All Outputs (40)

Neutral Nihilism (2025)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (in press). Neutral Nihilism. Journal of Philosophy of Life, 15(1), 1-20

I defend an evaluatively neutral interpretation of nihilism against the negative and positive alternatives, arguing that Negative Nihilism and Sunny Nihilism fail to grasp the significance of nihilism's claim that there is no cosmic goal to human lif... Read More about Neutral Nihilism.

Is Attoe’s Neutral Nihilism Neutral Enough? (2024)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2024). Is Attoe’s Neutral Nihilism Neutral Enough?. Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions,

In this paper I analyse and critique Aribiah David Attoe’s position in The Question of Life’s Meaning: An African Perspective (2023). While highly sympathetic to his project, since I also defend an evaluatively neutral form of nihilism, I argue that... Read More about Is Attoe’s Neutral Nihilism Neutral Enough?.

Ethnophilosophy as a Global Development Goal (2024)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2024). Ethnophilosophy as a Global Development Goal. Metaphilosophy, 55(2), 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12678

The ethnophilosophy debate in African philosophy has been primarily concerned with the nature and future direction of African philosophy, but I approach it in search of lessons about philosophy in general. I show how this ongoing debate has been obsc... Read More about Ethnophilosophy as a Global Development Goal.

Free will and believing in determinism [English original] (2023)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2023). Free will and believing in determinism [English original]. Laboratorium Mentis, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.52097/lm.8153

Wolna wola a wiara w determinizm [polskie tłumaczenie] (2023)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2023). Wolna wola a wiara w determinizm [polskie tłumaczenie]. Laboratorium Mentis, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.52097/lm.8152

The article addresses the issue of free will and determinism through a discussion of Newcomb’s paradox, presented as a dialogue between the spirits of Lady Luck and Fate. I argue that commitment to determinism, which is suggested by materialist metap... Read More about Wolna wola a wiara w determinizm [polskie tłumaczenie].

Free will and believing in determinism (2023)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2023). Free will and believing in determinism. Laboratorium Mentis, 1(1), 61-68

The article addresses the issue of free will and determinism through a discussion of Newcomb’s paradox, presented as a dialogue between the spirits of Lady Luck and Fate. I argue that commitment to determinism, which is suggested by materialist metap... Read More about Free will and believing in determinism.

Philosophy and Jena Romanticism (2023)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J., & Leach, S. (in press). Philosophy and Jena Romanticism. Human Affairs, 33(4), 379-381. https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2023-0114

The Ontology of Freedom (2022)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2022). The Ontology of Freedom. Human Affairs, 32(4), 461-473. https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2022-0040

I begin by clarifying Tallis’s revisionary terminology, showing how he redraws the lines of the traditional debate about free will by classifying himself as a compatibilist, when in standard terms he is an incompatibilist. I then examine what I take... Read More about The Ontology of Freedom.

Introduction a book symposium on Raymond Tallis's Freedom: An impossible reality (2022)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2022). Introduction a book symposium on Raymond Tallis's Freedom: An impossible reality. Human Affairs, 21, 371–372. https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2022-0030

A dialogue on / In performance philosophy (2021)
Journal Article
Ó Maoilearca, L. C., & Tartaglia, J. (2021). A dialogue on / In performance philosophy. Human Affairs, 31(4), 370 - 379. https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2021-0031

This dialogue was produced by an email exchange, with each email limited to 200 words. The exchange took place between 21 January and 9 June, 2021. No edits were allowed once ‘send’ had been pressed and there was to be no other correspondence between... Read More about A dialogue on / In performance philosophy.

How philosophy is presented: An introduction (2021)
Journal Article
Leach, S., & Tartaglia, J. (2021). How philosophy is presented: An introduction. Human Affairs, 31(4), 361 - 369. https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2021-0030

'Editorial Material'

Introduction: Philosophical reflection and technological change (2020)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J., & Leach, S. (2020). Introduction: Philosophical reflection and technological change. Human Affairs, 30(4), https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2020-0041

Introduction: Life’s meaning (2019)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J., & Leach, S. (2019). Introduction: Life’s meaning. Human Affairs, 29(4), 359-362. https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2019-0030

We have chosen the subtitle of this introduction with some care—as a term to cover both meaning in life and the meaning of life.

For some of the essays in this issue focus primarily on meaning in life—that is to say, they are focussed upon the que... Read More about Introduction: Life’s meaning.

Better Git It In Your Soul [translated into Polish as 'Lepiej poczuj to w swej duszy'] (2018)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2018). Better Git It In Your Soul [translated into Polish as 'Lepiej poczuj to w swej duszy']

The Original Meaning of Life (2018)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2018). The Original Meaning of Life. Philosophy Now,

Reply to Tracy Llanera (2017)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2017). Reply to Tracy Llanera

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Reply to BJØRN RAMBERG (2017)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2017). Reply to BJØRN RAMBERG

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Nihilism and the Meaning of Life (2017)
Journal Article
Tartaglia. (2017). Nihilism and the Meaning of Life

Reply to Brooke Alan Trisel (2017)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2017). Reply to Brooke Alan Trisel

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Reply to Philip Goff (2017)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2017). Reply to Philip Goff

No abstract