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The Generality of Normative Thought
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 1, Page 51-64, January 2026.ABSTRACT What is it to think a generic normative thought of the form “Human beings should exercise regularly” or “Human beings must keep promises”? I argue that although such thoughts resemble, in different respects, intentions and evaluative beliefs, they are not, first and foremost, either of those types of states.
Jeremy David Fix
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The Ubiquity of Higher‐Order Defeat
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 106, Issue 4, Page 231-241, December 2025.ABSTRACT Evidence for cognitive impairment—say, by bias or hypoxia—can defeat the epistemic permissibility of belief. This paper argues that such higher‐order defeat is an instance of a more basic normative phenomenon: whenever the permissibility of one's belief is defeated, it is defeated by an epistemic reason to withhold belief that is provided by ...
Sebastian Schmidt
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Apuntes sobre la filosofía socrática: el cuidado del alma [PDF]
, 2004 Indexación: Revista UNABEste trabajo estudia la concepción de Sócrates del cuidado del alma e intenta demostrar de qué manera la filosofía socrática está conectada con su vida En primer lugar, uno de los principales objetivos del método de Sócrates ...
Pizarro, Álvaro
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Killing, letting die, and normative inertia
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 111, Issue 2, Page 728-749, September 2025.Abstract According to commonsense and deontological ethics, it is impermissible to kill a person in order to save the life of another person, all else being equal. But why? This article suggests a justification of this restriction. It appeals to the idea of normative inertia—very roughly, to the idea that in practical decisions, changing course is ...
Tim Henning
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The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 429-443, September 2025.Abstract We all have experiences in which it “seems clear” to us that something is true. This kind of clear experience can play significant roles in determining whether we believe something to be true. But what are the significant roles? So far, the literature has focused on optimal cases where a person's clear experience might provide prima facie ...
Chenwei Nie
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Nature, Habit and Education of Passions [PDF]
, 2011 Este artículo presenta el estudio de la pasión como un elemento necesario para comprender la unidad substancial del ser humano. Por ello en la tradición filosófica aparece el estudio de la pasión como un lugar común.
Rodríguez Valls, Francisco Paula
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Agency as Irony: Akrasia and (In)Action in Antony and Cleopatra and Othello
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 2012 This paper discusses the matter of agency and intention in Shakespearean tragedy from a perspective defined by akrasia, or the perplexity which is posed by a character who wilfully makes a decision (either for action or passivity) the effect of which is ...
Carvalho Homem, Rui
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What I Really, Really Want: The Role, Nature, and Value of True Preferences in the Ethics of Nudging
Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 1127-1150, August 2025.ABSTRACT In this article, we discuss the role that ‘true preferences’ can and should play in discussions on the possibility and desirability of paternalist nudges. Critics have claimed that such preferences do not exist, cannot be known reliably by third parties, and cannot justify whether and how to nudge people.
Bart Engelen, Viktor Ivanković
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El Phaûlos aristotèlic: una peça que mancava? [PDF]
, 2015 L'article planteja una exposició detallada i documentada del que hauria de ser una nova figura en la tipologia moral aristotèlica, la figura del φαûλος, que caldria diferenciar específicament de les figures del viciós, d'una ...
José i Mestre, Carles
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Platonismo y akrasía en Crisipo. La interpretación de Marcelo Boeri
Ideas y Valores, 2010 Se formulan dos preguntas en torno a la interpretación que ofrece Marcelo Boeri en Apariencia y realidad en el pensamiento griego acerca del problema de la akrasía en el estoicismo: ¿puede la adaptación monista que hizo Crisipo del modelo platónico del ...
Ricardo Salles
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