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On the Appeal to Naturalness in Metaphilosophy [PDF]

, 2021
This dissertation explores and defends the appeal to metaphysical naturalness in metaphilosophy. Naturalness is the gradable distinction between properties such as being green and being grue (i.e.
Mokriski, David
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Philosophical Wandering as a Mode of Philosophy in Cultural Life: From Diogenes of Sinope to Cornel West

Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, 2018
In this essay, I defend philosophical wandering not only as an approach to doing philosophy, but also as an important force to incite critical reflection in cultural life.
Eli Kramer
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Teaching Open‐Mindedness for Challenging Classrooms

Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 292-314, April 2025.
Abstract Whether open‐mindedness (OM) counts as an admirable epistemic aim of education has been a surprisingly contentious matter. Skeptics point out that OM is only contingently truth‐conducive and that open‐minded students may be maladaptive to the hostile epistemic environment outside school. Here, Seunghyun Lee contends that, while these critiques
Seunghyun Lee
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A Challenge to Intellectual Virtue from Moral Virtue: The Case of Universal Love

, 2010
On the Aristotelian picture of virtue, moral virtue has at its core intellectual virtue. An interesting challenge for this orthodoxy is provided by the case of universal love and its associated virtues, such as the dispositions to exhibit grace, or to ...
Swanton, Christine, CHRISTINE SWANTON
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Playable Concepts? For a Critique of Videogame Reason

Open Philosophy
The text discusses under which conditions video games can philosophize by outlining a “Critique of Videogame Reason.” Section 1 introduces the idea that academic research, especially in philosophy, uncritically assumes that writing is the most effective ...
Pezzano Giacomo
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The Faculty of Ideas. Kant’s Concept of Reason in the Narrower Sense

Open Philosophy, 2022
In the Transcendental Dialectic, Kant searched for a universal concept of reason different from the understanding and offered the short formula “the faculty of principles” (KrV A299/B356). I will argue that this is only one and not the most pertinent and
Lewin Michael
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Educating Open‐Mindedness through Philosophy in Schools

Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 315-326, April 2025.
Abstract Closed‐mindedness is a characteristic trait of irresponsible believers. For this reason and others, educators should actively discourage closed‐mindedness in their students. One way to do this is to cultivate its opposing virtue: open‐mindedness.
Danielle Diver
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Metaphilosophy: Defining Latin American and Latinx Philosophy, [PDF]

, 2019
Some of the central questions that have been explored by Latin American and Latinx philosophers are questions of metaphilosophy. "Metaphilosophy" refers to philosophical reflections on the nature of philosophy itself.
Gallegos, Francisco, Gallegos de Castillo, Lori   +1 more
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Sounds like Psychology to Me: Transgressing the Boundaries Between Science and Philosophy [PDF]

Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, 2017
In recent years, some eminent scientists have argued that free will, as commonly understood, is an illusion. Given that questions such as ‘do we have free will?’ were once pursued solely by philosophers, how should science and philosophy coalesce here ...
Adam Andreotta
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Intuition‐denial and methods teaching: Prediction, reform, and complication

Metaphilosophy, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 225-238, April 2025.
Abstract According to a popular theory in philosophical methodology, there is a widespread misconception among philosophers as to their own methods. This misconception is that philosophers use intuitions as evidence. This is a fascinating theory, for various reasons.
James Andow
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