Outputs (20)

Hanslick's deleted ending (2017)
Journal Article
Landerer, C., & Zangwill, N. (2017). Hanslick's deleted ending. British Journal of Aesthetics, 57(1), 85-95. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayw056

We question Mark Evan Bonds’ interpretation of the deleted ending of Eduard Hanslick’s On the Musically Beautiful. We argue that there is no evidence that it reveals a commitment to Pythagoreanism or Idealism. We supply an alternative explanation of... Read More about Hanslick's deleted ending.

Moral luck : control, choice, and virtue (2016)
Thesis
Woodford, N. F. Moral luck : control, choice, and virtue. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219323

In this thesis I propose a solution to the problem of moral luck. It is sometimes assumed that luck has no bearing on morality. However, Bernard Williams and Thomas Nagel, in their papers entitled ‘Moral Luck’, show how this assumption could be erron... Read More about Moral luck : control, choice, and virtue.

Contemplating musical essence (2016)
Journal Article
Landerer, C., & Zangwill, N. (2016). Contemplating musical essence. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 141(2), 483-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690403.2016.1216173

Scepticism about Scepticism (2015)
Journal Article
Zangwill, N. (2016). Scepticism about Scepticism. Philosophy : the journal of the British Institute of Philosophical Studies, 91(1), 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819115000522

Skeptical arguments are intuitively gripping. Or at least they seem to be. They readily capture the imagination and curiosity of beginners in philosophy. The arguments are easy to state but seemingly impossible to answer. Furthermore there is a power... Read More about Scepticism about Scepticism.

Logic as metaphysics (2015)
Journal Article
Zangwill, N. (2015). Logic as metaphysics. The journal of philosophy, 112(10), 517-550. https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil20151121034

How should logic be understood? I outline and defend the view that I call “realism” about logic. This is a thesis with two elements: first, that certain logical constants are features or constituents of the world; and, second, that logical constants... Read More about Logic as metaphysics.

Clouds of illusion in the aesthetics of nature (2013)
Journal Article
Zangwill, N. (2013). Clouds of illusion in the aesthetics of nature. Philosophical Quarterly, 63(252), 576-596. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9213.12050

I defend extreme formalism about the aesthetics of inorganic nature. I outline the general issue over aesthetic formalism as it manifests itself in the visual arts. The main issue is over whether we need to know about the history of artworks in order... Read More about Clouds of illusion in the aesthetics of nature.

Negative properties (2011)
Journal Article
Zangwill, N. (2011). Negative properties. Noûs, 45(3), 528-556. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0068.2010.00776.x

Normativity and the metaphysics of mind (2009)
Journal Article
Zangwill, N. (2010). Normativity and the metaphysics of mind. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 88(1), 21-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048400902739610

I consider the metaphysical consequences of the view that propositional attitudes have essential normative properties. I argue that realism should take a weak rather than a strong form. I argue that expressivism cannot get off the ground. And I argue... Read More about Normativity and the metaphysics of mind.

The indifference argument (2006)
Journal Article
Zangwill, N. (2008). The indifference argument. Philosophical Studies, 138(1), 91-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-006-9000-0

I argue against motivational internalism. First I recharacterise the issue over moral motivation. Second I describe the indifference argument against motivation internalism. Third I consider appeals to irrationality that are often made in the face of... Read More about The indifference argument.

Moral dependence
Book Chapter
Zangwill, N. Moral dependence. In Oxford studies in metaethics: volume 3. The University of Hull