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Instructions and constructions in set theory proofs
Traditional models of mathematical proof describe proofs as sequences of assertion where each assertion is a claim about mathematical objects....
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Social Contract Theory
This article examines social contract theory in the Anthropocene. Past and current social contract theories have a narrowly conceived conception of...
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The Role of Moral Norms in Political Theory
In the recent debate on political normativity in political philosophy, two positions have emerged among so-called political realists. On the first...
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Emotion Concepts for Virtue Theory: From Aesthetic to Epistemic and Moral
In “Emotion Concepts for Virtue Theory: From Epistemic and Moral to Aesthetic,” Lisa Widdison addresses a meta-philosophical issue in virtue theory,...
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Cultural Consonance: Extending Cultural Consensus Theory
A cultural model for a domain can be verified using cultural consensus analysis to determine the degree of sharing of knowledge among individuals:...
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Revisiting Epistemic Injustice in the Context of Agency
What makes an injustice epistemic rather than ethical or political? How does the former, more recent category relate to the latter, better-known...
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Catholic religious agency during the Covid-19 emergency: the issue of vaccines
The Catholic Church’s reflection on and assessment of the Covid-19 pandemic has developed in several areas. Inspired by the tradition of its social...
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Composite Agency
In this chapter we argue that the multiplicity of subagentsSubagents is a typical feature of agency which is necessary for a higher-level...
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Humboldt, Darwin, and theory of evolution
Numerous authors have examined the influence of other thinkers on Darwin’s formulation of some of the key concepts of the theory of evolution....
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Rorty and Literary Theory
This chapter aims to provide an overview of Rorty’s complex relation to literary theory. In particular, it aims to clarify why Rorty is often...
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Reliability is No Vice: Environmental Variance and Human Agency
The environmental elbow room model of free will posits the unshared proportion of environmental variance in twins is a measure of the degree to which...
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Agency in Non-human Organisms
Semiotic agencyAgency Semiotic agency is not restricted to humans; it is a natural phenomenon Phenomena that is found in all living...
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The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory: A Methodological Approach
How should political power and influence be allocated in democratic systems? That is, roughly, the core of the boundary problem in democratic theory....
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Well-Being, Mental Illness, Co-Production and Social Prescription: Social Constructionism, Relational Integrity, and Agency
As with Chap. 6 , this chapter starts with sociability as one of the six ontological features of the human...
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Hegelian Legacy of Aesthetics: Theory of Art Versus Philosophy of Art
German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel problematized the term “aesthetics” in his writings on art. This article attempts to capture the tension between...
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Stakeholder Theory: A Libertarian Defense
The purpose of this paper is to suggest that at least one strain of what has come to be called “stakeholder theory” has roots that are deeply...
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Does Artificial Intelligence Have Agency?
To be said to possess agency, an individual or entity must act with intent. What constitutes an intentional action is, roughly, that the action is...
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Artifacts and intervention: a persistence theory of artifact functions
This paper presents a novel theory of artifact functions, drawing from persistence-based accounts of social functions, according to which the...
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Options and Agency
This book develops an original theory of agentive modality: the kind of modality that is distinctive to agents. The central thesis is that the idea...
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Why AI Ethics Is a Critical Theory
The ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) is an upcoming field of research that deals with the ethical assessment of emerging AI applications and...