement, a requirement that many philosophers endorse (including, I believe, M. Bratman, G. Harman, J. H. Sobel, and J. […] Read More
Spring Meeting, 20-21 April 2012. DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana http://www.ipa-online.info/ Keynote Speaker: Margaret Urban Walker, Marquette University Papers. Papers in any area of philosophy […] Read More
Submissions on any topic in moral philosophy (broadly construed) are welcome, not exceeding 25 minutes’ presentation time (approximately 3,000 words). Please send submissions via email […] Read More
Assume that my performing x would have beneficial effect, B1, providing me with an additional +19 utiles on Wednesday. Assume that my performing y would […] Read More
Below the fold, I post the program for the 2012 Arizona Workshop on Normative Ethics, which will be held at the Westward Look Resort in […] Read More
Only a bit more than 3 weeks remain to submit papers to the Nebraska Practical Reason and Metaethics conference. Speakers include: Nomy Arpaly (Brown) Michael […] Read More