All Outputs (6)

The creation of equals (2009)
Journal Article
Burwood, S. (2009). The creation of equals. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 43(4), 485-506. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.2009.00723.x

Karl Jaspers argued that academics must be prepared to accept, perhaps even to welcome, the fact that most students 'will learn next to nothing' from a university education. In this paper I shall argue that, while Jaspers' model is unpersuasive as an... Read More about The creation of equals.

Fixing the image : re-thinking the 'mind-independence' of photographs (2009)
Journal Article
Phillips, D. M. (2009). Fixing the image : re-thinking the 'mind-independence' of photographs. Postgraduate journal of aesthetics, 6(2), 1-22

It has been argued that photographs are unsuitable or inferior candidates for art because they are not intimately bound to the mind of an artist. I believe that we can address scepticism in the philosophy of art only if we recognise that it is linked... Read More about Fixing the image : re-thinking the 'mind-independence' of photographs.

Photography and causation: Responding to Scruton's scepticism (2009)
Journal Article
Phillips, D. M. (2009). Photography and causation: Responding to Scruton's scepticism. British Journal of Aesthetics, 49(4), 327-340. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayp036

According to Roger Scruton, it is not possible for photographs to be representational art. Most responses to Scruton's scepticism are versions of the claim that Scruton disregards the extent to which intentionality features in photography; but these... Read More about Photography and causation: Responding to Scruton's scepticism.

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.

Are we our brains? (2009)
Journal Article
Burwood, S. (2009). Are we our brains?. Philosophical Investigations, 32(2), 113-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9205.2008.01366.x

My aim in this paper is to destabilise the brain-is-self thesis, something that is now regarded in some quarters as philosophical commonsense. My contention is that it is the epithelial body that enters into the formation of our sense of self and tha... Read More about Are we our brains?.

Contextualizing rationality: Mature student carers and higher education in England (2009)
Journal Article
Gonzalez-Arnal, S., & Kilkey, M. (2009). Contextualizing rationality: Mature student carers and higher education in England. Feminist economics, 15(1), 85-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545700802528323

In England, the Government has implemented policies to increase and diversify participation in higher education (HE). Changes in funding arrangements that shift the burden of paying for education from the state to individuals have also been introduce... Read More about Contextualizing rationality: Mature student carers and higher education in England.