Margot Witte
Biographic Data
| ID | 5996220 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margot Witte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margot |
| FAMILY NAME | Witte |
| SIGNATURE | WITTE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-4309-7714 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
You should be tortured
In the philosophical literature, it’s popular to suggest that internal conflict has negative consequences for our agency (Frankfurt, 1988), our self-understanding (MacIntyre, 1981), and our relationships (Korsgaard, 2009). Against these ‘unificationist’ accounts of agency, I offer a defense of internal conflict. In tragic choices between two intimate relationships, internal conflict plays an important role. My argument is motivated by familiar ex…
Using and losing our concepts
Sometimes, it is simply too costly to use a concept. This paper offers an account of the epistemic harms incurred when we can’t use the concepts we possess. I use the example of unacknowledged rape, where the victim faces undue social, practical, and psychological costs in using the concept to identify the nature of their own assault. I argue that one consequence of these costs is that a person’s ability to use the concept can be compromised. Whe…
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Using and losing our concepts
Sometimes, it is simply too costly to use a concept. This paper offers an account of the epistemic harms incurred when we can’t use the concepts we possess. I use the example of unacknowledged rape, where the victim faces undue social, practical, and psychological costs in using the concept to identify the nature of their own assault. I argue that one consequence of these costs is that a person’s ability to use the concept can be compromised. Whe…
You should be tortured
In the philosophical literature, it’s popular to suggest that internal conflict has negative consequences for our agency (Frankfurt, 1988), our self-understanding (MacIntyre, 1981), and our relationships (Korsgaard, 2009). Against these ‘unificationist’ accounts of agency, I offer a defense of internal conflict. In tragic choices between two intimate relationships, internal conflict plays an important role. My argument is motivated by familiar ex…
Metaphysics (2 works) · Philosophy of language (2 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Emotions and Moral Behavior (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (1 work) · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (1 work) · Internal conflict (1 work)