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The armchair and the pickaxe: introduction (2018)
Book Chapter
Dharamsi, K., D'Oro, G., & Leach, S. (2018). The armchair and the pickaxe: introduction. In Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02432-1

Why epistemic pluralism does not entail relativism (2018)
Book Chapter
D'Oro. (2018). Why epistemic pluralism does not entail relativism. In Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology

There is a widespread view according to which the denial that the conditions of knowledge are truth-evaluable inevitably leads to a form of epistemic pluralism that is both quietist and internally incoherent. It is quietist because it undermines the... Read More about Why epistemic pluralism does not entail relativism.

The armchair and the pickaxe: introduction (2018)
Book Chapter
D'Oro. (2018). The armchair and the pickaxe: introduction. In Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02432-1

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.