Constructivism and science: essays in recent German philosophy
In: The University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science 44
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In: The University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science 44
In: International studies review, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 348-352
ISSN: 1468-2486
In: Social philosophy & policy, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 300-329
ISSN: 1471-6437
Epistemology, as I understand it, is a branch of philosophy especially concerned with general questions about how we can know various things or at least justify our beliefs about them. It questions what counts as evidence and what are reasonable sources of doubt. Traditionally, episte-mology focuses on pervasive and apparently basic assumptions covering a wide range of claims to knowledge or justified belief rather than very specific, practical puzzles. For example, traditional epistemologists ask "How do we know there are material objects?" and not "How do you know which are the female beetles?" Similarly,moralepistemology, as I understand it, is concerned with general questions about how we can know or justify our beliefs about moral matters. Its focus, again, is on quite general, pervasive, and apparently basic assumptions about what counts as evidence, what are reasonable sources of doubt, and what are the appropriate procedures for justifying particular moral claims.
In: International relations in a constructed world
In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 10, Heft 4, S. 97-126
ISSN: 1045-5752
In: Questions de communication, Heft 5, S. 161-168
ISSN: 2259-8901
In: American political science review, Band 91, Heft 3, S. 635-646
ISSN: 1537-5943
InPolitical Liberalism, John Rawls employs a distinctive method of "political constructivism" to establish his well-known principles of justice, arguing that his principles are suited to bridge the ineradicable pluralism of liberal societies and so to ground an "overlapping consensus." Setting aside the question of whether Rawls's method supports his principles, I argue that he does not adequately defend reliance on this particular method rather than alternatives. If the goal of Rawls's "political" philosophy is to derive principles that are able to overcome liberal pluralism, then another and simpler method should be employed. The "method of convergence" would develop liberal principles directly from the convergence of comprehensive views in existing societies, and so give rise to quite different moral principles.
In: Synthese: an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science, Band 89, Heft 1, S. 135-162
ISSN: 1573-0964
In: Synthese: an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science, Band 65, Heft 1, S. 33-64
ISSN: 1573-0964
In: American political science review, Band 91, Heft 3, S. 635-646
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: International studies review, Band 5, Heft 3, S. 325-342
ISSN: 1468-2486
In: International studies review, Band 5, Heft 3, S. 325-342
ISSN: 1521-9488
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In: Hypatia: a journal of feminist philosophy, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 17-38
ISSN: 1527-2001
This paper aims to investigate whether and in what respects the conceptions of the body and of agency that Judith Butler develops in Bodies That Matter are useful contributions to feminist theory. The discussion focuses on the clarification and critical assessment of the arguments Butler presents to refute the charges of linguistic monism and determinism.
In: International relations: the journal of the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 35
ISSN: 0047-1178
In: Questions de communication, Heft 6, S. 101-110
ISSN: 2259-8901