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A Formal Theory of Robert Nozick's Framework for Utopia

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper offers the very first formal model of Robert Nozick's model of possible worlds and his vision of a utopian society, as outlined in Part III of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Nozick envisioned utopia as a meta‐utopia—a collection of self‐organized, voluntary sub‐communities—arguing that such an institutional framework is equivalent to ...
Susumu Cato, Hun Chung
wiley   +1 more source

In Defense of Comparability: Reply to Carlson and Risberg

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In “The Case for Comparability,” we argue that every comparative expression “F$F$” obeys Comparability: if two things are at least as F$F$ as themselves, then one of them must be at least as F$F$ as the other. One of our arguments appeals to the apparent validity of the Strong Monotonicity schema: x$x$ is F$F$; y$y$ is not F$F$; so, x$x$ is ...
Cian Dorr, Jacob M. Nebel, Jake Zuehl
wiley   +1 more source

The Form of Agency

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Philosophers often think agency is essentially connected with rationality, intention, or control. However, Minimalists argue that agency is just the power to cause a change; acids and boulders are agents too. Many philosophers treat Minimalism as a wild outlier, assuming its falsity without argument.
William Hornett
wiley   +1 more source

A Viral Long Non-Coding RNA Modulates Viral RNA Silencing Suppressor and DCL4-Associated DRB4 Protein Interaction. [PDF]

open access: yesViruses
Janzam A   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Redeeming Relative Value: Indexicality and Consequentializing Agent‐Centered Norms

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robert Nozick doubted forms of consequentialism that employ so‐called “agent‐relative value” because he found them “gimmicky.” This doubt has been sharpened by Don Regan, Mark Schroeder, and others into the objection that agent‐relative value lacks the practical importance we associate with good simpliciter.
Nathan Robert Howard
wiley   +1 more source

Transitivity in preferences

open access: yes, 2019
The present paper deals with one of the most important assumptions in consumer preferences patterns: transitivity. This assumption states that, logically, selections between goods are rational because of, among other reasons, the transitivity statement ...
Guadalupe-Lanas, Jorge
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