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Photo credit: Tristan Schmurr Lying is an important social and moral category. We react negatively to liars and their lies. But what is it to lie? The standard view in philosophy and social science is that a lie is a dishonest assertion. This view goes […] Read More
Please join us in discussing Derek Baker and Jack Woods‘ paper “How Expressivists Can and Should Explain Inconsistency,” available open access here. Mark Schroeder opens the discussion with a critical précis below the fold.
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We have two exciting Ethics discussions coming up: On January 26-28, we discuss Derek Baker and Jack Woods‘ paper “How Expressivists Can and Should Explain Inconsistency,” available open access here. Mark Schroeder has kindly agreed to open the discussion with a critical précis. On February […] Read More
Happy New Year! I am happy to share the planned Spring/Summer line up of Featured Philosophers you can look forward to on PEA Soup. One goal is for the series to reflect diverse people and topics and this list includes people working on (at least!) […] Read More
As a part of a paper I am working on (very early stages and so the rest will be very sketchy), I would like to argue that different epistemic norms govern normative beliefs and other beliefs with ordinary, purely naturalist contents. By epistemic norms I […] Read More
The ninth annual Felician Conference on Ethics and Public Affairs will be held at the Rutherford Campus of Felician College, 223 Montross Ave., Rutherford, NJ 07070 on Saturday, April 25, 2015, 9 am – 6 pm Our plenary speaker is James Stacey Taylor (The College of […] Read More
I'm curious to know whether cover letters that accompany journal submissions make any difference — whether editors read them, whether the letters influence publication decisions, etc. I've always treated this as pro forma: "Dear Editors, Please consider this manuscript for a future issue ofthe journal," […] Read More
This is related to the Finlay thread, but I thought it might raise more general questions. One of the most famous sets of normative statements in Western culture would be the Ten Commandments. These were written in a language that simply does not have a […] Read More