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    Moral notions.Julius Kovesi - 1967 - New York,: Humanities P..
    Morality is often thought of as non-rational or sub-rational. In Moral Notions, first published in 1967, Julius Kovesi argues that the rationality of morality is built into the way we construct moral concepts. In showing this he also resolves the old Humean conundrum of the relation between 'facts' and 'values'. And he puts forward a method of reasoning that might make 'applied ethics' (at present largely a hodge-podge of opinions) into a constructive discipline. Kovesi's general theory of concepts - important (...)
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  2. Moral Notions.Julius Kovesi - 1969 - Mind 78 (310):285-292.
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    Editorial: Hard Times.Julius Kovesi - 1977 - Philosophy 52:1.
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  4. Values and Evaluations.Julius Kovesi (ed.) - 1998 - New York, USA: Peter Lang.
    In the diverse but related essays collected in Values and Evaluations, Julius Kovesi's central concerns are the nature of ideological thinking and the rational core of morality. «It is characteristic of ideological beliefs that their truth is upheld independent of the arguments for them,» he contends. He examines ideological tendencies in the Marxist tradition, in attempts to demythologize Christianity, and in modern British ethical theory. In ethics, he continues the attack on the fact/value dichotomy he began in Moral Notions, a (...)
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  5. Moses Hess, Marx and Money.Julius Kovesi - 1998 - In Values and Evaluations. New York, USA: Peter Lang. pp. 127-207.
    This essay investigates triadic patterns of argument in the thought of Moses Hess. Three kinds of triadic thinking are distinguished: the triadic pattern of three succeeding ages of mankind; the triadic pattern of original unity, fallen or alienated existence, and return to unity on a higher level; and the triad of head, heart and stomach, a symbolism which recurs in the writings of the Young Hegelians. Distinguishing these patterns throws an interesting light on the similarities and differences between the views (...)
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  6. The Temptation of Absolute Truth.Julius Kovesi - 1962 - Twentieth Century 16:216-222.
    It is obvious that the fact that I consider my views to be true does not mean that they are true. However, not only is it my obligation to say what I think to be the case, but I do not know what else I should or even could say. It may be suggested – pointlessly – that I should say what is objectively true and not what I subjectively think to be true. The suggestion is pointless because if I (...)
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  7. Some Philosophical Aspects of Demythologising.Julius Kovesi - 1998 - In Values and Evaluations. New York, USA: Peter Lang. pp. 95-110.
    What I have to say has no exclusive reference to biblical scholars or theologians. Even most of the mistakes and fallacies I want to point to and investigate are shared by others who also operate in a theological frame of mind. Otherwise the problems I want to raise are familiar problems of philosophy. They are problems we encounter in the philosophy of history when we distinguish between the actual occurrence and documentation of a happening, and the significance, meaning and interpretation (...)
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  8. Nature and Convention.Julius Kovesi - 1998 - In Values and Evaluations. New York, USA: Peter Lang. pp. 116-125.
    In this paper I shall first illustrate the variety of uses the concept of "nature" can and does have. Then I shall indicate that the confusing variety is not without rhyme or reason. I shall end by saying a few words about the notion of "progress". This may sound surprising but the notion of "progress" does tie up with what I shall try to say about the contrast between nature and convention.
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  9. (1 other version)Valuing and evaluating.Julius Kovesi - 1970 - Jowett Papers 1968.
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  10. "Principia Ethica" Re-Examined: The Ethics of a Proto-Logical Atomism.Julius Kovesi - 1984 - Philosophy 59 (228):157 - 170.
    One of the questions that any future history of British moral philosophy in the twentieth century should investigate and document is how it came about that Moore's Principia Ethica was appropriated by what we can call the Humean tradition of moral philosophy. I shall not trace that development now but only argue that there was no excuse or justification for it.
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  11. Against the ritual of "is" and "ought".Julius Kovesi - 1978 - Midwest Studies in Philosophy 3 (1):5-16.
    However much the preoccupations and problems of moral philosophy have changed in the last decade or so, we retain, with a ritual observance, a basic conceptual framework. Apart from a few bold spirits who disregard the ritual, most moral philosophers, before they can say anything, have to re-enact the moves of trying to justify how they dare to move from description to evaluation, while others, opposing them, claim that they have disregarded sacred texts and violated the most sacred of ritual (...)
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  12. Moral Notions, with Three Papers on Plato.Alan Tapper, R. E. Ewin & Julius Kovesi (eds.) - 2004 - Christchurch, NZ: Cybereditions.
    Morality is often thought of as non-rational or sub-rational. In Moral Notions, first published in 1967, Julius Kovesi argues that the rationality of morality is built into the way we construct moral concepts. In showing this he also resolves the old Humean conundrum of the relation between 'facts' and 'values'. And he puts forward a method of reasoning that might make 'applied ethics' (at present largely a hodge-podge of opinions) into a constructive discipline. Kovesi's general theory of concepts - important (...)
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    (2 other versions)The Concept of Structuralism: A Critical Analysis By Philip Pettit Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1975. £4.95.Julius Kovesi - 1976 - Philosophy 51 (198):485-.
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    An Anthology of Why?Julius Kovesi, Anthony John Patrick Kenny & Janet Kovesi Watt - 1998
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    Marxist Ecclesiology and Biblical Criticism.Julius Kovesi - 1976 - Journal of the History of Ideas 37 (1):93.
    My theme is the conceptual framework of a large variety of attitudes towards Marx, which in spite of their variety share a common set of characteristics. These attitudes towards Marx have acquired over the last hundred years just as much historical reality as the life, activities, and writings of Marx himself, and thus deserve to be subject matter in the history of ideas just as much as the analysis of Marx's writings themselves. My thesis is that if we want to (...)
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    Notebook.Julius Kovesi - 1976 - Philosophy 51:492.
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    Obituary Arthur Clampett Fox 1893-1986.Julius Kovesi - 1987 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 65 (2):241.
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    Principia Ethica Re-examined: The Ethics of a Proto-logical Atomism.Julius Kovesi - 1984 - Philosophy 59 (228):157-170.
    One of the questions that any future history of British moral philosophy in the twentieth century should investigate and document is how it came about that Moore's Principia Ethica was appropriated by what we can call theHumean tradition of moral philosophy. I shall not trace that development now but only argue that there was no excuse or justification for it.
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    VII*—Descriptions and Reasons.Julius Kovesi - 1980 - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 80 (1):101-114.
    Julius Kovesi; VII*—Descriptions and Reasons, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 80, Issue 1, 1 June 1980, Pages 101–114, https://doi.org/10.1093/a.
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    Books Received. [REVIEW]Julius Kovesi - 1976 - Philosophy 51:489.
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    (1 other version)No Title available: New Books. [REVIEW]Julius Kovesi - 1976 - Philosophy 51 (198):485-486.
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