All Outputs (8)

What is at Stake in Illusionism? (2016)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2016). What is at Stake in Illusionism?. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 236-255

I endorse the central message of Keith Frankish’s ‘Illusionism as a Theory of Consciousness’: if physicalism is true, phenomenal consciousness must be an illusion. Attempts to find an intermediate position between physicalist illusionism and the reje... Read More about What is at Stake in Illusionism?.

What is at Stake in Illusionism? (2016)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2016). What is at Stake in Illusionism?. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 236-255

I endorse the central message of Keith Frankish’s ‘Illusionism as a Theory of Consciousness’: if physicalism is true, phenomenal consciousness must be an illusion. Attempts to find an intermediate position between physicalist illusionism and the reje... Read More about What is at Stake in Illusionism?.

Rorty's Ambivalent Relationship with Kant (2016)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2016). Rorty's Ambivalent Relationship with Kant. Contemporary Pragmatism, 298-318. https://doi.org/10.1163/18758185-01303004

I argue that Kant is a key figure in understanding Rorty’s work, by drawing attention to the fact that although he is ostensibly the principal villain of Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, at the end of that book Kant provides the basis of Rorty's... Read More about Rorty's Ambivalent Relationship with Kant.

Jazz-Philosophy Fusion (2016)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2016). Jazz-Philosophy Fusion. Performance Philosophy, 1 -16. https://doi.org/10.21476/pp.2016.2162

In this paper I describe and provide a justification for the fusion of jazz music and philosophy which I have developed; the justification is provided from the perspectives of both jazz and philosophy. I discuss two of my compositions, based on philo... Read More about Jazz-Philosophy Fusion.

Transculturalism and the Meaning of Life (2016)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2016). Transculturalism and the Meaning of Life. Humanities, https://doi.org/10.3390/h5020025

I begin by introducing the standoff between the transculturalist aim of moving beyond cultural inheritances, and the worry that this project is itself a product of cultural inheritances. I argue that this is rooted in concerns about the meaning of li... Read More about Transculturalism and the Meaning of Life.

Response to Darragh Byrne's "Do Phenomenal Concepts Misrepresent?” (2016)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2016). Response to Darragh Byrne's "Do Phenomenal Concepts Misrepresent?”. Philosophical Psychology, 679-681. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2016.1142072

I begin by summarizing my view of the progression that occurred from the 1950s to the 1990s on the topic of physicalism and, in terms of this, present an overview of the reconciliation I was attempting in “Conceptualizing Physical Consciousness.” I t... Read More about Response to Darragh Byrne's "Do Phenomenal Concepts Misrepresent?”.

Is philosophy all about the meaning of life? (2016)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2016). Is philosophy all about the meaning of life?. Metaphilosophy, 283-303. https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12176

This article defends a conception of philosophy popular outside the discipline but unpopular within it: that philosophy is unified by a concern with the meaning of life. First, it argues against exceptionalist theses according to which philosophy is... Read More about Is philosophy all about the meaning of life?.

Review of Todd May's A Significant Life (2016)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2016). Review of Todd May's A Significant Life