Shlomit Wygoda Cohen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5911058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shlomit Wygoda Cohen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shlomit Wygoda |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohen |
| SIGNATURE | COHEN S W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Van Leer Jerusalem Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9623-560X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Athletic enhancement and human nature
There is a well‐established asymmetry in our judgments of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports and in other competitive activities. When an athlete is found using such drugs, it is a scandal that prompts public outrage, fan disappointment, and even loss of title. It seems that we judge enhanced results cannot be genuinely attributed to athletes. There is no similar reaction to use of PEDs in art, science, music, literature, business, and …
Making Moral Judgments on Adequate Grounds
While walking to work, I saw a man in a coffee shop snapping at his server. Assuming that it was wrong of him to treat the server as he did, it seems non‐controversial to say that evidence that he caused the server distress provides at least some evidence that he acted wrongly. What I argue in this paper is that, under certain conditions, such evidence is also sufficient to justify the belief that the man acted wrongly. More generally, I argue th…
Why does God command
Assuming the existence of God and divine commands, it makes sense to ask to what end God issues commands. This question has been raised in recent philosophical literature in the context of whether there can be a divine command to believe in, or to worship, God. In this article, I argue that the answers proposed to this question fail to appreciate the wide range of possible purposes of divine commanding. In particular, I argue that commands that c…
Indeterministic grounding
Grounding is sometimes thought of as metaphysical causation. If we take this analogy seriously, given the possibility of indeterministic causation we have at least prima facie reason to accept the possibility of indeterministic grounding. However, prima facie reasons are defeasible and there may be stronger reasons to reject this possibility. This paper sets out to critically examine this mostly overlooked possibility. After introducing the possi…
Mind Independence versus Mind Nongroundedness
In this article I argue that we should distinguish two characterizations of objectivism: Mind Nongroundedness Objectivism and Mind Independence Objectivism. I focus on the debate in metaethics, although the distinction may generally apply to others. According to Mind Nongroundedness Objectivism, moral standards are not grounded in any mind, while according to Mind Independence Objectivism, moral standards hold independently of any mind. Despite i…
Not All Partial Grounds Partly Ground
The aim of this paper is to argue for some useful distinctions in the theory of grounding. I do so by first introducing the notion of grounding, discussing some of its features, and arguing that grounds must play some role in bringing about what they ground (sec.1). I then argue that there are various distinct roles a fact may play in bringing about another, and more particularly that we should distinguish between three such roles; enablers, part…
Not All Partial Grounds Partly Ground
The aim of this paper is to argue for some useful distinctions in the theory of grounding. I do so by first introducing the notion of grounding, discussing some of its features, and arguing that grounds must play some role in bringing about what they ground (sec.1). I then argue that there are various distinct roles a fact may play in bringing about another, and more particularly that we should distinguish between three such roles; enablers, part…
Not All Partial Grounds Partly Ground
The aim of this paper is to argue for some useful distinctions in the theory of grounding. I do so by first introducing the notion of grounding, discussing some of its features, and arguing that grounds must play some role in bringing about what they ground (sec.1). I then argue that there are various distinct roles a fact may play in bringing about another, and more particularly that we should distinguish between three such roles; enablers, part…
Mind Independence versus Mind Nongroundedness
In this article I argue that we should distinguish two characterizations of objectivism: Mind Nongroundedness Objectivism and Mind Independence Objectivism. I focus on the debate in metaethics, although the distinction may generally apply to others. According to Mind Nongroundedness Objectivism, moral standards are not grounded in any mind, while according to Mind Independence Objectivism, moral standards hold independently of any mind. Despite i…
Why does God command
Assuming the existence of God and divine commands, it makes sense to ask to what end God issues commands. This question has been raised in recent philosophical literature in the context of whether there can be a divine command to believe in, or to worship, God. In this article, I argue that the answers proposed to this question fail to appreciate the wide range of possible purposes of divine commanding. In particular, I argue that commands that c…
Indeterministic grounding
Grounding is sometimes thought of as metaphysical causation. If we take this analogy seriously, given the possibility of indeterministic causation we have at least prima facie reason to accept the possibility of indeterministic grounding. However, prima facie reasons are defeasible and there may be stronger reasons to reject this possibility. This paper sets out to critically examine this mostly overlooked possibility. After introducing the possi…
Athletic enhancement and human nature
There is a well‐established asymmetry in our judgments of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports and in other competitive activities. When an athlete is found using such drugs, it is a scandal that prompts public outrage, fan disappointment, and even loss of title. It seems that we judge enhanced results cannot be genuinely attributed to athletes. There is no similar reaction to use of PEDs in art, science, music, literature, business, and …
Making Moral Judgments on Adequate Grounds
While walking to work, I saw a man in a coffee shop snapping at his server. Assuming that it was wrong of him to treat the server as he did, it seems non‐controversial to say that evidence that he caused the server distress provides at least some evidence that he acted wrongly. What I argue in this paper is that, under certain conditions, such evidence is also sufficient to justify the belief that the man acted wrongly. More generally, I argue th…
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Analogy (1 work)