David Bather Woods
Biographic Data
| ID | 4298754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Bather Woods |
| GIVEN NAMES | David Bather |
| FAMILY NAME | Woods |
| SIGNATURE | WOODS D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences Building University of Warwick Coventry UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3174-6174 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Schopenhauer’s worst of all possible worlds
Few are persuaded by Schopenhauer’s argument that ours is the worst of all possible worlds. In this paper, I propose and defend an alternative reading of Schopenhauer’s argument. According to my reading, the argument has considerable polemical force against Leibnizian optimism independently of its positive success. Its force lies in its implicit proposal of worldly sustainability as a measure of worldly perfection. Worldly sustainability is the d…
The Schopenhauerian Mind
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The standard interpretation of Schopenhauer's compensation argument for pessimism
According to Schopenhauer's compensation argument for pessimism, the non‐existence of the world is preferable to its existence because no goods can ever compensate for the mere existence of evil. Standard interpretations take this argument to be based on Schopenhauer's thesis that all goods are merely the negation of evils, from which they assume it follows that the apparent goods in life are in fact empty and without value. This article develops…
Seriously bored
Primary textual evidence confirms that Schopenhauer was aware of the widespread adoption of solitary confinement in the American penitentiary system, and some of its harmful effects. He understands its harmfulness in terms of boredom, a phenomenon which he is known to have given extensive thought and analysis. In this paper I interpret Schopenhauer’s account of boredom and its relation to solitary confinement. I defend Schopenhauer against the ob…
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Seriously bored
Primary textual evidence confirms that Schopenhauer was aware of the widespread adoption of solitary confinement in the American penitentiary system, and some of its harmful effects. He understands its harmfulness in terms of boredom, a phenomenon which he is known to have given extensive thought and analysis. In this paper I interpret Schopenhauer’s account of boredom and its relation to solitary confinement. I defend Schopenhauer against the ob…
The standard interpretation of Schopenhauer's compensation argument for pessimism
According to Schopenhauer's compensation argument for pessimism, the non‐existence of the world is preferable to its existence because no goods can ever compensate for the mere existence of evil. Standard interpretations take this argument to be based on Schopenhauer's thesis that all goods are merely the negation of evils, from which they assume it follows that the apparent goods in life are in fact empty and without value. This article develops…
The Schopenhauerian Mind
Item does not contain fulltext
Schopenhauer’s worst of all possible worlds
Few are persuaded by Schopenhauer’s argument that ours is the worst of all possible worlds. In this paper, I propose and defend an alternative reading of Schopenhauer’s argument. According to my reading, the argument has considerable polemical force against Leibnizian optimism independently of its positive success. Its force lies in its implicit proposal of worldly sustainability as a measure of worldly perfection. Worldly sustainability is the d…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (2 works) · Boredom (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Criminology (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Mathematics (1 works)