Matt King
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3676241 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Matt King |
| NOMBRES | Matt |
| APELLIDO | King |
| FIRMA | KING M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of South Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1632-5400 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Contest for Egypt
Taxonomizing Goblins from Folklore to Fiction
During the medieval and early modern periods, folkloric goblins were often presented as multifaceted creatures with unclear origins and as nebulous markers of the preternatural. Beginning in the 1800s, however, authors crafted new interpretations of these creatures that appropriated folkloric traditions to create a distinct kind of fictional goblin. The works of George MacDonald (d. 1905) and J. R. R. Tolkien (d. 1973) were essential to this proc…
A GIS Mapping of Al-Idrisi's Geographies of Sicily and Ifriqiya in The Book of Roger
This article analyzes the descriptions of Sicily and Ifriqiya found in Kitab Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi Ikhtiraq al-Afaq (commonly called The Book of Roger ) by the Muslim polymath al-Idrisi. Using gis technology, it maps for the first time the totality of settlements—cities, villages, fortifications, and ports—under the control of the dynasty in these two regions. Alongside this geo-spatial analysis is a careful reading of the relevant sections of the…
An emir in the ruins of Carthage
Muhriz ibn Ziyad was an Ifriqiyan lord of the twelfth century who ruled from fortress of al-Muʿallaqa atop the Byrsa Hill in the ruins of Carthage. Located just a few miles from Tunis, he had substantial interactions – both collaborative and antagonistic – with elites in this nearby urban centre. However, he also played a larger role in the political landscape of Ifriqiya as an ally of the Zirid emir of Ifriqiya and as a resistor of Almohad domin…
Melite Civitas Romana in 3D
The archaeological site of the Domus Romana in Rabat, Malta was excavated almost 100 years ago yielding artefacts from the various phases of the site. The Melite Civitas Romana project was designed to investigate the domus , which may have been the home of a Roman Senator, and its many phases of use. Pending planned archaeological excavations designed to investigate the various phases of the site, a team from the Institute for Digital Exploration…
Reframing the Fall of the Zirid Dynasty, 1112–35 CE
Ever since H. R. Idris categorized the last forty years of the Zirid emirate (972–1148) as one of “agony,” the characterization has stuck. According to his narrative, the fall of the Zirid dynasty was as inevitable as the ascent of the Normans in Sicily, who exploited the Zirids for years before seizing their capital of Mahdia in 1148. This article challenges this anachronistic view of the Zirid dynasty by showing the relative strength of the Zir…
Manipulation Arguments and the Moral Standing to Blame
The majority of recent work on the moral standing to blame (the idea that A may be unable to legitimately blame B despite B being blameworthy) has focused on blamers who themselves are blameworthy. This is unfortunate, for there is much to learn about the standing to blame once we consider a broader range of cases. Doing so reveals that challenged standing is more expansive than previously acknowledged, and accounts that have privileged the fact …
Moral Responsibility and Merit
In the contemporary moral responsibility debate, most theorists seem to be giving accounts of responsibility in the "desert-entailing sense." Despite this agreement, little has been said about the notion of desert that is supposedly entailed. In this paper I propose an understanding of desert sufficient to help explain why the blameworthy and praiseworthy deserve blame and praise, respectively. I do so by drawing upon what might seem an unusual r…
The Problem with Negligence
Ordinary morality judges agents blameworthy for negligently produced harms. In this paper I offer two main reasons for thinking that explaining just how negligent agents are responsible for the harms they produce is more problematic than one might think. First, I show that negligent conduct is characterized by the lack of conscious control over the harm, which conflicts with the ordinary view that responsibility for something requires at least so…
An emir in the ruins of Carthage
Muhriz ibn Ziyad was an Ifriqiyan lord of the twelfth century who ruled from fortress of al-Muʿallaqa atop the Byrsa Hill in the ruins of Carthage. Located just a few miles from Tunis, he had substantial interactions – both collaborative and antagonistic – with elites in this nearby urban centre. However, he also played a larger role in the political landscape of Ifriqiya as an ally of the Zirid emir of Ifriqiya and as a resistor of Almohad domin…
The Problem with Negligence
Ordinary morality judges agents blameworthy for negligently produced harms. In this paper I offer two main reasons for thinking that explaining just how negligent agents are responsible for the harms they produce is more problematic than one might think. First, I show that negligent conduct is characterized by the lack of conscious control over the harm, which conflicts with the ordinary view that responsibility for something requires at least so…
Moral Responsibility and Merit
In the contemporary moral responsibility debate, most theorists seem to be giving accounts of responsibility in the "desert-entailing sense." Despite this agreement, little has been said about the notion of desert that is supposedly entailed. In this paper I propose an understanding of desert sufficient to help explain why the blameworthy and praiseworthy deserve blame and praise, respectively. I do so by drawing upon what might seem an unusual r…
Manipulation Arguments and the Moral Standing to Blame
The majority of recent work on the moral standing to blame (the idea that A may be unable to legitimately blame B despite B being blameworthy) has focused on blamers who themselves are blameworthy. This is unfortunate, for there is much to learn about the standing to blame once we consider a broader range of cases. Doing so reveals that challenged standing is more expansive than previously acknowledged, and accounts that have privileged the fact …
Reframing the Fall of the Zirid Dynasty, 1112–35 CE
Ever since H. R. Idris categorized the last forty years of the Zirid emirate (972–1148) as one of “agony,” the characterization has stuck. According to his narrative, the fall of the Zirid dynasty was as inevitable as the ascent of the Normans in Sicily, who exploited the Zirids for years before seizing their capital of Mahdia in 1148. This article challenges this anachronistic view of the Zirid dynasty by showing the relative strength of the Zir…
Melite Civitas Romana in 3D
The archaeological site of the Domus Romana in Rabat, Malta was excavated almost 100 years ago yielding artefacts from the various phases of the site. The Melite Civitas Romana project was designed to investigate the domus , which may have been the home of a Roman Senator, and its many phases of use. Pending planned archaeological excavations designed to investigate the various phases of the site, a team from the Institute for Digital Exploration…
A GIS Mapping of Al-Idrisi's Geographies of Sicily and Ifriqiya in The Book of Roger
This article analyzes the descriptions of Sicily and Ifriqiya found in Kitab Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi Ikhtiraq al-Afaq (commonly called The Book of Roger ) by the Muslim polymath al-Idrisi. Using gis technology, it maps for the first time the totality of settlements—cities, villages, fortifications, and ports—under the control of the dynasty in these two regions. Alongside this geo-spatial analysis is a careful reading of the relevant sections of the…
An emir in the ruins of Carthage
Muhriz ibn Ziyad was an Ifriqiyan lord of the twelfth century who ruled from fortress of al-Muʿallaqa atop the Byrsa Hill in the ruins of Carthage. Located just a few miles from Tunis, he had substantial interactions – both collaborative and antagonistic – with elites in this nearby urban centre. However, he also played a larger role in the political landscape of Ifriqiya as an ally of the Zirid emir of Ifriqiya and as a resistor of Almohad domin…
Taxonomizing Goblins from Folklore to Fiction
During the medieval and early modern periods, folkloric goblins were often presented as multifaceted creatures with unclear origins and as nebulous markers of the preternatural. Beginning in the 1800s, however, authors crafted new interpretations of these creatures that appropriated folkloric traditions to create a distinct kind of fictional goblin. The works of George MacDonald (d. 1905) and J. R. R. Tolkien (d. 1973) were essential to this proc…
Contest for Egypt
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