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Race and the Politics of Loss: Revisiting the Legacy of Emmett Till 种族与失去的政治:重新审视埃米特·蒂尔的遗产
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2250
Ashley Atkins
This paper explores the idea that mourning can help us to bear not only personal but also political losses. It focuses, in particular, on the proposal that legacies of racial loss and violence should be collectively mourned. I argue that Mamie Till Mobley was developing such a proposal in 1955, the year her son Emmett Till was lynched and in which she brought his body before all Americans, calling on them to look at it so that they might, together, say what they had seen. Mobley’s proposal challenges what I take to be the leading rival position on the relationship of grief to political life, namely, that it is, at best, a catalyst for the achievement of political ends. But as I argue, Mobley’s proposal also raises challenges for present-day efforts to articulate a politics of loss, which are quick to assume either that such losses cannot be mourned collectively or that they have always been ours to mourn together. I will argue that these efforts have failed to take into account the insight behind Mobley’s invitation. My aim, in clarifying its significance, is to expand philosophical inquiry into the relationship between the emotions and political life and, more specifically, to contribute to an evaluation of the prospects for a mournful politics.
本文探讨了哀悼不仅可以帮助我们承受个人损失,还可以帮助我们承受政治损失的观点。它特别侧重于集体悼念种族损失和暴力遗留问题的建议。我认为玛米·蒂尔·莫布里在1955年就提出了这样的建议,那一年她的儿子埃米特·蒂尔被处以私刑,她把他的尸体带到所有美国人面前,呼吁他们看一看,这样他们就可以一起说出他们所看到的。莫布里的提议挑战了我所认为的关于悲伤与政治生活关系的主要对立立场,也就是说,它充其量是实现政治目的的催化剂。但正如我所言,莫布里的提议也对当今阐明损失政治的努力提出了挑战,人们很快就认为,这些损失要么不能集体哀悼,要么一直是我们共同哀悼的对象。我认为,这些努力没有考虑到莫布里被邀请背后的深刻含义。我澄清其意义的目的,是扩大对情感与政治生活之间关系的哲学探究,更具体地说,是对悲情政治前景的评价作出贡献。
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引用次数: 0
What Is Non-Naturalism? 什么是非自然主义?
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2253
Stephanie Leary
Metaethicists often specify non-naturalism in different ways: some take it to be about identity, while others take it to be about grounding. But few directly address the taxonomical question of what the best way to understand non-naturalism is. That’s the task of this paper. This isn’t a merely terminological question about how to use the term “non-naturalism”, but a substantive philosophical one about what metaphysical ideology we need to capture the pre-theoretical concerns of non-naturalists. I argue that, contrary to popular opinion, non-naturalism is best characterized not in terms of identity or grounding, but in terms of essence. First, I lay out some desiderata for a good characterization of non-naturalism: it should (i) speak to and elucidate the non-naturalist’s core pre-theoretical commitments, (ii) render non-naturalism a substantive, local claim about normativity, and (iii) provide the most general characterization of the view possible (iv) in a way that best fits the spirit of paradigm non-naturalist views. I then argue that identity characterizations fail to satisfy the former two desiderata, while grounding characterizations at best don’t satisfy the latter two. So, I propose a new essence characterization of non-naturalism and argue that it does a better job of satisfying all four desiderata. Moreover, I argue that this essence characterization has important implications for both metaethical and metaphysical theorizing.
元伦理学家经常以不同的方式说明非自然主义:一些人认为它是关于身份的,而另一些人则认为它是关于基础的。但很少有人直接回答理解非自然主义的最佳方式是什么这一分类学问题。这就是本文的任务。这不仅仅是一个术语问题,关于如何使用“非自然主义”这个词,而是一个实质性的哲学问题,关于我们需要什么样的形而上学意识形态来捕捉非自然主义者的前理论关注。我认为,与流行的观点相反,非自然主义的最佳特征不是在身份或基础方面,而是在本质方面。首先,我列出了对非自然主义进行良好表征的一些要求:它应该(I)谈论并阐明非自然主义者的核心前理论承诺,(ii)使非自然主义成为关于规范性的实质性的、局部的主张,以及(iii)以一种最适合范式非自然主义观点精神的方式提供对观点的最一般的表征。然后我认为身份刻画不能满足前两种需求,而基础刻画最多也不能满足后两种需求。因此,我提出了一个新的非自然主义的本质特征,并认为它能更好地满足所有四个要求。此外,我认为这种本质表征对元伦理和形而上学的理论化都具有重要意义。
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引用次数: 3
Convergence, Community, and Force in Aesthetic Discourse 美学话语中的聚合、共同体与力量
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2248
Nick Riggle
Philosophers often characterize discourse in general as aiming at some sort of convergence (in beliefs, plans, dispositions, feelings, etc.), and many views about aesthetic discourse in particular affirm this thought. I argue that a convergence norm does not govern aesthetic discourse. The conversational dynamics of aesthetic discourse suggest that typical aesthetic claims have directive force. I distinguish between dynamic and illocutionary force and develop related theories of each for aesthetic discourse. I argue that the illocutionary force of aesthetic utterances is typically invitational because its dynamic force is influenced by a ‘communal’ discourse norm. I draw on dynamic pragmatics to develop a formal account of this dynamic force that explains why invitation has pride of place in aesthetic conversation. It turns out that the end of aesthetic discourse is not convergence but a distinctive form of community, a kind of harmony of individuality, that is compatible with aesthetic disagreement. If this is right, then convergence theories of aesthetic and normative discourse, and of conversation in general, need to be revised.
哲学家通常将话语描述为旨在某种形式的融合(在信仰,计划,倾向,感觉等方面),特别是许多关于美学话语的观点肯定了这一思想。我认为,趋同规范并不支配审美话语。美学话语的对话动态表明,典型的美学主张具有指导性力量。笔者区分了动态力和言外之力,并发展了美学话语的相关理论。我认为美学话语的言外之力通常是邀请性的,因为它的动力受到“公共”话语规范的影响。我利用动态语用学对这种动态力量进行了正式的解释,解释了为什么邀请在美学对话中占有重要地位。审美话语的最终目的不是趋同,而是一种独特的共同体形式,一种与审美分歧相适应的个性和谐。如果这是正确的,那么美学和规范话语的趋同理论,以及一般的对话,都需要修改。
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引用次数: 2
Is All Phenomenology Presentational? 所有现象学都是表象的吗?
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2242
P. Forrest
This paper is about two questions in contemporary philosophy of mind, which I call the Scope Question and the Marks Question. The Scope Question is this: What kinds of mental states (events or processes) have phenomenal character, and how many different kinds of phenomenal character are there? The Marks Question is this: What are the distinguishing “marks” of the phenomenal, in virtue of which a mental state, event, or process counts as being phenomenally conscious? To make progress on these questions and explore the relationship between the two, I narrow my focus to a particular instance of each, viz. the (scope) question of whether thoughts possess their own phenomenal character and the (marks) question of whether all phenomenal character is presentational. First, I argue that a phenomenology of entertaining thought content, if it exists, is non-presentational. I then argue from the fact that every genuine phenomenal property can be thought about using a phenomenal concept, to the conclusion that all phenomenology is presentational. One implication is that a (standard form of) transparent, proprietary phenomenology of thought does not exist.
本文探讨当代心灵哲学中的两个问题,我称之为范围问题和标记问题。范围问题是这样的:什么样的心理状态(事件或过程)具有现象性特征,有多少种不同的现象性特征?标记问题是这样的:什么是现象性的显著“标记”,据此一种精神状态、事件或过程被视为现象性意识?为了在这些问题上取得进展并探索两者之间的关系,我将我的焦点缩小到每个问题的一个特定实例上,即思想是否具有自己的现象特征的(范围)问题和是否所有现象特征都是表象的(标记)问题。首先,我认为娱乐思想内容的现象学,如果存在,也是非表象的。然后我论证说,每个真正的现象属性都可以用现象概念来思考,得出所有现象学都是表象的结论。其中一个暗示是,一种(标准形式的)透明的、专有的思想现象学并不存在。
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引用次数: 0
God and the Problem of Blameless Moral Ignorance 上帝与无可指责的道德无知问题
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2233
F. J. Elbert
A morally perfect God necessarily desires that all rational agents behave morally. An omnipotent and omniscient God has the power and knowledge to ensure that all rational agents have sufficient moral knowledge to do what morality requires. So, if God exists, there are no rational moral agents who lack sufficient moral knowledge to act morally. However, there has been a wide range of moral agents who, without blame, have lacked the moral knowledge to behave morally. Therefore, God does not exist. The preceding argument from non-blameable moral ignorance of our fundamental moral obligations is resistant to some of the standard theistic responses to the problem of evil and divine hiddenness. Moreover, some of the standard theistic responses to the traditional arguments for God’s non-existence lend support to the argument from blameless moral ignorance.
道德上完美的上帝必然希望所有理性的行为者都能道德地行事。全能无所不知的上帝有能力和知识确保所有理性的行为者都有足够的道德知识去做道德所要求的事情。所以,如果上帝存在,就不存在缺乏足够道德知识的理性道德行为人。然而,有大量的道德行为者,他们缺乏道德知识,无法按照道德行事,这是无可指责的。因此,上帝不存在。前面关于我们基本道德义务的不可责备的道德无知的论点,是对邪恶和神性隐藏问题的一些标准有神论回应的抵制。此外,一些标准的有神论对上帝不存在的传统论点的回应,支持了无可指责的道德无知的论点。
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Subjunctive Hypocrisy 虚拟语气的虚伪
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2263
Jessica Isserow
It is commonly thought that agents lack the standing to blame in cases where their blame would be hypocritical. Jack for instance, would seem to lack the standing to blame Gerald for being rude to their local barista if he has himself been rude to baristas in the past. Recently, it has been suggested that Jack need not even have displayed any such rudeness in order for his blame to qualify as hypocritical; it would suffice if he too would have been rude to the barista, were he in Gerald’s situation. The latter is an instance of subjunctive hypocritical blame; Jack’s blame is hypocritical not because he has committed the wrong in question, but because he would do so under particular circumstances. Many philosophers endorse a kind of symmetry between ordinary and subjunctive hypocritical blame; they maintain that Jack lacks the standing to blame Gerald if his blame would be hypocritical in either the ordinary or the subjunctive sense. However, I believe that they are mistaken to do so. I argue for an asymmetry between ordinary and subjunctive hypocritical blame: only the former should be taken to compromise an agent’s standing.
人们普遍认为,在他们的指责是虚伪的情况下,代理人缺乏指责的立场。例如,杰克似乎没有资格指责杰拉尔德对他们当地的咖啡师粗鲁,如果他自己过去对咖啡师粗鲁的话。最近,有人提出,杰克甚至不需要表现出任何这样的粗鲁,他的指责就可以被称为虚伪;如果他处在杰拉尔德的处境,他对咖啡师也粗鲁一点就足够了。后者是虚拟虚伪责备的一个例子;杰克的指责是虚伪的,不是因为他犯了问题中的错误,而是因为他在特定情况下会这样做。许多哲学家赞同普通的和虚拟的伪善的指责之间的一种对称;他们坚持认为,如果杰克的指责在一般意义上或虚拟意义上都是虚伪的,那么杰克就没有资格指责杰拉尔德。然而,我认为他们这样做是错误的。我认为普通的和虚拟的伪善的指责是不对称的:只有前者才会损害代理人的地位。
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引用次数: 1
Fallibility without Facts 没有事实的错误
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2241
Will Gamester
If, as expressivists maintain, the function of normative thought and talk is not to represent or describe the world, then how can normative judgements be correct or incorrect? In particular, how can I make sense of my own normative fallibility, the possibility that my own normative judgements might be mistaken? In this paper, I construct and defend a substantive but non-representational theory of normative (in)correctness for expressivists. Inspired by Blackburn’s (1998: 318) proposal that I make sense of my fallibility in terms of the possibility that my judgements might be unstable through improvement, my account is designed in the first instance to vindicate the expressivist’s conception of the nature of normative inquiry. I then defend the proposal from the charge that it leaves insufficient room for my own fallibility, and in particular from Egan’s (2007) argument that it implies a “smug” asymmetry between myself and others. Critical to the response is the appeal to indeterminacy in cases of fundamental normative disagreement between reasonable normative outlooks.
如果像表现主义者坚持的那样,规范性思维和话语的功能不是表征或描述世界,那么规范性判断怎么可能是正确的或不正确的呢?特别是,我如何理解我自己的规范性可错性,我自己的规范性判断可能出错的可能性?在本文中,我为表现主义者构建并捍卫了一个实质性但非表征性的规范性正确性理论。受布莱克本(1998:318)的建议的启发,我根据我的判断可能通过改进而不稳定的可能性来理解我的易错性,我的叙述首先是为了证明表现主义者关于规范探究本质的概念是正确的。然后,我为这个提议辩护,认为它没有给我自己的错误留下足够的空间,尤其是伊根(2007)的论点,即它暗示了我和他人之间“自鸣得意”的不对称。这种回应的关键在于,在合理的规范观点之间存在根本规范分歧的情况下,诉诸不确定性。
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Imprecise Credences and Acceptance 不精确的凭证和接受
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2264
Benjamin Lennertz
Elga (2010) argues that no plausible decision rule governs action with imprecise credences. I follow Moss (2015a) in claiming that the solution to Elga’s challenge is found in the philosophy of mind, not in devising a special new decision rule. Moss suggests that in decision situations that involve imprecise credences, we must identify with a precise credence, but she says little about identification. By reflecting on the common conception of identification and on what is necessary for Moss’s solution to succeed, I argue that identifying with a precise credence is fundamentally accepting (in the sense of Bratman 1992; Cohen 1989) a proposition about probabilities. The norm on action with imprecise credences is then a special case of the general norm on action and acceptance. I delineate a number of attractive features of this position.
Elga(2010)认为,没有合理的决策规则支配不精确凭证的行为。我赞同Moss (2015a)的观点,认为Elga挑战的解决方案是在心灵哲学中找到的,而不是设计一个特殊的新决策规则。莫斯认为,在涉及不精确信任的决策情况下,我们必须以精确的信任进行认同,但她很少谈到认同。通过反思认同的共同概念以及莫斯的解决方案成功的必要条件,我认为,以精确的信任进行认同从根本上说是接受的(在Bratman 1992;Cohen 1989)关于概率的命题。因此,具有不精确凭证的行为规范是关于行为和接受的一般规范的特殊情况。我描述了这个位置的一些吸引人的特点。
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What Immigrants Owe 移民欠什么
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2237
A. Lovett, Daniel Sharp
Unlike natural-born citizens, many immigrants have agreed to undertake political obligations. Many have sworn oaths of allegiance. Many, when they entered their adopted country, promised to obey the law. This paper is about these agreements. First, it’s about their validity. Do they actually confer political obligations? Second, it’s about their justifiability. Is it permissible to get immigrants to undertake such political obligations? Our answers are ‘usually yes’ and ‘probably not’ respectively. We first argue that these agreements give immigrants political obligations. We then argue that getting immigrants to undertake such obligations is morally wrong. This is because it makes immigrants’ political obligations more burdensome than those of natural-born citizens. We conclude that the practice of getting immigrants to undertake such obligations should be abolished.
与土生土长的公民不同,许多移民同意承担政治义务。许多人已经宣誓效忠。许多人在进入收养国时承诺遵守法律。本文就是关于这些协议的。首先是它们的有效性。他们真的赋予了政治义务吗?其次,这是关于他们的正当性。让移民承担这样的政治义务是允许的吗?我们的答案分别是“通常是”和“可能不是”。我们首先认为,这些协议赋予了移民政治义务。然后我们认为让移民承担这样的义务在道德上是错误的。这是因为它使移民的政治义务比那些土生土长的公民更加繁重。我们的结论是,让移民承担这种义务的做法应该废除。
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Why Do Women Philosophy Students Drop Out of Philosophy? Some Evidence from the Classroom at the Bachelor’s Level 为什么女哲学系学生会退出哲学系?来自本科阶段课堂的一些证据
IF 0.6 3区 哲学 Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.3998/ergo.2252
Catherine Herfeld, Jan Müller, Kathrin von Allmen
It is well known that there has been a steady and significant underrepresentation of women in philosophy on different professional levels. Numerous hypotheses explaining this underrepresentation have been suggested, but empirical analyses are not yet extensive. In particular, studies of the phenomenon in different countries are nonexistent. In this paper, we present findings from an exploratory study in which we analyze the interests, abilities, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, and goals of bachelor’s students in a semester-long philosophy of science course at a major German university. We furthermore make the first attempt to compare women-only learning environments with mixed-gender learning environments. Our results suggest that while there are generally some gender differences regarding interests, abilities, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, and goals of students in the classroom, most of the hypotheses we explore to explain dropout rates by gender differences cannot be supported. We conclude that possible factors leading to the underrepresentation of women in philosophy in Germany might be found in the social and institutional environment within which philosophy is taught.
众所周知,在不同的专业水平上,女性在哲学领域的代表性一直明显不足。已经提出了许多解释这种代表性不足的假设,但实证分析还不够广泛。特别是,对不同国家的这种现象的研究是不存在的。在本文中,我们提出了一项探索性研究的结果,在该研究中,我们分析了德国一所主要大学一学期科学哲学课程的本科生的兴趣、能力、信仰、态度、观念和目标。在此基础上,我们首次尝试将女性学习环境与混合性别学习环境进行比较。我们的研究结果表明,虽然学生在课堂上的兴趣、能力、信仰、态度、观念和目标方面普遍存在一些性别差异,但我们探索的大多数用性别差异来解释辍学率的假设都是不成立的。我们的结论是,导致德国女性在哲学领域代表性不足的可能因素可能存在于哲学教学的社会和制度环境中。
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