Davie
Biographic Data
| ID | 25828 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Davie |
| FAMILY NAME | Davie |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIE |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2862-2050 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 57 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 57 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ontological Contextualism and Upper Paleolithic Cave Art
According to the view known as ontological contextualism, the identity and appreciable features of art depend not only on its perceptible qualities but on relations between these and the intentions of their makers, the social practices and traditions in which they are embedded, and so on. So, why are we so confident that European cave paintings of the Upper Paleolithic are art, when we do not know why they were made or how they were appreciated? …
The Collector Hypothesis
Human fascination with art has deep evolutionary roots, yet its role remains a puzzle for evolutionary theory. Although its widespread presence across cultures suggests a potential adaptive function, determining its evolutionary origins requires more comprehensive evidence beyond mere universality or assumed survival benefits. This paper introduces and tests the Collector Hypothesis, which suggests that artworks serve as indicators of collectors'…
L’expression des émotions dans la musique
Cet article s’interroge sur la nature de l’expressivité musicale à travers deux grandes questions. La première est celle de la capacité de la musique, qui n’est pas un être sensible, à exprimer des émotions. L’auteur défend l’idée que, lorsqu’ils sont appliqués à la musique, les termes émotionnels ne renvoient pas à des émotions éprouvées mais à des caractéristiques émotionnelles, manifestes dans les sons. Cette thèse comporte un volet linguistiq…
The adoption of laser land leveler technology and its impact on groundwater use by irrigated farmland in Punjab, Pakistan
This paper investigates the factors that influence the adoption of laser land levelers and their impact on groundwater usage in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. A farm household survey of 504 agriculture producers was conducted in 2019. A discrete‐time duration model is used to investigate factors influencing the speed of adoption and an endogenous switching regression (ESR) model is used to evaluate its impact on groundwater usage. About 70% of …
But Who Knows What Autism Is? Negotiating the Notion of Autism During Free Associative Narrative Interviews with Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists
BACKGROUND: Critically informed discursive research has rarely been used to capture the way psychoanalytic psychotherapists organize their talk with regards to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). OBJECTIVE: To understand the language about autism in psychoanalytic talk in terms of i) interpretive repertoires, ii) subject positions and iii) autistic ways of being that circulate inside psychoanalysts' discourses. METHODS: This paper presents the data …
The Biology of Art
This seventy-one page book by Richard A. Richards is in Cambridge’s Elements in the Philosophy of Biology series, which provides ‘concise and structured introductions to all of the central topics in the philosophy of biology’.1 It meets these conditions admirably. As well, it is clearly written and highly accessible, avoiding jargon and explaining technical terms where required. It judiciously evaluates arguments and positions for their merits an…
Behavioral Modernity in Retrospect
Household preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for freshwater quality improvement in Pakistan’s Swat River Valley
The Philosophy of Art
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Increased Long-Term Mortality among Black Cabg Patients Receiving Preoperative Inotropic Agents
The aim of this study was to examine racial differences in long-term mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), stratified by preoperative use of inotropic agents. Black and white patients who required preoperative inotropic support prior to undergoing CABG procedures between 1992 and 2011 were compared. Mortality probabilities were computed using the Kaplan-Meier product-limit method. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals …
Risk-Adjusted Survival after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Mortality represents an important outcome measure following coronary artery bypass grafting. Shorter survival times may reflect poor surgical quality and an increased number of costly postoperative complications. Quality control efforts aimed at increasing survival times may be misleading if not properly adjusted for case-mix severity. This paper demonstrates how to construct and cross-validate efficiency-outcome plots for a specified time (e.g.,…
Synopsis
My goal in The Artful Species is to review the current literature maintaining or denying a connection between, on the one hand, our aesthetic and art behaviours and, on the other, our evolved human nature. In the end, I am critical because I do not think that many positions—positions on both sides, I should add—withstand close scrutiny. I recommend caution where very different theories compete in claiming to explain the same data. This is an area…
Replies to My Critics
Journal Article Replies to My Critics Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies University of Auckland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 54, Issue 4, October 2014, Pages 493–498, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayu054 Published: 05 January 2015
Art and Aesthetic Behaviors as Possible Expressions of our Biologically Evolved Human Nature
In this paper, I review arguments that have been offered in favor of the view that humans' art and/or aesthetic behaviors are (in part) a product of our biologically evolved human nature, either as adaptations in their own right or as incidental byproducts of adaptations with non-art and non-aesthetic functions. I present an overview of the main positions and options, critically evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, and outline their presuppos…
Racial Differences in Survival among Hemodialysis Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
The aim of this study was to examine racial differences in long-term survival among hemodialysis patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). To our knowledge this has not been previously addressed in the literature. Black and white hemodialysis patients undergoing first-time, isolated CABG procedures between 1992 and 2011 were compared. Survival probabilities were computed using the Kaplan-Meier product-limit method and stratified by r…
The Construction of the Selden Map
In the abstract to the paper Timothy Brook gave at the colloquium on the Selden map that was held in Oxford in September 2011 one reads Not only does [the Selden map] radically re-represent China’s
Performing Musical Works Authentically
A kind of musical authenticity Julian Dodd thinks has been neglected, interpretive authenticity, as he calls it, is intended to provide both an insightful and faithful understanding of the work. This kind of authenticity is distinguished from score compliance authenticity (a view I have defended) on grounds that an authentic musical interpretation can sometimes deliberately depart from the score. I argue that none of the four examples Dodd offers…
Ringleaders in Larger Number Asymmetric Cartels
The concept of a cartel ringleader has specific legal meaning but has received relatively little attention in the economic literature of cartels. This article draws on a sample of 89 European cartels to identify how often ringleaders exist, who they are and what they do. It argues that ringleaders are more likely where the traditional ‘cartel problems’ are likely to be most acute, i.e. with larger numbers of members exhibiting substantial size as…
The Mess Inside
Journal Article The Mess Inside: Narrative, Emotion, and the Mind Get access The Mess Inside: Narrative, Emotion, and the Mind Peter Goldie OUP. 2012. pp. 280. £30 (hbk). Stephen Davies Stephen Davies University of Auckland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 53, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 247–249, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ays064 Published: 08 January 2013 Articl…
Are There Catholic School Effects in Ontario, Canada
Spearheaded by James Coleman three decades ago, two generations of American social scientists have investigated whether students in Catholic schools achieve more than students in public schools, net of their demographics, prior achievement, and school resources. Though this research tradition has not reached a consensus in the United States, it provides a viable framework for analyzing school sector effects in other nations. I search for Catholic…
The Hypothetical Intentionalist's Dilemma
In a recent essay, Jerrold Levinson defends his version of hypothetical intentionalism (HI), which is a theory of literary interpretation, from two criticisms. The first, argued by Stephen Davies, is that it is equivalent to the value-maximizing view. The second, argued by Robert Stecker, is that there are straightforward counterexamples to HI. We will argue that Levinson does not successfully fend off either criticism, and further, that in the p…
Why Art Is not a Spandrel
Journal Article Why Art Is not a Spandrel Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies University of Auckland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 50, Issue 4, October 2010, Pages 333–341, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayp071 Published: 01 October 2010
Disparities in Urban Neighborhood Conditions
Introduction to a Philosophy of Music
Musical Works and Orchestral Colour
In music ontology, 'pure' formalists regard musical works as 'colourless' sound structures. One alternative, known as timbral sonicism, accepts that a musical work's orchestral colour is a factor in its identity, but denies that the use of the specified instruments is required for an authentic rendition of the work provided that sounds as of those instruments are achieved. This position has been defended by Julian Dodd. In arguing against his vie…
Authors' Intentions, Literary Interpretation, and Literary Value
I discuss three theories regarding the interpretation of fictional literature: actual intentionalism (author's intentions constrain how their works are to be interpreted), hypothetical intentionalism (interpretations are justified as those most likely intended by a postulated author), and the value-maximizing theory (interpretations presenting the work in the most favourable light are to be preferred). I claim that actual intentionalism cannot ac…
Authenticity in Musical Performance
Journal Article AUTHENTICITY IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Department of Philosophy, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 27, Issue 1, WINTER 1987, Pages 39–50, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/27.1.39 Published: 01 January 1987
Aesthetic Judgements, Artworks and Functional Beauty
I offer an analysis of the role played by consideration of an item's functions when it is judged aesthetically. The account applies also to artworks, of which some serve extrinsic functions (such as the glorification of God and the communication of religious lore) and others have the function of being contemplated for their own sake alone. Along the way, I deny that aesthetic judgements fit the model of judgements either of free beauty or of depe…
Profundity in Instrumental Music
According to Peter Kivy, to be profound, music would have to be about a profound subject that is treated in an exemplary way. Instrumental music does not satisfy this definition; usually it is not about anything humanly important, and when it is, it can convey no more than banalities. Like others, I argue against the propositional character of Kivy's ‘aboutness’ criterion; profundity can be revealed or displayed other than via statements and desc…
Behavioral Modernity in Retrospect
Performing Musical Works Authentically
A kind of musical authenticity Julian Dodd thinks has been neglected, interpretive authenticity, as he calls it, is intended to provide both an insightful and faithful understanding of the work. This kind of authenticity is distinguished from score compliance authenticity (a view I have defended) on grounds that an authentic musical interpretation can sometimes deliberately depart from the score. I argue that none of the four examples Dodd offers…
Are There Catholic School Effects in Ontario, Canada
Spearheaded by James Coleman three decades ago, two generations of American social scientists have investigated whether students in Catholic schools achieve more than students in public schools, net of their demographics, prior achievement, and school resources. Though this research tradition has not reached a consensus in the United States, it provides a viable framework for analyzing school sector effects in other nations. I search for Catholic…
The Construction of the Selden Map
In the abstract to the paper Timothy Brook gave at the colloquium on the Selden map that was held in Oxford in September 2011 one reads Not only does [the Selden map] radically re-represent China’s
Musical Works and Orchestral Colour
In music ontology, 'pure' formalists regard musical works as 'colourless' sound structures. One alternative, known as timbral sonicism, accepts that a musical work's orchestral colour is a factor in its identity, but denies that the use of the specified instruments is required for an authentic rendition of the work provided that sounds as of those instruments are achieved. This position has been defended by Julian Dodd. In arguing against his vie…
Ringleaders in Larger Number Asymmetric Cartels
The concept of a cartel ringleader has specific legal meaning but has received relatively little attention in the economic literature of cartels. This article draws on a sample of 89 European cartels to identify how often ringleaders exist, who they are and what they do. It argues that ringleaders are more likely where the traditional ‘cartel problems’ are likely to be most acute, i.e. with larger numbers of members exhibiting substantial size as…
Edwin Chadwick and the genesis of the English welfare state
The early to middle nineteenth century saw a radical change in the nature of the British state, with many activities becoming the responsibility of public authorities. A key figure in this process was the journalist Edwin Chadwick. Anthony Brundage's new biography, England's Prussian Minister, gives a clear and arresting picture of the political processes which led to this growth and of Chadwick's role. However, his account is limited because of …
Transcription, Authenticity and Performance
Journal Article TRANSCRIPTION, AUTHENTICITY AND PERFORMANCE Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Dept of Philosophy, University of AucklandPrivate Bag, Auckland, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 28, Issue 3, SUMMER 1988, Pages 216–227, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/28.3.216 Published: 01 March 1988
The Collector Hypothesis
Human fascination with art has deep evolutionary roots, yet its role remains a puzzle for evolutionary theory. Although its widespread presence across cultures suggests a potential adaptive function, determining its evolutionary origins requires more comprehensive evidence beyond mere universality or assumed survival benefits. This paper introduces and tests the Collector Hypothesis, which suggests that artworks serve as indicators of collectors'…
The Hypothetical Intentionalist's Dilemma
In a recent essay, Jerrold Levinson defends his version of hypothetical intentionalism (HI), which is a theory of literary interpretation, from two criticisms. The first, argued by Stephen Davies, is that it is equivalent to the value-maximizing view. The second, argued by Robert Stecker, is that there are straightforward counterexamples to HI. We will argue that Levinson does not successfully fend off either criticism, and further, that in the p…
On Richard Wollheim
There was a deep continuity in Wollheim's thought from his book on F. H. Bradley onward. His notion of the concept of art as deeply interiorized was inextricable from his sense of the psychological unity of the mind and the historical continuity of artistic tradition, seen on analogy with an inherited language. His study of pictorial representation pivoted on the innate psychological capacity of 'seeing-in', perceiving the represented subject in …
Response to Robert Stecker
Journal Article RESPONSE TO ROBERT STECKER Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Department of Philosophy, University of AucklandPrivate Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Email: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 39, Issue 3, July 1999, Pages 282–287, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/39.3.282 Published: 01 July 1999
Authenticity in Performance
Journal Article AUTHENTICITY IN PERFORMANCE: A REPLY TO JAMES O. YOUNG Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Department of Philosophy, The University of AucklandPrivate Bag, Auckland, New Zealand. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 28, Issue 4, AUTUMN 1988, Pages 373–376, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/28.4.373 Published: 01 April 1988
The Rationality of Aesthetic Responses
Journal Article THE RATIONALITY OF AESTHETIC RESPONSES Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 23, Issue 1, WINTER 1983, Pages 38–47, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/23.1.38 Published: 01 January 1983
Choosing between Concentration Indices
It is usual to identify two constituent parts to concentration in any industry: n, the number of firms in that industry and I, the inequalities in the market shares of those firms. For instance, in the conventional structure-conduct-performance models relating industry profitability to the potential for collusion, it is usually argued that collusion (and a number of other non-competitive regimes, e.g. price leadership) should be easier to achieve…
Choosing between Concentration Indices
It is usual to identify two constituent parts to concentration in any industry: n, the number of firms in that industry and I, the inequalities in the market shares of those firms. For instance, in the conventional structure-conduct-performance models relating industry profitability to the potential for collusion, it is usually argued that collusion (and a number of other non-competitive regimes, e.g. price leadership) should be easier to achieve…
Measuring Industrial Concentration
Is Music a Language of the Emotions
Journal Article IS MUSIC A LANGUAGE OF THE EMOTIONS? Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 23, Issue 3, SUMMER 1983, Pages 222–233, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/23.3.222 Published: 01 March 1983
The Rationality of Aesthetic Responses
Journal Article THE RATIONALITY OF AESTHETIC RESPONSES Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 23, Issue 1, WINTER 1983, Pages 38–47, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/23.1.38 Published: 01 January 1983
The expression theory again
In this paper I discuss a version of the Expression Theory of art.My aim is not to dwell upon the objections faced by this version of the theory, although the criticisms which it invites are both obvious and fatal.Rather, my concern is to explain the theory's attractiveness.Or perhaps I should say that my aim is to explain away the prima facie attractiveness of the theory, for my approach is not a sympathetic one.The initial plausibility of the t…
Moral Arguments on the Export of Live Sheep
A Note on Feagin on Interpreting Art Intentionalistically
Journal Article A NOTE ON FEAGIN ON INTERPRETING ART INTENTIONALISTICALLY Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 27, Issue 2, Spring 1987, Pages 178–180, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/27.2.178 Published: 01 February 1987
Authenticity in Musical Performance
Journal Article AUTHENTICITY IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Department of Philosophy, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 27, Issue 1, WINTER 1987, Pages 39–50, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/27.1.39 Published: 01 January 1987
Authenticity in Performance
Journal Article AUTHENTICITY IN PERFORMANCE: A REPLY TO JAMES O. YOUNG Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Department of Philosophy, The University of AucklandPrivate Bag, Auckland, New Zealand. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 28, Issue 4, AUTUMN 1988, Pages 373–376, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/28.4.373 Published: 01 April 1988
Transcription, Authenticity and Performance
Journal Article TRANSCRIPTION, AUTHENTICITY AND PERFORMANCE Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Dept of Philosophy, University of AucklandPrivate Bag, Auckland, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 28, Issue 3, SUMMER 1988, Pages 216–227, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/28.3.216 Published: 01 March 1988
The Sharp End of Justice
Edwin Chadwick and the genesis of the English welfare state
The early to middle nineteenth century saw a radical change in the nature of the British state, with many activities becoming the responsibility of public authorities. A key figure in this process was the journalist Edwin Chadwick. Anthony Brundage's new biography, England's Prussian Minister, gives a clear and arresting picture of the political processes which led to this growth and of Chadwick's role. However, his account is limited because of …
Mozart's Requiem? A Reply to Levinson
Journal Article MOZART'S REQUIEM? A REPLY TO LEVINSON Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Department of Philosophy, University of AucklandPrivate Bag, Auckland, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 32, Issue 3, July 1992, Pages 254–257, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/32.3.254 Published: 01 July 1992
Definitions of Art
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Definitions of Art. By Stephen Davies. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. Pp. x + 243. Price 512.95 p/b, $31.50 h/b.) Eva Schaper Eva Schaper University of Glasgow Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 42, Issue 167, April 1992, Pages 259–260, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220229 Published: 01 April 1992
General Theories of Art Versus Music
Journal Article GENERAL THEORIES OF ART VERSUS MUSIC Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Department of Philosophy, University of AucklandPrivate Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 34, Issue 4, October 1994, Pages 315–325, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/34.4.315 Published: 01 October 1994
Musical Meaning and Expression
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Musical Meaning and Expression. By Stephen Davies. ( Cornell UP, 1994. Pp. xii + 417. Price not given.) Alan H. Goldman Alan H. Goldman University of Miami Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 46, Issue 185, October 1996, Pages 533–535, https://doi.org/10.2307/2956368 Published: 01 October 1996
Two Conceptions of Welfare
The history of the welfare state is not only or even primarily a story of men and measures but also one of concepts and social ideals. Over the last hundred and twenty years or so, the body of policies, rules, and practices which we collectively term the welfare state has become the most prominent feature of politics and state activity in every developed country. This reflects not only institutional and procedural pressures on the political proce…
Symbolic Worlds
Response to Robert Stecker
Journal Article RESPONSE TO ROBERT STECKER Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Department of Philosophy, University of AucklandPrivate Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Email: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 39, Issue 3, July 1999, Pages 282–287, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/39.3.282 Published: 01 July 1999
Anglo-American philosophy of music
Philosophy of music
Musical Works and Performances
This book provides a contextualist ontology of musical works, distinguishing works for playback from ones for performance and, among the latter, studio from live performances. Works are variously thick or thin to the extent that they determine details of their faithful renditions. Through the element of interpretation, performances are richer in constitutive properties than are the works they faithfully present. Features of the musico‐historical …
Profundity in Instrumental Music
According to Peter Kivy, to be profound, music would have to be about a profound subject that is treated in an exemplary way. Instrumental music does not satisfy this definition; usually it is not about anything humanly important, and when it is, it can convey no more than banalities. Like others, I argue against the propositional character of Kivy's ‘aboutness’ criterion; profundity can be revealed or displayed other than via statements and desc…
I Wanna Be Me
Journal Article I Wanna Be Me: Rock Music and the Politics of Identity Get access Stephen Davies Stephen Davies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 43, Issue 2, April 2003, Pages 199–201, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/43.2.199 Published: 01 April 2003
The Cluster Theory of Art
Berys Gaut has recently defended a cluster account of art. He proposes it as superior to other anti-essentialist positions. I argue that his defence of this claim is unconvincing. Not only is the cluster theory consistent with the current crop of disjunctive definitions, it is at its most plausible when seen in such terms
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