Forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

Broome on Moral Goodness and Population Ethics Forthcoming in Philosophy & Phenomenological Research

The Psychological Element in the Phenomenological Analysis of Human Subjectivity

The aim of this paper is to depict the psychological element in phenomenological analysis of the human subjectivity. This analysis should be considered within the philosophical context provided by philosophers of 18th and 19th centuries, and very specifically by Kant as his transcendental philosophy was a turning point for later debates on the human subjectivity. In this paper, I will consider ...

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, forthcoming Review Essay of Dorit Bar-On’s Speaking My Mind

A subject who avows being tired, or scared of something, or thinking that p, is normally presumed to have the last word on the relevant matters; we would not presume to criticize her self-ascription or to reject it on the basis of our contrary judgement. Furthermore, unlike ordinary empirical reports, and somewhat like apriori statements, avowals are issued with a very high degree of confidence...

Unison of the phenomenological theory of genius loci and islamic philosophy-Dispositional influence of climate and its consequences on the design of environment

the light of the Genius Loci theory. The theory has been verified in many studies by the traditional-Islamic philosophers. Proving the closeness of these two viewpoints in extent and type of the environmental influences on disposition can open a venue for applying the theory of Genius Loci to establish a basis for environmental design in regions with Islamic and traditional cultures. This re...

Forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research KNOWLEDGE-HOW AND COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT

According to reductive intellectualism, knowledge-how just is a kind of propositional knowledge (e.g., Stanley & Williamson 2001; Stanley 2011a, 2011b; Brogaard 2008, 2009, 2011). This proposal has proved controversial because knowledgehow and propositional knowledge do not seem to share the same epistemic properties, particularly with regard to epistemic luck. Here we aim to move the argument ...

Understanding the creative processes of phenomenological research: The life philosophy of Løgstrup

The creative processes of understanding patients' experiences in phenomenological research are difficult to articulate. Drawing on life philosophy as represented by the Danish philosopher K.E. Løgstrup (1905-1981), this article aims to illustrate Løgstrup's thinking as a way to elaborate the creation of cognition and understanding of patients' experiences. We suggest that Løgstrup's thoughts on...