PEA Soup

May 2012 Books Received

Authors and/or their presses kindly sent at least one of the editors the following books.

 

Updates to PEA Soup

In light of feedback some of you have sent to the editors over the past several months, we have finally been able to make a few improvements to PEA Soup.  You've likely already noticed the most important ones, but just to make it "official," a brief description is below the fold:

“Ethics and Explanation” Conference, University of Nottingham, 18th-19th November 2011

The excellent lineup is below the fold.  For more information, go to the conference web site.

Also, a small number of student bursaries are available to cover up to 50% of the conference and accommodation fees only, offered on a first come first served basis. To apply for a student bursary please contact Dr. Neil Sinclair.
 
To participate please register online here (early registration would be greatly appreciated).

Ethics Discussions at PEA Soup: Philip Pettit's "The Instability of Freedom as Noninterference: The Case of Isaiah Berlin," with Commentary by David Schmidtz

We are pleased to present the next installment of PEA Soup's collaboration with Ethics, in which we host a discussion of one article from an issue of the journal.  The article selected from Volume 121, Issue 4 is Philip Pettit's "The Instability of Freedom as Noninterference: The Case of Isaiah Berlin" (open access here).  We are also extremely grateful that David Schmidtz has agreed to provide the critical precis of the article.  His commentary begins below the fold and is followed by several replies from Professor Pettit.

Call for Abstracts: “Ethics and Explanation” Conference, University of Nottingham, 18th-19th November 2011

This is a call for abstracts for those interested in presenting a paper at the forthcoming Ethics and Explanation Conference in Nottingham. The keynote speaker is Professor Alex Miller (Birmingham). Abstracts should fall under the themes of the conference, details of which are provided on the conference webpage here: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/philosophy/research/conferences/ethics-explanation/index.aspx.

Prospective speakers should submit an abstract (maximum 1000 words) summarising the arguments of their paper. Abstracts will be evaluated by a committee comprising members of the Philosophy Department at Nottingham. Accepted speakers will be expected to talk for 40-50 minutes, and will have all UK-based travel and accommodation expenses paid. Please submit abstracts directly to: neil.sinclair@nottingham.ac.uk

Closing date: 31st  30th September 2011.

This conference is supported by the Analysis Trust, Mind Association and Aristotelian Society.

Welcome, Victor Tadros!

We're pleased that Victor Tadros, a legal theorist/philosopher of law at the University of Warwick's School of Law, has accepted our invitation to join the cast of characters at PEA Soup.  Victor has written a ton of excellent articles and books on criminal responsibility, the moral foundations of the criminal law, and moral philosophy generally, and we're very pleased to have him officially on board.

Welcome, David Schmidtz!

We are pleased to announce that David Schmidtz, Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and joint Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona, has accepted our invitation to be a Contributor here at PEA Soup.  Dave is Founding Director of Arizona's Freedom Center and specializes in ethics, environmental ethics, rational choice theory, and political philosophy.  It's great to have you aboard, Dave.  Welcome!

Welcome Antti Kauppinen

We are pleased to announce that Antti Kauppinen has joined the roster of contributors here at PEA Soup.  Among other areas of interest, Antti works on moral psychology, metaethics, and well-being. He is a Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Amsterdam. Welcome, Antti!

Welcome Gunnar Björnsson

We are pleased to announce that Gunnar Björnsson has joined the roster of contributors here at PEA Soup.  Among other areas of interest, Gunnar works on a variety of topics in meta-ethics. He is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Department of Culture and Communication at Linköping University and a research fellow at the department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Gothenburg. He is also the principal investigator of Moral Motivation: Evidence and Relevance, funded by the Swedish Research Council.  Welcome, Gunnar!

Upcoming Conference: "Ethics, Imagination, Forms of Life" and the Work of Cora Diamond, Sept 13-15

Cora Diamond's work in ethics will be the focus of an upcoming conference, "Ethics, Imagination, Forms of Life," to be held September 13-15, 2010 at the Université de Picardie, Aiens, in the North of Paris.  Professor Diamond will be commenting on the papers and participating in the ensuing discussion.  You can find more information here: http://www.u-picardie.fr/labo/curapp/