PEA Soup

May 2012 Books Received

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

 

Welcome to Coons and Faraci!

It's my pleasure to welcome Christian Coons and David Faraci (individually, not as a tag team) to PEA Soup.  Christian is an assistant professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State University, doing really interesting work in moral philosophy (metaethics, value theory, normative ethics and more).  David Faraci is ABD at Bowling Green and starts a job as a VAP in philosophy at Virginia Tech this fall.  David's dissertation is on the nature of normativity, and he and I have also published (or are soon to publish) a few papers on experimental philosophy and moral responsibility.  David has also been a longtime commenter on PEA Soup.  It's great to have you both aboard!

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:

Attributability and Daddy Issues

(Also posted on Flickers of Freedom.)

I am a fan of attributability as a conception of responsibility.  The trick, as we all know, is to get clear on just what that means.  Even if you don't think attributability is a conception of responsibility, it is surely necessary for responsibility, so getting clear on what it consists in is in everyone's interest.  One popular theory of attributability is a kind of evaluative judgment view: an action or attitude is properly attributable to me just in case it is ultimately dependent on my evaluative judgments.  I'm wondering, though, about the following possible counterexample to this view.

Welcome Jonathan Way!

I'm pleased to welcome aboard Jonathan Way, a Lecturer at the University of Southampton, as a contributor to PEA Soup.  Jonathan has published several articles on practical rationality, including a forthcoming piece in Ethics.  Great to have you here, Jonathan!

Strawson 50th Love Fest

In honor of my favorite philosophical article, I'm pleased to pass on the following announcement from Neal Tognazzini:

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of P. F. Strawson's 'Freedom and Resentment'. In honor of its remarkable influence over the past half-century, the philosophy department at The College of William & Mary is hosting a two-day conference this fall, *Responsibility & Relationships*, that will explore Strawsonian themes in contemporary moral philosophy, psychology, and the law, including new work on blame, punishment, and the moral emotions. And you're all invited.

The website for the conference is here.

Horgan and Timmons and Templeton

Congratulations to Professors Terry Horgan and Mark Timmons, Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, who are recipients of a John Templeton Foundation Grant in the amount of $230,386 to support their book project “Illuminating Reasons: An Essay in Moral Phenomenology.”

BGSU Manipulation Conference

The organizers of the upcoming conference (3/16-3/17) at Bowling Green State University on the topic of manipulation have announced the line-up, which looks good. Keynote speaker is Marcia Baron. Follow this link for details about the conference, registration, and accommodations.

Charming Jussi

Congratulations to our own Jussi Suikkanen for winning the Charm Quark (third prize) at the annual 3 Quarks Daily philosophy blogging contest!  It was for his post about Williams, Thick Concepts, and Reasons.  Well done!

"The Science of Ethics" Grant

The John Templeton Foundation has just awarded a major grant to Daniel Jacobson (UM) to pursue and organize numerous projects on "The Science of Ethics," along with Justin D'Arms (OSU) and Chandra Sripada (UM).  (Jacobson is the project leader, and D'Arms and Sripada are major contributors.)  There are also several other participants involved.  With additional funding from both the University of Michigan and Ohio State, the total amount actually comes to $1.2 million.