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Realism for Realistic People
Realism for Realistic People Author(s): Hasok Chang Source: Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, Vol. 9, No. 1 (2018) 31-34. Published by: The University of Toronto DOI: 10.4245/sponge.v9i1.27002 EDITORIALOFFICES Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Room 316 Victoria College, 91 Charles Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1K7 [email protected] Published online at jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/SpontaneousGenerations ISSN 1913 0465 Founded in 2006, Spontaneous Generations is an online academic journal published by graduate students at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto. There is no subscription or membership fee. Spontaneous Generations provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Focused Discussion Invited Paper Realism for Realistic People* Hasok Chang† Why should anyone care about the seemingly interminable philosophical debate concerning scientific realism? Shouldn’t we simply let go of it,in the spirit of Arthur Fine’s “natural ontological attitude” (NOA) (Fine 1986, chs. 7-8)? To a large extent I follow Fine, especially in relation to the endless arguments surrounding realist attempts to show that the impossible is somehow possible, that empirical science can really attain assured knowledge about what goes beyond experience. It is time to face the fact that we cannot know whether we have got the objective Truth about the World (even if such a formulation is meaningful). Realists go astray by persisting in trying to find a way around this fact, as do anti-realists in engaging with that obsession. -
To the End: Exposing the Absolute
Filozofski vestnik | Volume XLI | Number 2 | 2020 | 311–340 | doi: 10.3986/fv.41.2.12 Frank Ruda* To the End: Exposing the Absolute “Toute infinité requiert une errance.”1 “The task is indeed to demonstrate what the absolute is. But this demonstration cannot be either a determining or an external reflection by virtue of which determinations of the absolute would result, but is rather the exposition of the absolute.”2 “Notez que je suis absolument immanentiste.”3 Introduction The Immanence of Truths is the vineyard in which all the labour of the reader of the first two Being and Event volumes finally, and one might dare to say, ab- solutely pays off. And – as in the famous Jesus parable – those who start with the last volume will receive just as much as those who started years and years ago. Everyone will have received the same currency, notably orientation – and especially a reader of Badiou’s last systematic volume is enabled to see what has any real value – and this means “absolute value.”4 For this reason alone, time does not matter much for the currency that the absolute provides us, as it is that “which in time exceeds time.”5 Yet, the peculiar place where this absolute value 311 system is formulated is difficult to locate. It is close by,6 yet and at the same time it does not exist in any standard sense of the term. The place of the absolute is 1 Alain Badiou, L’Immanence des vérités. L’Être et l’événement, 3, Fayard, Paris,2018, p. -
Robert Boyce Brandom Addresses
Brandom Curriculum Vitae Robert Boyce Brandom Addresses Office Home Philosophy Department 1118 King Ave. 1001 Cathedral of Learning Pittsburgh, PA 15206-1437 University of Pittsburgh U.S.A Pittsburgh, PA 15260 U.S.A. ORCID 0000-0001-5478-8567 Telephone Email Office: 412-624-5776 [email protected] Fax: 412-624-5377 Home: 412-661-6190 Web http://www.pitt.edu/~rbrandom Academic Positions Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh (2007-present) Fellow, Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh (1977–present) Spinoza Chair, University of Amsterdam (2021) Cardinal Mercier Chair, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2020) Leibniz Professor, Universität Leipzig (2008) Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford (2006) Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Stanford University (2002-2003) Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh (1998-2006) Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Pittsburgh (1991–1998) Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Pittsburgh (1981–1990) Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Pittsburgh (1976–1981) 1 Brandom Honors and Awards Fellow, British Academy (elected 2018) Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 2000) Anneliese Maier Forschungspreis, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (€ 250,000) (2014) Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities Award, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ($1,500,000) (2004) Jean-Pierre Barricelli Book Prize, (for A Spirit of Trust), best book on Romanticism International Conference on Romanticism (2019) Education Ph.D. Philosophy: 1977, Princeton University Thesis: Practice and Object Directors: Richard Rorty and David K. Lewis Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellow, Princeton, 1975–76 Whiting Fellow, 1974–76 B.A. 1972, Yale University Summa cum laude Honors with Exceptional Distinction, Philosophy Phi Beta Kappa, 1971 Languages English: Native Speaker German: Reading French: Reading Python Erdős Number: 5 2 Brandom Publications Books: 1. -
The Pragmatic Turn in Philosophy
Introduction n recent years the classical authors of Anglo-Saxon pragmatism have gar- Inered a renewed importance in international philosophical circles. In the aftermath of the linguistic turn, philosophers such as Charles S. Peirce, William James, George H. Mead, Ferdinand C. S. Schiller, and John Dewey are being reread alongside, for example, recent postmodern and deconstructivist thought as alternatives to a traditional orientation toward the concerns of a represen- tationalist epistemology. In the context of contemporary continental thought, the work of Jacques Derrida, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Gilles Deleuze comprises just a few examples of a culturewide assault on a metaphysical worldview premised on what Michel Foucault called the empirico-transcendental doublet, and presents a wealth of potential exchange with the pragmatist critique of representationalism. In both cases, aspects of pragmatist thought are being used to add flexibility to the conceptual tools of modern philoso- phy, in order to promote a style of philosophizing more apt to dealing with the problems of everyday life. The hope for a pragmatic “renewing of phi- losophy” (Putnam) evidenced in these trends has led to an analytic reexami- nation of some of the fundamental positions in modern continental thought as well, and to a recognition of previously unacknowledged or underappreciated pragmatic elements in thinkers like Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein. Within the current analytic discussions, a wide spectrum of differing and at times completely heterogeneous forms of neopragmatism can be distinguished, which for heuristic purposes can be grouped into two general categories according to the type of discursive strategy employed. The first of these consists in a conscious inflation of the concept of pragmatism in order to establish it as widely as possible within the disciplinary discourse of philosophy. -
The Philosophical Significance of Death: a Reconstructive Interpretation of Hegel and Heidegger a Thesis Submitted to the Gradua
THE PHILOSOPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DEATH: A RECONSTRUCTIVE INTERPRETATION OF HEGEL AND HEIDEGGER A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BY MAYA MANDALİNCİ IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY SEPTEMBER 2019 Approval of the Graduate School of Social Sciences Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sadettin Kirazcı Director (Acting) I certify that this thesis satisfies all the requirements as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Prof. Dr. Ş. Halil Turan Head of Department This is to certify that we have read this thesis and that in our opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Çırakman Supervisor Examining Committee Members Prof. Dr. Murat Baç (METU, PHIL) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Çırakman (METU, PHIL) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aret Karademir (METU, PHIL) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çetin Türkyılmaz (Hacettepe Uni., FEL) Prof. Dr. Kaan H. Ökten (Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Uni., FEL) I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work. Name, Last name : Signature : iii ABSTRACT THE PHILOSOPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DEATH: A RECONSTRUCTIVE INTERPRETATION OF HEGEL AND HEIDEGGER Mandalinci, Maya Ph.D., Department of Philosophy Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Çırakman September 2019, 226 pages The main interest of this thesis consists in presenting an ontologico-existential understanding of death as seeking the possible ways to place and hold the nothing within being itself. -
Michael S. Brownstein Curriculum Vitae 7 June 2018 180 Carlton
Curriculum Vitae for Michael Brownstein Michael S. Brownstein Curriculum Vitae 7 June 2018 180 Carlton Avenue #1 524 W. 59th Street Brooklyn, NY 11205 Room NB 8.63 (917) 658-2684 New York, NY 10019 [email protected] www.michaelsbrownstein.com ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2018-present Associate Professor of Philosophy John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) 2014-2018 Assistant Professor of Philosophy John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) 2015 Short Term Visiting Professor Deep Springs College 2014-2015 Visiting Scholar American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2014-2015 Fellow American Council of Learned Societies 2009-2014 Assistant Professor of Philosophy New Jersey Institute of Technology 2008-2009 Adjunct Assistant Lecturer St. John’s University EDUCATION 2009 Ph.D, Philosophy, Penn State University Dissertation: “Practical Sense and Social Action” Doctoral minor in Social Thought 2004 BA summa cum laude, Philosophy, Columbia University Departmental honors in philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa 1998-2000 Deep Springs College AREAS OF RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION AND TEACHING COMPETENCE Areas of Research Specialization Philosophy of cognitive science and psychology Areas of Teaching Competence Philosophy of science; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of action; Ethics; Philosophy of social science; Moral psychology 1 Curriculum Vitae for Michael Brownstein PUBLICATIONS Monographs Brownstein, M. 2018. The Implicit Mind: Cognitive Architecture, the Self, and Ethics. Oxford University Press. Edited Volumes Brownstein, M. and Saul, J. (Eds). 2016. Implicit Bias and Philosophy: Volume 1, Metaphysics and Epistemology. Oxford University Press. Brownstein, M. and Saul, J. (Eds). 2016. Implicit Bias and Philosophy: Volume 2, Moral Responsibility, Structural Injustice, and Ethics. Oxford University Press. Journal Articles Brownstein, M. -
Richard Neal Manning Department of Philosophy University of South
Richard Neal Manning Department of Philosophy University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, FA226 Tampa, Florida 33620-7926 [email protected] Academic appointments Permanent (tenure-track) appointments: Associate Professor, University of South Florida 2007-present Associate Professor, Carleton University 2000-2007 Assistant Professor, Carleton University 1998-2000 Assistant Professor, Ohio University 1995-98 Visiting faculty appointments: Visiting Associate Professor, Georgetown University 2002-2005 Visiting Associate Professor, The Johns Hopkins University Spring 2005 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Victoria Winter 2002 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Oregon 1993-95 Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh 1992-93 Education Ph.D. (Philosophy) Northwestern University 1992 Dissertation: The Resurrection of Coherence (Arthur Fine, Director) J.D. Northwestern University School of Law 1985 B.A. (Philosophy) Northwestern University 1981 Research Areas Epistemology and Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, History of Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Art Publications Articles and book chapters: “First, Do No Harm”, Florida Philosophical Review (forthcoming Spring 2021) “Reflections on Davidsonian Semantic Publicity”, Protosociology 34, 2017 (forthcoming) “Is this a Truth-Maker which I See Before Me?”, forthcoming in Florida Philosophical Review 2 “Critical Notice: The Norm of Belief, by John Gibbons” (Oxford University Press), Analysis first published online August 7, 2015 doi:10.1093/analys/anv060 -
The Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy: Program History
The Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy: Program History 1960 FIRST COLLOQUIUM Wilfrid Sellars, "On Looking at Something and Seeing it" Ronald Hepburn, "God and Ambiguity" Comments: Dennis O'Brien Kurt Baier, "Itching and Scratching" Comments: David Falk/Bruce Aune Annette Baier, "Motives" Comments: Jerome Schneewind 1961 SECOND COLLOQUIUM W.D. Falk, "Hegel, Hare and the Existential Malady" Richard Cartwright, "Propositions" Comments: Ruth Barcan Marcus D.A.T. Casking, "Avowals" Comments: Martin Lean Zeno Vendler, "Consequences, Effects and Results" Comments: William Dray/Sylvan Bromberger PUBLISHED: Analytical Philosophy, First Series, R.J. Butler (ed.), Oxford, Blackwell's, 1962. 1962 THIRD COLLOQUIUM C.J. Warnock, "Truth" Arthur Prior, "Some Exercises in Epistemic Logic" Newton Garver, "Criteria" Comments: Carl Ginet/Paul Ziff Hector-Neri Castenada, "The Private Language Argument" Comments: Vere Chappell/James Thomson John Searle, "Meaning and Speech Acts" Comments: Paul Benacerraf/Zeno Vendler PUBLISHED: Knowledge and Experience, C.D. Rollins (ed.), University of Pittsburgh Press, 1964. 1963 FOURTH COLLOQUIUM Michael Scriven, "Insanity" Frederick Will, "The Preferability of Probable Beliefs" Norman Malcolm, "Criteria" Comments: Peter Geach/George Pitcher Terrence Penelhum, "Pleasure and Falsity" Comments: William Kennick/Arnold Isenberg 1964 FIFTH COLLOQUIUM Stephen Korner, "Some Remarks on Deductivism" J.J.C. Smart, "Nonsense" Joel Feinberg, "Causing Voluntary Actions" Comments: Keith Donnellan/Keith Lehrer Nicholas Rescher, "Evaluative Metaphysics" Comments: Lewis W. Beck/Thomas E. Patton Herbert Hochberg, "Qualities" Comments: Richard Severens/J.M. Shorter PUBLISHED: Metaphysics and Explanation, W.H. Capitan and D.D. Merrill (eds.), University of Pittsburgh Press, 1966. 1965 SIXTH COLLOQUIUM Patrick Nowell-Smith, "Acts and Locutions" George Nakhnikian, "St. Anselm's Four Ontological Arguments" Hilary Putnam, "Psychological Predicates" Comments: Bruce Aune/U.T. -
Philosophical Review
Philosophical Review Computation and Content Author(s): Frances Egan Source: The Philosophical Review, Vol. 104, No. 2 (Apr., 1995), pp. 181-203 Published by: Duke University Press on behalf of Philosophical Review Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2185977 . Accessed: 17/02/2011 14:54 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at . http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=duke. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Duke University Press and Philosophical Review are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Philosophical Review. http://www.jstor.org ThePhilosophical Review, Vol. 104, No. 2 (April 1995) Computation and Content Frances Egan 1. -
Realism and Theories of Truth
Realism and Theories of Truth Jamin Asay University of Hong Kong [email protected] Forthcoming in The Routledge Handbook of Scientific Realism, ed. Juha Saatsi 1. Introduction The notion of truth has never been far from the ongoing conversation about scientific realism. Scientific realism (and its opposition) is often defined explicitly in terms of truth, and sometimes it is argued that scientific realism (and its opposition) requires a commitment to particular conceptions about the nature of truth. It’s not difficult to appreciate why. The realist perspective maintains that science succeeds (or aims at succeeding) in correctly capturing the nature of reality, and to correctly describe reality just is to give a true theory about it. While it is fairly indisputable that there is some connection between truth and realism, it remains to be seen just how deep the relationship goes. In this essay, I explore some of the prominent ways that scientific realism and the theory of truth have intersected, and evaluate the arguments that have been offered concerning their relationship. Two basic positions can be articulated when it comes to the relationship between the theory of truth and scientific realism. Those who favor neutrality believe that one’s position on the theory of truth is neutral with respect to one’s position on scientific realism, and vice versa. Even though realism might be defined in terms of truth, it’s a further (and false) claim that realism (or its opposition) must be defined in terms of particular theories of truth. Those who favor a partisan view believe that varieties of scientific realism and anti-realism are tied up in the nature of truth, such that the former are committed to particular perspectives on truth. -
Philosophy of Science and to Transform These Spotlights in Time Inspire Our Future Success and Development
Table of Contents Overview of the First 40 Years ... 00 • • 00 •••• 00 •• 00 •• 00 00. 2 Annual Lecture Series, 1960-2002 ..................... 6 Visiting Fellows and Scholars Program ........... 14 Lunchtime Colloquium .................................... 17 Conferences and Workshops .. ... .... ................... 18 Public Lecture Series ........................................ 26 Advisory Board .......... .. .... .. .. ............... :... ........ 00 26 Resident Fellows and Associates .. ............... .. ... 27 Center Publications ... ............... .. .. .. .... ... ... ........ 2 8 Archives of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century .............................. ............ 30 Major Funding Sources ... ................................. 31 CENTER CHRONOLOGY • In 2001-2002, the Center for Philosophy of Scie nce celebrates 40 years of in· 9/1/60 Acaaemic Vice CHancellor Ctiarles• H. Peak:e appoints Aaolf Grun- novation and accomplishment. The timeline included here highlights many baum as Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy with a twin mandate to of the Center's remarkable achievements and most memorable moments. establish a first-class center for philosophy of science and to transform These spotlights in time inspire our future success and development. the Department of Philosof:!hy into a leading department in the country. Andrew Mellon chair in philosophy to an unusually promis rated sixd1 in one category and eighth d1e main foci of Griinbaum's administra ing young scholar, someone so young that the age d1reshold in a second. In a confidential report tion. He relinquished his adnlinistrative of forty years for the Mellon Professorships had to be waived prepared in August 1965 for the Pitt appointment as Center Director in 1978 in order to secure Griinbaum for the chair. Perhaps no ap University Study Committee, Philosophy when he became its first chairman, a posi pointment at any university has returned greater dividends was among three departments identi- tion he continues to hold. -
Philosophy: Third Edition Robert Audi & Paul Audi Frontmatter More Information
Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01505-0 - The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy: Third Edition Robert Audi & Paul Audi Frontmatter More information THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF PHILOSOPHY THIRD EDITION This is the most comprehensive dictionary of philosophical terms and thinkers available in English. Previously acclaimed as the most author- itative and accessible dictionary of philosophy in any language, it has been widely translated and has served both professional philosophers and students of philosophy worldwide. Written by a team of more than 550 experts – including more than 100 new to this third edition – the dictionary contains approximately 5,000 entries ranging from short definitions to full-length articles. It concisely defines terms, concretely illustrates ideas, and informatively describes philosophers. It is designed to facilitate the understanding of philosophy at all levels and in all fields. Key features of this third edition: Some 500 new entries covering both Eastern and Western philosophy, as well as individual countries such as China, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain Increased coverage of such growing fields as ethics and philosophy of mind Scores of new intellectual portraits of leading contemporary thinkers Wider coverage of Continental philosophy Dozens of new concepts in cognitive science and other areas Enhanced cross-referencing to add context and to increase under- standing Expansions of both text and index to facilitate research and browsing Robert Audi is John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous books and articles. His recent books include Moral Perception (2013); Democratic Authority and the Separation of Church and State (2011); Rationality and Religious Commitment (2011); Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (2010); and Moral Value and Human Diversity (2007).