Daniel J Stephens
Biographic Data
| ID | 4451544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel J Stephens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel J |
| FAMILY NAME | Stephens |
| SIGNATURE | STEPHENS D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, Amherst, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2577-4139 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A minimal standard of democratic competence
The ability to identify which citizens are democratically competent and which fall beneath the relevant standard of competence bears on numerous questions in democratic theory. These include questions about the distribution of the franchise, the type of civic education that democratic governments should provide to their citizens, and how we might prevent democratic backsliding. In this paper, we aim to identify and defend a criterion of minimal d…
Later Mohist ethics and philosophical progress in ancient China
The writings of the later Mohists are generally taken to contain several updates to the consequentialist ethical view held by the Mohist school. In this paper, I defend one interpretation of those updates and how they may have served, within the Mohists’ argumentative context, to make their views more defensible. I argue that we should reject A.C. Graham’s prominent interpretation, on which the later Mohists’ argumentative strategy is to develop …
Confucianism, Pragmatism, and Socially Beneficial Philosophy
Journal of Chinese PhilosophyVolume 36, Issue 1 p. 53-67 CONFUCIANISM, PRAGMATISM, AND SOCIALLY BENEFICIAL PHILOSOPHY DANIEL J. STEPHENS, DANIEL J. STEPHENS GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYAllendale, MichiganSearch for more papers by this author DANIEL J. STEPHENS, DANIEL J. STEPHENS GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYAllendale, MichiganSearch for more papers by this author First published: 12 February 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6253.2008.01504.x…
A minimal standard of democratic competence
The ability to identify which citizens are democratically competent and which fall beneath the relevant standard of competence bears on numerous questions in democratic theory. These include questions about the distribution of the franchise, the type of civic education that democratic governments should provide to their citizens, and how we might prevent democratic backsliding. In this paper, we aim to identify and defend a criterion of minimal d…
Confucianism, Pragmatism, and Socially Beneficial Philosophy
Journal of Chinese PhilosophyVolume 36, Issue 1 p. 53-67 CONFUCIANISM, PRAGMATISM, AND SOCIALLY BENEFICIAL PHILOSOPHY DANIEL J. STEPHENS, DANIEL J. STEPHENS GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYAllendale, MichiganSearch for more papers by this author DANIEL J. STEPHENS, DANIEL J. STEPHENS GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYAllendale, MichiganSearch for more papers by this author First published: 12 February 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6253.2008.01504.x…
Later Mohist ethics and philosophical progress in ancient China
The writings of the later Mohists are generally taken to contain several updates to the consequentialist ethical view held by the Mohist school. In this paper, I defend one interpretation of those updates and how they may have served, within the Mohists’ argumentative context, to make their views more defensible. I argue that we should reject A.C. Graham’s prominent interpretation, on which the later Mohists’ argumentative strategy is to develop …
A minimal standard of democratic competence
The ability to identify which citizens are democratically competent and which fall beneath the relevant standard of competence bears on numerous questions in democratic theory. These include questions about the distribution of the franchise, the type of civic education that democratic governments should provide to their citizens, and how we might prevent democratic backsliding. In this paper, we aim to identify and defend a criterion of minimal d…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · China (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · A priori and a posteriori (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Argumentative (1 work)