Scott Sehon
Scott R. Sehon | |
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American | |
Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Philosophy Philosophy of mind Metaphysics Free will |
Institutions | Bowdoin College |
Scott Robert Sehon (born 1963) is an American
MIT University Press, 2005) in which he takes a controversial, non-causalist view of action explanation[1][2] and Free Will and Action Explanation: a Non-Causal, Compatibilist Account (Oxford University Press
, 2016).
Sehon has also published in the area of
the problem of evil[3] and whether or not religious faith is a necessary foundation for morality.[4] In his later work, he has criticized anti-communism and American conservative arguments against socialism.[5][6][7]
Education
Sehon received his B.A. in philosophy from
Warren D. Goldfarb, and earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at Princeton University, where he worked with Mark Johnston and Harry Frankfurt
. His thesis was titled: "Action Explanation and the Nature of Mental States."
Bibliography
Books
- Socialism: A Logical Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2024)
- Free Will and Action Explanation: a Non-Causal, Compatibilist Account (Oxford University Press, 2016)
- Teleological Realism: Mind, Agency and Explanation. (MIT University Press, 2005)
Articles
- “Davidson’s Challenge to the Non-Causalist”, with Guido Löhrer, American Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 53, no. 1 (2016): 85-96.
- Action Explanation and The Free Will Debate: How Incompatibilist Arguments Go Wrong, Philosophical Issues, Vol.22, No. 1 (2012): 351-368.
- A Flawed Conception of Determinism in the Consequence Argument. Analysis Vol. 71, No. 1 (2011):30-38.
- Teleology and Degrees of Freedom, Internationale Zeitschrift für Philosophie, Volume 17:1 (2008): 123-144
- An Argument Against the Causal Theory of Action Explanation, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 60:1(2000): 67-85
- Connectionism and the Causal Theory of Action Explanation, Philosophical Psychology, 11:4(1998): 511-531
- Natural-Kind Terms and the Status of Folk Psychology, American Philosophical Quarterly, 34:3(1997): 333-344
- Deviant Causal Chains and the Irreducibility of Teleological Explanation, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 78:2 (1997): 195-213
- Teleology and the Nature of Mental States, American Philosophical Quarterly, 31 (1994): 63-72
- Dementors, Horcruxes, and Immortality: The Soul in Harry Potter,” in Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles, William Irwin and Gregory Bassham, eds. Wiley (2010).
- “Teleological Explanation,” in Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Action, Timothy O’Connor and Constantine Sandis, eds. Blackwell. (2010).
References
- ^ See Carol Slater's review in Psyche, http://www.theassc.org/files/assc/2662.pdf
- ^ See Carl Ginet's review in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1933-1592.2008.00171.x/abstract;jsessionid=F68FC7CEB981778619CF5894975E5A13.d02t03
- ^ Scott Sehon, "The Problem of Evil: Skeptical Theism Leads to Moral Paralysis" http://philpapers.org/rec/SEHTPO
- ^ What Does it Mean to be Good? Two Scholars, Christian and Secular, Share Their Views, http://vimeo.com/23273288
- ^ Ghodsee, Kristen R.; Sehon, Scott; Dresser, Sam, ed. "The merits of taking an anti-anti-communism stance". Aeon, March 22, 2018.
- ^ Scott Sehon, "No, the Nazis Were Not Socialists," Jacobin Magazine, October 9, 2020.
- ^ Scott Sehon, "Two Problems with the Nonaggression Principle." Mises Institute, March 4, 2021.
External links
- Scott Sehon's faculty web page
- Works by Scott Sehon at Philpapers.org
- Review of Teleological Realism in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
- Review of Teleological Realism in Metapsychology Online Book Reviews
- Megan Day and Micah Uetricht, "What Democratic Socialists Should Think About Anti-Communism." Jacobin Magazine, September 27, 2020.
- Audio Interview with Scott Sehon on Common Sense Atheism.com
- What Does it Mean to be Good? Two Scholars, Christian and Secular, Share Their Views, The Veritas Forum