Nicholas Tebben
Biographic Data
| ID | 5995224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Tebben |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Tebben |
| SIGNATURE | TEBBEN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Towson University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8047-7989 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Expert testimony and practical interests
We argue that one is likely to accept what a speaker says when the expected utility of accepting their testimony is greater than the expected utility of continuing inquiry. One virtue of our hypothesis is that it allows us to explain why confidence in experts has declined in recent years. In a traditional media landscape expert testimony is easy to find, and alternative sources of information are relatively costly to access. Hence, practical cons…
The Community of Rational Beings
Sellars's moral theory is explicitly Kantian, but he despaired of providing a justification for morality that mirrors Kant's. This chapter argues that Sellars has the resources to provide such a justification. To act immorally, on the view developed here, is to act against one's own nature. It is, in a way, to deny that one is a person. And so, the necessity of respecting the moral law comes from the necessity of respecting oneself.
Realism, inferential semantics, and the truth norm
Selfless assertions and the Knowledge Norm
Belief isn’t voluntary, but commitment is
Meaning Without Representation
Meaning Without Representation
Much contemporary thinking about language is animated by the idea that the core function of language is to represent how the world is and that therefore the notion of representation should play a fundamental explanatory role in any explanation of language and language use. Leading thinkers in the field explore various ways this idea may be challenged as well as obstacles to developing various forms of anti-representationalism. Particular attentio…
Deontology and doxastic control
Deontology and doxastic control
Meaning Without Representation
Meaning Without Representation
Much contemporary thinking about language is animated by the idea that the core function of language is to represent how the world is and that therefore the notion of representation should play a fundamental explanatory role in any explanation of language and language use. Leading thinkers in the field explore various ways this idea may be challenged as well as obstacles to developing various forms of anti-representationalism. Particular attentio…
Belief isn’t voluntary, but commitment is
Realism, inferential semantics, and the truth norm
Selfless assertions and the Knowledge Norm
The Community of Rational Beings
Sellars's moral theory is explicitly Kantian, but he despaired of providing a justification for morality that mirrors Kant's. This chapter argues that Sellars has the resources to provide such a justification. To act immorally, on the view developed here, is to act against one's own nature. It is, in a way, to deny that one is a person. And so, the necessity of respecting the moral law comes from the necessity of respecting oneself.
Expert testimony and practical interests
We argue that one is likely to accept what a speaker says when the expected utility of accepting their testimony is greater than the expected utility of continuing inquiry. One virtue of our hypothesis is that it allows us to explain why confidence in experts has declined in recent years. In a traditional media landscape expert testimony is easy to find, and alternative sources of information are relatively costly to access. Hence, practical cons…
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Metaphysics (4 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Philosophy of language (4 works) · Philosophy of science (4 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works)