Tag: Reasons

• January 20, 2014

  A non-solopsistic account of grieving

  In order to understand one’s reasons for grieving, let us return to this scene: We are speaking of our deaths. ‘Were I to die first, would you grieve for me?’ Aleksandra is speaking. ‘Yes,’ I reply. For a while, I say nothing. Then I go on: ‘I would have to figure out why I was still living.’…
• November 6, 2012

  On abstention from voting

  What reasons might one have for not voting? Ineligibility: it could be that someone would like to vote but, for whatever reason, does not qualify as a voter. Physical incapacity: someone may want to vote but be unable to get to a voting booth or fill out his ballot, etc. Mental incapacity: one may be…
• August 3, 2012

  What makes the wrong question wrong? (I)

  I One aim of a good inquiry, I have urged, is clarity in the broadest possible sense. Only a good question can allow for an inquiry to get underway. I would like to examine what makes a wrong question the wrong one (Part I) and what makes the right question the right one (Part II). What makes…