PEA Soup

Missing Something? Crisp and Reasons-Realism

I’m currently reading Roger Crisp’s new book Reasons and the Good. For the most part it is admirably clear and bound to create critical reactions against many of the controversial views and arguments it introduces. Occasionally I wonder though whether I’m just disagreeing too much or missing something obvious. Just now I’m having big difficulties with how he introduced debates about realism about normative reasons. Here’s the three sentences where this is done:

The Social Dimensions of Ethical Knowledge

In a recent SEP article, Helen Longino provides an overview of philosophical work on the social dimensions of scientific knowledge. She begins by focusing on historical figures, such as Mill, for whom “[t]he achievement of knowledge…is a social or collective, not an individual, matter.” Longino points out that Mill held that ideas must be subject to critical discussion by multiple inquirers in order to overcome some amount of error or partiality produced by individual knowers.

Eastern APA Ethics-Related Sessions

Below the fold are most of the ethics-related sessions at the upcoming Eastern Division APA.  If I've missed any session that you think should be added to the list, please feel free to add it in the comment section. 

Click here for the list in .doc format.

Click here for the full-program.

It looks like PEA Soup is well-represented.  Among those on the program in the ethics-related sessions are at least Campbell Brown, Josh Glasgow, Kyle Swan, Matt Zwolinski, Michael Huemer, and Robert Johnson, as are Mark van Roojen and Mark Shroeder, two of our regular commentators.  If I've missed anyone, including anyone who is on the program in a  non-ethics-related" sessions, please feel free to let everyone know by adding the names and session information to the comment section.  It's amazing how many group sessions are on the program, especially ethics-related group sessions.

Below the fold are most of the ethics-related sessions at the upcoming Eastern Division APA.  If I've missed any session that you think should be added to the list, please feel free to add it in the comment section. 

Click here for the list in .doc format.

Click here for the full-program.

It looks like PEA Soup is well-represented.  Among those on the program in the ethics-related sessions are at least Campbell Brown, Josh Glasgow, Kyle Swan, Matt Zwolinski, Michael Huemer, and Robert Johnson, as are Mark van Roojen and Mark Shroeder, two of our regular commentators.  If I've missed anyone, including anyone who is on the program in a  non-ethics-related" sessions, please feel free to let everyone know by adding the names and session information to the comment section.  It's amazing how many group sessions are on the program, especially ethics-related group sessions.

Below the fold are most of the ethics-related sessions at the upcoming Eastern Division APA.  If I've missed any session that you think should be added to the list, please feel free to add it in the comment section. 

Click here for the list in .doc format.

Click here for the full-program.

It looks like PEA Soup is well-represented.  Among those on the program in the ethics-related sessions are at least Campbell Brown, Josh Glasgow, Kyle Swan, Matt Zwolinski, Michael Huemer, and Robert Johnson, as are Mark van Roojen and Mark Shroeder, two of our regular commentators.  If I've missed anyone, including anyone who is on the program in a  non-ethics-related" sessions, please feel free to let everyone know by adding the names and session information to the comment section.  It's amazing how many group sessions are on the program, especially ethics-related group sessions.

Necessary Well-Being

Sometimes philosophy can be even fun. One way to make it fun is to come up with absurd consequences of otherwise plausible views. This time I don’t mean blatantly false consequences but more just funny ones. The other day I was talking with Antti about a prima facie plausible view about well-being. We came up with a consequence it has that has entertained me for few days now. I know it’s sad.