Justin Morton
Biographic Data
| ID | 5966816 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justin Morton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justin |
| FAMILY NAME | Morton |
| SIGNATURE | MORTON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tarrant County College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6048-2553 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An unjustified orthodoxy
In this paper we discuss the popular claim that theists must endorse some combination of theological voluntarism and theistic platonism. We argue that this claim is usually held because of a commitment to divine sovereignty/aseity. Yet the inference from sovereignty to the claim that theists must be so metaethically constrained relies on the assumption that sovereignty requires that divine facts immediately ground all non-divine facts. We argue t…
Normative principles and the nature of mind-dependence
Parsimony and the Argument from Queerness
In his recent book Error Theory: History, Critique, Defence, Jonas Olson attempts to revive the argument from queerness originally made famous by J.L. Mackie.In this paper, we do three things.First, we eliminate four untenable formulations of the argument.Second, we argue that the most plausible formulation is one that depends crucially upon considerations of parsimony.Finally, we evaluate this formulation of the argument.We conclude that it is u…
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Parsimony and the Argument from Queerness
In his recent book Error Theory: History, Critique, Defence, Jonas Olson attempts to revive the argument from queerness originally made famous by J.L. Mackie.In this paper, we do three things.First, we eliminate four untenable formulations of the argument.Second, we argue that the most plausible formulation is one that depends crucially upon considerations of parsimony.Finally, we evaluate this formulation of the argument.We conclude that it is u…
Normative principles and the nature of mind-dependence
An unjustified orthodoxy
In this paper we discuss the popular claim that theists must endorse some combination of theological voluntarism and theistic platonism. We argue that this claim is usually held because of a commitment to divine sovereignty/aseity. Yet the inference from sovereignty to the claim that theists must be so metaethically constrained relies on the assumption that sovereignty requires that divine facts immediately ground all non-divine facts. We argue t…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works) · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (1 works) · Metaphysics (1 works) · Naturalism (1 works) · Normative (1 works) · Orthodoxy (1 works)