Maria Balaska
Biographic Data
| ID | 4504387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Balaska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Balaska |
| SIGNATURE | BALASKA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Paris 8 |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6900-6556 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Heidegger, the rules of logic, and the fly bottle of the hard-nosed analytic philosopher
While reading Filippo Casati’s original and clearly articulated book, I was faced with a question that has often puzzled scientists and philosophers of science regarding the relation between differ
The ‘nothing’ in Heidegger’s concept of anxiety
In this paper I explore the differences between how Martin Heidegger and Wouter Kusters understand the role that anxiety as an encounter with the nothing plays for the origin of philosophy. Despite an important overlap between Heidegger and Kusters on the critical distance they take from the discourse of psychology and psychiatry and their valuable attempt to de-psychologize the discourse around anxiety and prioritize its existential insights, I …
Cora Diamond on Ethics
What Guides Moral Consideration? Wittgenstein and Diamond on Imagination and Animal Ethics
I draw on the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Cora Diamond to argue that imagination plays a key role in moral consideration. By broadening our concepts and drawing similarities (Wittgenstein), our imagination can help us see nonhuman beings as fellow beings (Diamond), namely as beings with whom we share a life. I address two related issues: First, how can we ensure that the exercise of imagination does not merely lead to nonsense? Second, can th…
The notion of happiness in early Wittgenstein
This paper examines the notion of ‘happiness’ in the writings of the early Wittgenstein as a notion that does not involve any particular content or states of mind. The main question that the paper addresses is how we can retain a non-contentful account of happiness without turning happiness into an abstract notion, isolated from our concrete lives in language. The paper examines two pivotal components of the Wittgensteinian account of happiness: …
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The notion of happiness in early Wittgenstein
This paper examines the notion of ‘happiness’ in the writings of the early Wittgenstein as a notion that does not involve any particular content or states of mind. The main question that the paper addresses is how we can retain a non-contentful account of happiness without turning happiness into an abstract notion, isolated from our concrete lives in language. The paper examines two pivotal components of the Wittgensteinian account of happiness: …
What Guides Moral Consideration? Wittgenstein and Diamond on Imagination and Animal Ethics
I draw on the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Cora Diamond to argue that imagination plays a key role in moral consideration. By broadening our concepts and drawing similarities (Wittgenstein), our imagination can help us see nonhuman beings as fellow beings (Diamond), namely as beings with whom we share a life. I address two related issues: First, how can we ensure that the exercise of imagination does not merely lead to nonsense? Second, can th…
Cora Diamond on Ethics
The ‘nothing’ in Heidegger’s concept of anxiety
In this paper I explore the differences between how Martin Heidegger and Wouter Kusters understand the role that anxiety as an encounter with the nothing plays for the origin of philosophy. Despite an important overlap between Heidegger and Kusters on the critical distance they take from the discourse of psychology and psychiatry and their valuable attempt to de-psychologize the discourse around anxiety and prioritize its existential insights, I …
Heidegger, the rules of logic, and the fly bottle of the hard-nosed analytic philosopher
While reading Filippo Casati’s original and clearly articulated book, I was faced with a question that has often puzzled scientists and philosophers of science regarding the relation between differ
Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (3 works) · Nonsense (2 works) · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works)