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PEA Soup

A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia

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.
News and Events Posted onDecember 19, 2007

Spam Filter Woes

We’re experiencing some problems with TypePad’s spam filter. A number of us who are trying to post comments are getting the following message: "We’re sorry, […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onDecember 18, 2007

Act-Utilitarianism and the Contrary-to-Reason Objection

The following argument was inspired by the excellent work of two fellow PEA Brains: David Sobel’s “The Impotence of the Demandingness Objection” and Dale Dorsey’s […] Read More

News and Events Posted onDecember 2, 2007

Welcome Dale Dorsey

We’re very pleased to announce the addition of  Dale Dorsey to PEA Soup’s roster of contributors. Dale is an Assistant Professor of philosophy at the […] Read More

News and Events Posted onNovember 30, 2007

Welcome, H. E. Baber

We’re very pleased to announce the addition of H. E. Baber to PEA Soup’s roster of contributors. She is a Professor of philosophy at the […] Read More

News and Events Posted onNovember 16, 2007

Conference on Reason and Value

The Fourth Steven Humphrey Excellence in Philosophy Conference (Reason and Value) will be held on February 16th-18th, 2008, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. […] Read More

News and Events Posted onNovember 13, 2007

Two Conference Announcements

The Tenth Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies will be held on 11-14 September 2008, at the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California, […] Read More

Practical Rationality Posted onJune 6, 2007

No State-Given Reasons

Reasons are facts that count in favor of some intentional attitude, such as a belief, a desire, or an intention to act. And reasons to […] Read More

News and Events Posted onMarch 15, 2007

Welcome James Dreier

We’re pleased to announce the addition of Jamie Dreier to the list of contributors. Jamie has, from the beginning, been an extremely valuable commentator here […] Read More

The Profession Posted onMarch 1, 2007

Publishing Discussion Notes

Over at Leiter Reports, there’s an interesting discussion of the lack of venues for publishing discussion notes — see here. The problem is that few […] Read More

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