Ideas of Robert Fogelin, by Theme

[American, fl. 2003, Professor at Dartmouth College, USA]

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Despair over Philosophy

6575	Philosophy may never find foundations, and may undermine our lives in the process

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

6585	Rationality is threatened by fear of inconsistency, illusions of absolutes or relativism, and doubt

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

6557	Humans may never be able to attain a world view which is both rich and consistent

6568	A game can be played, despite having inconsistent rules

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought

6560	The law of noncontradiction is traditionally the most basic principle of rationality

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

6565	The law of noncontradiction makes the distinction between asserting something and denying it

2. Reason / E. Argument / 3. Analogy

6574	Legal reasoning is analogical, not deductive

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 3. Necessity by Convention

6582	Conventions can only work if they are based on something non-conventional

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

6576	My view is 'circumspect rationalism' - that only our intellect can comprehend the world

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / c. Defeasibility

6589	Knowledge is legitimate only if all relevant defeaters have been eliminated

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification

6596	For coherentists, circularity is acceptable if the circle is large, rich and coherent

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / a. Contextualism

6597	A rule of justification might be: don't raise the level of scrutiny without a good reason

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 2. Types of Scepticism

6588	Scepticism is cartesian (sceptical scenarios), or Humean (future), or Pyrrhonian (suspend belief)

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

6590	Scepticism deals in remote possibilities that are ineliminable and set the standard very high

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism

6578	For Kant, experience is relative to a scheme, but there are no further possible schemes

6583	Radical perspectivism replaces Kant's necessary scheme with many different schemes

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 6. Rationality

6555	We are also irrational, with a unique ability to believe in bizarre self-created fictions

21. Aesthetics / B. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Beauty

6607	The word 'beautiful', when deprived of context, is nearly contentless

21. Aesthetics / B. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Taste

6605	Critics must be causally entangled with their subject matter

21. Aesthetics / C. Aesthetic Judgement / 2. Subjectivism in Art

6604	Saying 'It's all a matter to taste' ignores the properties of the object discussed

22. Metaethics / C. Sources of Ethics / 2. Human Nature

6586	Cynics are committed to morality, but disappointed or disgusted by human failings

25. Society / D. Social Rights / 4. Right to Punish / a. Right to punish

6572	Deterrence, prevention, rehabilitation and retribution can come into conflict in punishments

6573	Retributivists say a crime can be 'paid for'; deterrentists still worry about potential victims