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Between ontological hubris and epistemic humility: Collingwood, Kant and the role of transcendental arguments (2018)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2018). Between ontological hubris and epistemic humility: Collingwood, Kant and the role of transcendental arguments. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2018.1471660

This paper explores and defends a form of transcendental argument that is neither bold in its attempt to answer the sceptic, as ambitious transcendental strategies, nor epistemically humble, as modest transcendental strategies. While ambitious transc... Read More about Between ontological hubris and epistemic humility: Collingwood, Kant and the role of transcendental arguments.

The Touch of King Midas: Collingwood on why actions are not events (2018)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2018). The Touch of King Midas: Collingwood on why actions are not events. Philosophical Explorations, 160-169. https://doi.org/10.1080/13869795.2017.1421697

It is the ambition of natural science to provide complete explanations of reality. Collingwood argues that science can only explain events, not actions. The latter is the distinctive subject matter of history and can be described as actions only if t... Read More about The Touch of King Midas: Collingwood on why actions are not events.

Collingwood, Scientism and Historicism (2017)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2017). Collingwood, Scientism and Historicism. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 275-288. https://doi.org/10.1163/18722636-12341374

he philosophy of history is undergoing something of a revival. Much has happened since its heyday in the 1960s when methodological discussions concerning the structure of explanation in history and the natural sciences were central to the philosophic... Read More about Collingwood, Scientism and Historicism.

Collingwood, scientism and historicism: introduction (2017)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2017). Collingwood, scientism and historicism: introduction. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 275-288. https://doi.org/10.1163/18722636-12341374

The philosophy of history is undergoing something of a revival. Much has happened since its heyday in the 1960s when methodological discussions concerning the structure of explanation in history and the natural sciences were central to the philosophi... Read More about Collingwood, scientism and historicism: introduction.

Collingwood, Historicism and Scientism (2017)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2017). Collingwood, Historicism and Scientism. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 275-288. https://doi.org/10.1163/18722636-12341374

The philosophy of history is undergoing something of a revival. Much has happened since its heyday in the 1960s when methodological discussions concerning the structure of explanation in history and the natural sciences were central to the philosophi... Read More about Collingwood, Historicism and Scientism.

The justificandum of the human sciences: Collingwood on reasons for acting (2017)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2017). The justificandum of the human sciences: Collingwood on reasons for acting. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 41-65

It is sometimes assumed that justification is factive. A negative implication of this claim is that reasons are not psychological entities such as believings or desirings. Another, positive, implication of this claim is that there is an important con... Read More about The justificandum of the human sciences: Collingwood on reasons for acting.

Introduction (2016)
Book Chapter
D'Oro. (2016). Introduction. In The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology (x-xiv)

Unlikely bedfellows?: Collingwood, Carnap and the internal/external distinction (2015)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2015). Unlikely bedfellows?: Collingwood, Carnap and the internal/external distinction. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 802-817. https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2015.1052961

Idealism is often associated with the kind of metaphysical system building which was successfully disposed of by logical positivism. As Hume’s fork was intended to deliver a serious blow to Leibnizian metaphysics so logical positivism invoked the ver... Read More about Unlikely bedfellows?: Collingwood, Carnap and the internal/external distinction.

From anti-causalism to causalism and back (2013)
Book Chapter
D'Oro, G., & Sandis, C. (2013). From anti-causalism to causalism and back. In Reasons and Causes: Causalism and Anti-causalism in the Philosophy of Action

Reasons and Causes (2013)
Book
Laitinen, A., Sandis, C., & D'oro, G. (Eds.). (2013). Reasons and Causes. Springer

Are the reasons for which we act the causes of our actions? In the nine essays collected here (including a major historical overview by the editors), experts in the field re-evaluate the history and current state of the reasons/causes debate.

Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy (2012)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2012). Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy. Ratio, 34 -50. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2011.00514.x

Collingwood has failed to make a significant impact in the history of twentieth century philosophy either because he has been dismissed as a dusty old idealist committed to the very metaphysics the analytical school was trying to leave behind, or bec... Read More about Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy.

Reasons and causes: the philosophical battle and the meta-philosophical war (2011)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2011). Reasons and causes: the philosophical battle and the meta-philosophical war. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 207 -221. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2011.583930

Since the publication of Davidson’s “Actions, Reasons and Causes” the philosophy of action has been dominated by the view that rational explanations are a species of causal explanations. Although there are dissenting voices, anti-causalism is for the... Read More about Reasons and causes: the philosophical battle and the meta-philosophical war.