Peter J Woodford
Biographic Data
| ID | 6492040 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter J Woodford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter J |
| FAMILY NAME | Woodford |
| SIGNATURE | WOODFORD P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6827-644X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Moral Meaning of Nature: Nietzsche’s Darwinian Religion and Its Critics
The Evolution of Altruism and its Significance for Environmental Ethics
The significance of scientific research into the evolution of altruism for environmental ethics can be highlighted through an analysis of recent debates over William Hamilton’s theory of inclusive fitness. Recent debates over how to explain altruism have become particularly charged with ideological weight because they are seen to have some consequence for how we understand the human moral project, especially with regard to nonhuman life. By analy…
The Very Possibility of a Science of Religion: Ernst Troeltsch and Neo-Kantianism
Troeltsch’s objection to Rickert in this essay can be characterized as a renewed version of the formalism objection that Hegel and others leveled against Kant’s practical philosophy and its supreme moral principle. The mere idea of necessarily valid values, or indeed also of a Kantian categorical imperative, alone is empty unless it can be shown to have been actualized, and to be capable of being acted upon, in the rich configurations of value an…
Neo-Darwinists and Neo-Aristotelians: How to talk about natural purpose
This paper examines the points of disagreement between Neo-Darwinian and recent Neo-Aristotelian discussions of the status of purposive language in biology. I discuss recent Neo-Darwinian "evolutionary" treatments and distinguish three ways to deal with the philosophical status of teleological language of purpose: teleological error theory, methodological teleology, and Darwinian teleological realism. I then show how "non-evolutionary" Neo-Aristo…
Specters of the Nineteenth Century: Charles Taylor and the Problem of Historicism
This paper identifies and analyzes the problem of historicism in Charles Taylor's work overall, but with particular emphasis on his most recent publication, A Secular Age. I circumscribe the problem of historicism through reference to the nineteenth‐century German philosophical tradition in which it developed, in particular in the thought of Wilhelm Dilthey. I then trace the structural similarities between the notions of history to be found in th…
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Specters of the Nineteenth Century: Charles Taylor and the Problem of Historicism
This paper identifies and analyzes the problem of historicism in Charles Taylor's work overall, but with particular emphasis on his most recent publication, A Secular Age. I circumscribe the problem of historicism through reference to the nineteenth‐century German philosophical tradition in which it developed, in particular in the thought of Wilhelm Dilthey. I then trace the structural similarities between the notions of history to be found in th…
Neo-Darwinists and Neo-Aristotelians: How to talk about natural purpose
This paper examines the points of disagreement between Neo-Darwinian and recent Neo-Aristotelian discussions of the status of purposive language in biology. I discuss recent Neo-Darwinian "evolutionary" treatments and distinguish three ways to deal with the philosophical status of teleological language of purpose: teleological error theory, methodological teleology, and Darwinian teleological realism. I then show how "non-evolutionary" Neo-Aristo…
The Evolution of Altruism and its Significance for Environmental Ethics
The significance of scientific research into the evolution of altruism for environmental ethics can be highlighted through an analysis of recent debates over William Hamilton’s theory of inclusive fitness. Recent debates over how to explain altruism have become particularly charged with ideological weight because they are seen to have some consequence for how we understand the human moral project, especially with regard to nonhuman life. By analy…
The Very Possibility of a Science of Religion: Ernst Troeltsch and Neo-Kantianism
Troeltsch’s objection to Rickert in this essay can be characterized as a renewed version of the formalism objection that Hegel and others leveled against Kant’s practical philosophy and its supreme moral principle. The mere idea of necessarily valid values, or indeed also of a Kantian categorical imperative, alone is empty unless it can be shown to have been actualized, and to be capable of being acted upon, in the rich configurations of value an…
The Moral Meaning of Nature: Nietzsche’s Darwinian Religion and Its Critics
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (2 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (2 works) · 1863-1936 (1 works) · Applied philosophy (1 works)