Outputs (51)

Epistemic/non-epistemic dependence (2017)
Journal Article
Zangwill, N. (2018). Epistemic/non-epistemic dependence. Noûs, 52(4), 836-857. https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12197

If someone knows something then there is something in virtue of which she knows it; and if someone justifiably believes something then there is something in virtue of which she is justified in believing it. That much is relatively uncontroversial. On... Read More about Epistemic/non-epistemic dependence.

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.

A class act : class and taste in the work of Grayson Perry (2016)
Thesis
Walsh, S. J. A class act : class and taste in the work of Grayson Perry. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219438

[Summary]:
Part One (Chapters 1- 3) discusses the theoretical and historical development of our ideas about class and the intersections of class and taste. Part Two (Chapters 4-8) focuses on Perry’s work. Chapter One explores the differing conceptio... Read More about A class act : class and taste in the work of Grayson Perry.

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

Are chimeras ‘natural’? Disgust, ethics and ‘nature’ (2015)
Book Chapter
Gonzalez-Arnal, S. (2015). Are chimeras ‘natural’? Disgust, ethics and ‘nature’. In A. D. Ornella (Ed.), Making Humans: Religious, Technological and Aesthetic Perspectives (107-127). Inter-Disciplinary Press

In this chapter I argue, against Mary Midgley, that the ‘yuk’ feeling that is elicited by chimeras should not be taken into account when making moral evaluations of the kind of biotechnology that creates them (‘algeny’, according to Midgley). She lin... Read More about Are chimeras ‘natural’? Disgust, ethics and ‘nature’.

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.

De Beauvoir and The second sex :|ba Marxist interpretation (2015)
Thesis
Shepherd, A. De Beauvoir and The second sex :|ba Marxist interpretation. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218671

The Second Sex is Simone de Beauvoir’s seminal text. There have been numerous interpretations and critiques of this text since its inception in 1949. Most notable is the reading of her work as merely incorporating Sartrean existentialism and applying... Read More about De Beauvoir and The second sex :|ba Marxist interpretation.

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.

‘Justicia Epistemologica: Escuchando al Sur’ (2014)
Book Chapter
Gonzalez-Arnal, S. (2014). ‘Justicia Epistemologica: Escuchando al Sur’. In M. Rifà Valls, L. Duarte Campderrós, & M. Ponferrada Arteaga (Eds.), Nuevos desafíos para la inclusión social y la equidad en instituciones de educación superior (296-308). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

El concepto de justicia epistemológica ha recibido una gran atención en los últimos diez años en el ámbito de la filosofía anglófona y se ha desarrollado, de manera paralela (aunque utilizando otras denominaciones), en las llamadas “Epistemologías de... Read More about ‘Justicia Epistemologica: Escuchando al Sur’.