Knowledge How and the Possibility of Intelligent Action
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What is intelligence, and what is it to act intelligently (skillfully, sensibly, rationally, wisely, etc.)? This paper articulates and defends general intellectualist answers to these questions. Opposition to intellectualism is often motivated by Ryle's argument that intellectualism entails an…
In Honest Officials We Trust: Institutional Confidence in Europe
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The present article analyzes trust in public institutions. In both theoretical literature and empirical research, a link between social trust and institutional trust has been established. The present paper casts additional light on this relationship. Moreover, it tests whether institutional trust…
The symmetrical disenfranchisement of children and the elderly
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Abstract: The right to vote is fundamental to democratic citizenship; it is one of the most important badges of political and legal equality. However, we deny it to children, generally with minimal discussion about their lack of political capacity. After exploring various conceptions of “political…
A Clash of Tolerations
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Toleration is often said to be the solution to religious conflicts but what if it is our concepts of toleration that conflict? This seems to be the case in Australia today. Different conceptions of toleration are evident in discussions about the public place of religion in Australia.…
Compositional Nihilism as a Merely Skeptical Hypothesis
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Abstract: This paper raises objections to Compositional Nihilism, and attempts to identify a principled middle ground between Nihilism and Universalism. I offer an interpretation of the argument for Nihilism according to which it is a “simplicity” or “redundancy” argument. Nihilists…