Location:聽Edgecliffe G03 Title: Ought and the Transmission of Reasons Abstract:聽According to the widely held Weightiest Reasons view about how reasons for action and the practical ought are related to one another, (WR)聽 an agent ought to 蠁 if, and only if, the reasons for 蠁 are weightier than the reasons for every incompatible alternative to…
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Title:聽Beyond the Now:聽Epistemic Oppression and the 鈥淐ommon鈥 Sense of Incarceration Abstract:聽In this presentation, I narrate an聽encounter with 2 Black teenagers who attempted to steal my cellphone and the聽difficulty of insisting on聽accountability while avoiding the worst parts of the聽state-run criminal justice system. Ultimately, I demonstrate that, at times,聽when a situation calls for聽accountability for a serious wrongdoing… |
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Title: Epistemic Akrasia: No Apology Required Abstract: It is natural to think that rationality imposes some relationship between what a person believes, and what she believes about what she鈥檚 rational to believe. Epistemic akrasia鈥攆or example, believing P while believing that P is not rational to believe in your situation鈥攊s often seen as intrinsically irrational. This… |
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Title: Legislative Intent: A Rational Unity Account (co-authored with David Tan (Deakin University)) Abstract:聽Does the legislature have intentions concerning the effects of legislation? If so, how can that intent be known by outsiders? Existing theories of legislative intent can be divided into three camps: skepticism, constructivism, and realism. This paper begins by outlining problems for… |
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