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Dr Paul Giladi's Outputs (58)

The Agent in Pain: Alienation and Discursive Abuse (2020)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2020). The Agent in Pain: Alienation and Discursive Abuse. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 28(5), 692-712. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2020.1784534

My aim in this paper is to draw attention to a currently underdeveloped notion of pain and alienation, in order to sketch an account of the harms of ‘discursive abuse’. This form of abuse comprises systemic practices of violating a person’s vulnerabl... Read More about The Agent in Pain: Alienation and Discursive Abuse.

Hegelian Sittlichkeit, Deweyan Democracy, and Honnethian Relational Institutions (2020)
Book Chapter
Giladi, P. (2020). Hegelian Sittlichkeit, Deweyan Democracy, and Honnethian Relational Institutions. In S. Stein, & J. Gledhill (Eds.), Hegel and Contemporary Practical Philosophy (318-347). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351205559-17

The aim of this chapter is to develop a distinctive Deweyan, democratic interpretation of Hegelian Sittlichkeit and to show that this forms the basis of a critical theory in a broad sense. I argue that this critical theory does not only offer a diagn... Read More about Hegelian Sittlichkeit, Deweyan Democracy, and Honnethian Relational Institutions.

Responses to Naturalism: Critical Perspectives From Idealism and Pragmatism (2019)
Book
Giladi, P. (Ed.). (2019). Responses to Naturalism: Critical Perspectives From Idealism and Pragmatism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315180854

This volume offers critical responses to philosophical naturalism from the perspectives of four different yet fundamentally interconnected philosophical traditions: Kantian idealism, Hegelian idealism, British idealism, and American pragmatism. In br... Read More about Responses to Naturalism: Critical Perspectives From Idealism and Pragmatism.

The Placement Problem and the Threat of Voyeurism (2019)
Book Chapter
Giladi, P. (2019). The Placement Problem and the Threat of Voyeurism. In P. Giladi (Ed.), Responses to Naturalism: Critical Perspectives from Idealism and Pragmatism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315180854-4

The apparent force of the Placement Problem appears to lend considerable weight to philosophical projects such as reductionism, eliminativism, and instrumentalism. These theories, it is thought, are united by vocabularies and conceptual schemes bette... Read More about The Placement Problem and the Threat of Voyeurism.

Non-reductivism and the metaphilosophy of mind (2019)
Journal Article
D'Oro, G., Giladi, P., & Papazoglou, A. (2019). Non-reductivism and the metaphilosophy of mind. Inquiry, 62(5), 477-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2018.1484001

This paper discusses the metaphilosophical assumptions that have dominated analytic philosophy of mind, and how they gave rise to the central question that the best-known forms of non-reductivism available have sought to answer, namely: how can mind... Read More about Non-reductivism and the metaphilosophy of mind.

Metaphysics — Low in Price, High in Value: A Critique of Global Expressivism (2018)
Journal Article
Legg, C., & Giladi, P. (2018). Metaphysics — Low in Price, High in Value: A Critique of Global Expressivism. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, 54(1), 64-83. https://doi.org/10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.54.1.04

Pragmatism’s heartening recent revival (spearheaded by Richard Rorty’s bold intervention into analytic philosophy Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature) has coalesced into a distinctive philosophical movement frequently referred to as ‘neopragmatism’.... Read More about Metaphysics — Low in Price, High in Value: A Critique of Global Expressivism.

Epistemic injustice: A role for recognition? (2018)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2018). Epistemic injustice: A role for recognition?. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 44(2), 141-158. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453717707237

My aim in this article is to propose that an insightful way of articulating the feminist concept of epistemic injustice can be provided by paying significant attention to recognition theory. The article intends to provide an account for diagnosing ep... Read More about Epistemic injustice: A role for recognition?.

Hegel’s Philosophy and Common Sense (2018)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2018). Hegel’s Philosophy and Common Sense. The European Legacy, 23(3), 269-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770.2017.1420285

Although, as many scholars have noted, Hegel appears to dismiss common sense, I argue that his claim that speculative philosophy can provide the rational ground for what is implicit in ordinary consciousness amounts to a critical vindication of commo... Read More about Hegel’s Philosophy and Common Sense.

Recognition theory and Kantian cosmopolitanism (2017)
Book Chapter
Giladi, P. (2017). Recognition theory and Kantian cosmopolitanism. In F. Demont-Biaggi (Ed.), The Nature of Peace and the Morality of Armed Conflict (19-38). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57123-2_2

Despite it being usually construed as a paradigmatic instance of deontology, Kant’s moral work on war and peace is best read as presenting a form of moral perfectionism: periods of armed conflict lead rulers to recognize the value of peaceful negotia... Read More about Recognition theory and Kantian cosmopolitanism.

Battling for Metaphysics: The Case for Indispensability (2017)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2017). Battling for Metaphysics: The Case for Indispensability. Metaphysica: International Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics, 18(1), 127-150. https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2017-0005

The aim of this paper is to propose that both Hegel and Peirce are committed to two arguments against the notion that metaphysics is impossible, where not only do they claim metaphysics is possible, but that they also insist on the indispensability o... Read More about Battling for Metaphysics: The Case for Indispensability.

Idealism and the metaphysics of individuality (2017)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2017). Idealism and the metaphysics of individuality. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 43(2), 208-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453715622522

What is arguably the central criticism of Hegel’s philosophical system by the Continental tradition, a criticism which represents a unifying thread in the diverse work of Schelling, Feuerbach, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Adorno, is that Hegel fails to... Read More about Idealism and the metaphysics of individuality.

Hegel: Analytic Philosophy’s Pharmakon (2017)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2017). Hegel: Analytic Philosophy’s Pharmakon. The European Legacy, 22(2), 185-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770.2016.1272768

In this article I argue that Hegel has become analytic philosophy’s “pharmakon”—both its “poison” and its “cure.” Traditionally, Hegel’s philosophy has been attacked by Anglo-American analytical philosophers for its alleged charlatanism and irrelevan... Read More about Hegel: Analytic Philosophy’s Pharmakon.

New Directions for Transcendental Claims (2016)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2016). New Directions for Transcendental Claims. Grazer philosophische Studien, 93(2), 212-231. https://doi.org/10.1163/18756735-09302006

This article aims to provide an account of the relationship between transcendental claims and the project of using transcendental argumentation that differs from the mainstream literature. In much of the literature, such claims are said to have as th... Read More about New Directions for Transcendental Claims.

Embodied meaning and art as sense-making: a critique of Beiser's interpretation of the “End of Art Thesis” (2016)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2016). Embodied meaning and art as sense-making: a critique of Beiser's interpretation of the “End of Art Thesis”. Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 8(1), Article 29934. https://doi.org/10.3402/jac.v8.29934

The aim of this paper is to challenge Fred Beiser's interpretation of Hegel's meta-aesthetical position on the future of art. According to Beiser, Hegel's comments about the “pastness” of art commit Hegel to viewing postromantic art as merely a form... Read More about Embodied meaning and art as sense-making: a critique of Beiser's interpretation of the “End of Art Thesis”.