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Beyond narrativism: the historical past and why it can be known (2021)
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D'Oro. (2021). Beyond narrativism: the historical past and why it can be known

This paper examines narrativism’s claim that the historical past cannot be known once and for all because it must be continuously re-described from the standpoint of the present. We argue that this claim is based on a non sequitur. We take narrativis... Read More about Beyond narrativism: the historical past and why it can be known.

Non-Redcuctivism and the Metaphilosophy of Mind (2019)
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D'Oro. (2019). Non-Redcuctivism and the Metaphilosophy of Mind. Inquiry, 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-Redcuctivism and the Metaphilosophy of Mind.

Between ontological hubris and epistemic humility: Collingwood, Kant and the role of transcendental arguments (2018)
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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)
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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)
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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, Historicism and Scientism (2017)
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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.

Collingwood, scientism and historicism: introduction (2017)
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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.

The justificandum of the human sciences: Collingwood on reasons for acting (2017)
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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.

Unlikely bedfellows?: Collingwood, Carnap and the internal/external distinction (2015)
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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.

Understanding others: cultural anthropology with Collingwood and Quine (2013)
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D'Oro. (2013). Understanding others: cultural anthropology with Collingwood and Quine. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 326 - 345 (20)

On one meaning of the term “historicism” to be a historicist is to be committed to the claim that the human sciences have a methodology of their own that is distinct in kind and not only in degree from that of the natural sciences. In this sense of t... Read More about Understanding others: cultural anthropology with Collingwood and Quine.

Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy (2012)
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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)
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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.