Richard G Moran
Biographic Data
| ID | 3476455 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard G Moran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard G |
| FAMILY NAME | Moran |
| SIGNATURE | MORAN R G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Philosophical Retreat to the Here and Now
The ordinary human concerns with the past and the future can be seen both as forms of suffering (anxiety toward the future, regret toward the past, etc.) and as illusory because they involve the failure to appreciate the primary reality of the present. In this lecture I argue that while there are certainly ways of being occupied with past or future times that we have reason to criticize, such criticism cannot base itself on any metaphysical claim…
Frankfurt on Identification
In Harry Frankfurt’s work on freedom and the concept of a person, the idea of “identifying” with one desire rather than another plays an important role, and the difference between being “active” rather than “passive” with respect to a desire is important in explicating what is meant by “identification” in this context. The paper argues that to understand the relevant sense of being “active” here we must distinguish the first-person agency involve…
The Philosophical Imagination
A collection of philosophical articles on subjects ranging from aesthetics, the philosophy of mind and action, the first person, to engagements with various contemporary philosophers.
Authority and Estrangement
Witnessing for Sociology
Foreword by Marvin E. Wolfgang Old Stories, New Audiences: Sociological Knowledge in Courts by Steve Kroll-Smith and Pamela J. Jenkins The Numbers Game We Don't Deal in Probabilities Here: Tales of a Quantitative Sociologist in Court by Joseph E. Jacoby Shadowboxing with Mark Twain: Self Defense of the Statistical Expert by William E. Feinberg Humanizing the Defendant Sociology and Capital Murder: A Question of Life or Death by Craig J. Forsyth W…
Thinking about Crime
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Thinking about Crime
Witnessing for Sociology
Foreword by Marvin E. Wolfgang Old Stories, New Audiences: Sociological Knowledge in Courts by Steve Kroll-Smith and Pamela J. Jenkins The Numbers Game We Don't Deal in Probabilities Here: Tales of a Quantitative Sociologist in Court by Joseph E. Jacoby Shadowboxing with Mark Twain: Self Defense of the Statistical Expert by William E. Feinberg Humanizing the Defendant Sociology and Capital Murder: A Question of Life or Death by Craig J. Forsyth W…
Authority and Estrangement
Frankfurt on Identification
In Harry Frankfurt’s work on freedom and the concept of a person, the idea of “identifying” with one desire rather than another plays an important role, and the difference between being “active” rather than “passive” with respect to a desire is important in explicating what is meant by “identification” in this context. The paper argues that to understand the relevant sense of being “active” here we must distinguish the first-person agency involve…
The Philosophical Imagination
A collection of philosophical articles on subjects ranging from aesthetics, the philosophy of mind and action, the first person, to engagements with various contemporary philosophers.
The Philosophical Retreat to the Here and Now
The ordinary human concerns with the past and the future can be seen both as forms of suffering (anxiety toward the future, regret toward the past, etc.) and as illusory because they involve the failure to appreciate the primary reality of the present. In this lecture I argue that while there are certainly ways of being occupied with past or future times that we have reason to criticize, such criticism cannot base itself on any metaphysical claim…
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Alienation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works)