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BOOK REVIEW: MARQUES, T. & WIKFORSS, Å (EDS.), Shifting Concepts (Oxford University Press, 2020, 284 Pages).
2021
Abstract In this review I provide a brief analysis of the main features of the collective volume Shifting Concepts (Oxford University Press, 2020), edited by Teresa Marques and Asa Wikforss. The volume addresses several related topics, and it contains contributions from psychologists and philosophers. It deals with the topic of concept variation understood in a broad sense, for it tackles diachronic, contextual, interpersonal and even intrapersonal variation; besides, the second part of the book is devoted to the topic of concept revision and amelioration. I provide a brief description of the book and then I critically assess each of the contributions.
How does the brain encode epistemic reliability? Perceptual presence, phenomenal transparency, and counterfactual richness
2014
AbstractSeth develops a convincing and detailed internalist alternative to the sensorimotor-contingency theory of perceptual phenomenology. However, there are remaining conceptual problems due to a semantic ambiguity in the notion of “presence” and the idea of “subjective veridicality.” The current model should be integrated with the earlier idea that experiential “realness” and “mind-independence” are determined by the unavailability of earlier processing stages to attention. Counterfactual richness and attentional unavailability may both be indicators of the overall processing level currently achieved, a functional property that normally correlates with epistemic reliability. Perceptual p…
Taylor on Solidarity
2009
After characterizing Taylor’s general approach to the problems of solidarity, we distinguish and reconstruct three contexts of solidarity in which this approach is developed: the civic, the socio-economic, and the moral. We argue that Taylor’s distinctive move in each of these contexts of solidarity is to claim that the relationship at stake poses normatively justified demands, which are motivationally demanding, but insufficiently motivating on their own. On Taylor’s conception, we need some understanding of extra motivational sources which explain why people do (or would) live up to the exacting demands. Taylor accepts that our self-understanding as members of either particular communiti…
A Hermeneutical Analysis of the InternalistApproachin the Philosophy of Sport
2015
Abstract In this paper, we make a hermeneutical analysis of internalism, the dominant tradition in the philosophy of sports. In order to accomplish this, we identify the prejudices that guide the internalist view of sports, namely the Platonic-Analytic prejudice introduced by Suits, one of the forefathers of internalism. Then, we critically analyze four consequences of following such a prejudice: a) its reductive nature, b) the production of a unrealistic view of sports, c) the vagueness of the idea of excellence; and d) the leap from the descriptive analysis of the sporting phenomenon to the setting of normative requirements for the practice of sports.
Morally Successful Collaboration between Academia and Industry — A Case of a Project Course
2006
Academia-industry collaboration is common in the IT-field, and it includes training programs, research centre activities, and industry advisory boards (Watson and Huber 2000). For the industry, co-operation provides possibilities to acquire human resources and, for the academia, co-operation ensures that research and teaching activities are relevant. Regardless of its popularity little is known about moral issues relating to this phenomenon. This study intends to fill the gap in knowledge by determining the nature of moral conflicts perceived by clients, students, and instructors of a collaborative project course, and by formulating a framework to successfully getting grips with these confl…
William J. Morgan’s ‘conventionalist internalism’ approach. Furthering internalism? A critical hermeneutical response
2014
Several authors, such as William J. Morgan, John S. Russell and R. Scott Kretchmar, have claimed that the limits between the diverse normative theories of sport need to be revisited. Most of these works are philosophically grounded in Anglo-American philosophical approaches. For instance, William J. Morgan’s proposal is mainly based on Richard Rorty’s philosophy. But he also discusses with some European philosophers like Jurgen Habermas. However, Habermas’ central ideas are rejected by Morgan. The purpose of this paper is to analyse Morgan’s rejection of Habermas’ thought and show that a more appropriate normative of sport that explains better our current sporting world can be achieved by d…
Revisión hermenéutica de la tradición internalista en filosofía del deporte
2016
En este trabajo proponemos un análisis hermenéutico de la tradición dominante en filosofía del deporte: el internalismo. Para ello, identificamos los prejuicios que dirigen su concepción del deporte, a saber: el prejuicio platónico-analítico. Tras ello, ponemos en cuestión cuatro consecuencias problemáticas de seguir este prejuicio: (a) sesga la realidad sin que lo percibamos; (b) dulcifica la realidad del deporte al apelar únicamente a la idea de excelencia física; (c) la idea de excelencia física en que se basa es problemática; y (d) nos hace dar un salto cuanto menos dudoso e injustificado de la descripción del fenómeno deportivo a los requisitos normativos referidos a cómo debe practica…
Esferología hermenéutica del deporte. Sobre el impacto de la obra de Peter Sloterdijk en la filosofía del deporte
2018
En los últimos años se está produciendo un giro hacia la hermenéutica en la filosofía del deporte. En otros trabajos, hemos defendido que la hermenéutica puede usarse para superar el paradigma internalista dominante en la filosofía del deporte. Filósofos del deporte como Kenneth Aggerholm y Ron Welters han propuesto que la obra del filósofo alemán Peter Sloterdijk, especialmente, de su libro Has de cambiar tu vida, puede usarse para explorar los limites del paradigma internalista. En este articulo, presentamos y analizamos la interpretacion que Welters y Aggerholm realizan de Sloterdijk. Luego, proponemos una mejor comprensión de su propuesta con el fin de desarrollar de modo más pleno nues…
No le digan loco a Bill. Sobre internalismo y externalismo de las razones para la acción
2011
En este trabajo analizaré dos concepciones de la racionalidad práctica – bien conocidas y debatidas en la literatura contemporánea – con el propósito de mostrar que una es superior a la otra. La primera concepción, que será la defendida en este trabajo, es una concepción denominada “formal” o “internalista”, mientras que la segunda podría denominarse “sustancial” o “externalista”. En particular, defenderé una concepción formal moderada, análoga a la de Bernard Williams, según la cual Juan tiene una razón para hacer X, si y sólo si hacer X representa un medio (considerado) suficiente para satisfacer un deseo que él tendría luego de haber realizado el procedimiento argumentativo racional. In …
Razionalita' ed equilibrio riflessivo nell'argomentazione giudiziale
2008
Vi sono due idee molto diffuse nella maggior parte delle teorie contemporanee dell’argomentazione “pratica” e giuridica. La prima consiste nell’elaborare una concezione della razionalità costruita a immagine e somiglianza degli “dei”, i cui requisiti (ad esempio la conoscenza di tutti i fatti rilevanti, oppure la coerenza di tutte le nostre preferenze) sono così forti da essere impossibili da soddisfare compiutamente. La seconda è che la razionalità di un discorso o di una decisione dipende dalla sua conformità ad un insieme determinato di valori morali, valori spesso e volentieri concepiti in modo oggettivo. Nel presente volume si mostra che entrambe queste idee non sono condivisibili: la …