Volume 73 (2019), Issue 2

This paper reconstructs Michael Tomasello's account of the evolution of morality and discusses it in the context of the philosophical debates on human nature and the concept of morality. The aim is to show that Tomasello presupposes a particular...

In this paper we argue that Kripke's causal theory of reference does not provide necessary conditions for reference. For example, we show that Kripke's theory cannot explain that when interchanging two names also the referents of the two names are...

The aim of this paper is to show that intersubjective intelligibility, testability with the use of evidence, rational argumentation and objectivity are possible in the case of text interpretation. As far as one is willing to accept that the appli-...

It is well known that for Arendt, plurality – the fact that “ men, not Man, live on the earth and inhabit the world" – is a condition of human existence. It is less well known and less often discussed among Arendt-scholars that plurality is...