STEVEN BURNS
Biographic Data
| ID | 5722908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | STEVEN BURNS |
| GIVEN NAMES | STEVEN |
| FAMILY NAME | BURNS |
| SIGNATURE | BURNS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
One (More) Last Thing
I survey my career in philosophy, which encompasses 44 years of teaching in Halifax, but begins in London, England with a thesis on self-deception. I describe a practice of using works of literature as a guide to conceptual analysis, and pause in Vienna to translate On Last Things (Weininger, 2001). A line of Wittgenstein's is the basis for reflections on the concept of a Last Judgement. I discuss in some detail a paper of mine for the Atlantic R…
Invitation à la lecture de WittgensteinGilles Gaston Granger Aix-en-Provence: Éditions Alinéa, 1990. 278 pp. 139FF
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Reason, Love and Laughter
Yes, this is the book that those who know Ronald de Sousa have been waiting for. Since long before his 1979 Dialogue article, there has been much interest in what de Sousa thinks about the rationality of emotions. Many promises are here fulfilled. In our traditional patriarchal philosophy, the standard view is that reason ought to be the controlling element in human nature. Commonly in this tradition, emotion is considered an opposing force—a fem…
Women in Bloom
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The Humean Female
Since some moral philosophers take inspiration from David Hume, and some think that there are moral questions to do with the relative status of the two sexes of humans, it is worth looking to Hume for assistance on this topic. His opinions are not explicit, for nowhere, to my knowledge, does he openly address the Woman Question. Nevertheless, I find that he exposes himself in three places. Consider them in turn
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The Humean Female
Since some moral philosophers take inspiration from David Hume, and some think that there are moral questions to do with the relative status of the two sexes of humans, it is worth looking to Hume for assistance on this topic. His opinions are not explicit, for nowhere, to my knowledge, does he openly address the Woman Question. Nevertheless, I find that he exposes himself in three places. Consider them in turn
Women in Bloom
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Reason, Love and Laughter
Yes, this is the book that those who know Ronald de Sousa have been waiting for. Since long before his 1979 Dialogue article, there has been much interest in what de Sousa thinks about the rationality of emotions. Many promises are here fulfilled. In our traditional patriarchal philosophy, the standard view is that reason ought to be the controlling element in human nature. Commonly in this tradition, emotion is considered an opposing force—a fem…
Invitation à la lecture de WittgensteinGilles Gaston Granger Aix-en-Provence: Éditions Alinéa, 1990. 278 pp. 139FF
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
One (More) Last Thing
I survey my career in philosophy, which encompasses 44 years of teaching in Halifax, but begins in London, England with a thesis on self-deception. I describe a practice of using works of literature as a guide to conceptual analysis, and pause in Vienna to translate On Last Things (Weininger, 2001). A line of Wittgenstein's is the basis for reflections on the concept of a Last Judgement. I discuss in some detail a paper of mine for the Atlantic R…
Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Bloom (1 works)