- News, etc.
- Democracy and Moral Conflict (Cambridge University Press, October 2009) can now be pre-ordered on Amazon. Here's some advance praise for the book:
Talisse sees profound moral and religious conflict in our political life that threatens democracy, and makes impossible effective defenses by appeal to shared values. He advances an important alternative: our common commitment to sound beliefs should lead us all to endorse democratic politics. This is a fine work of public philosophy in the tradition of J. S. Mill and John Dewey.--Gerald Gaus, James E. Rogers Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona
Robert Talisse has provided us with a timely, original, and unapologetic defense of constitutional democracy. It is, he says, the only form of government suited to persons who are already committed in their everyday lives to giving reasons for their beliefs. Artfully blending careful philosophical analysis with contemporary illustrations and accessible prose, Democracy and Moral Conflict makes an authentically democratic and powerfully reasoned case for democracy.--John C. P. Goldberg, Professor of Law, Harvard UniversityRobert Talisse argues that democracy comes closer than any other political system to instantiating the norms of the folk epistemology which all citizens share. Insofar as we care about the truth, we have a reason to remain committed to democracy, even when the stakes are highest. An engaging read, this book makes an important contribution to the growing discussion of democracy's epistemic virtues.--David A. Reidy, Lindsay Young Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee- A symposium issue of the journal Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society devoted to my book A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy has just been published. The issue features seven critical papers plus my response. Critics are Thom Brooks, Matthew Festenstein, Colin Koopman, Rosa Mayorga, Cillian McBride, Melvin Rogers, Mark Van Hollebeke. Read a précis of the book here.
- A review of A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy has just appeared in Political Theory. Here's another review from Social Theory & Practice.
- A review of Pragmatism: A Guide for the Perplexed (Continuum Books), which I wrote with Scott Aikin, has just appeared in Human Affairs. Here's a review from Metapsychology Reviews.
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- A Teacher's Life: Essays for Steven Cahn (Lexington), which I edited with Maureen Eckert, is now available from Amazon.
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- I am the editor of the journal Public Affairs Quarterly.
- Selected Publications
- I. Authored Books
- Democracy and Moral Conflict, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming (2009)
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- Pragmatism: A Guide for the Perplexed, with Scott Aikin, Continuum, 2008 [Reviews: (1) (2)]
- A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy, Routledge, 2007 (softcover, 2008) [Reviews: (1) (2), (3)]
- Democracy After Liberalism, Routledge, 2005 [Reviews: (1) (2) (3) (4)]
- II. Edited Books
- The Pragmatic Turn (edited with Scott Aikin), Princeton University Press, forthcoming (2010)
- Political Problems (edited with Steven Cahn), Prentice Hall, forthcoming (2010)
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- A Teacher's Life: Essays for Steven Cahn (edited with Maureen Eckert), Lexington, 2009
- American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia (edited with John Lachs), Routledge, 2008
- Aristotle's Politics Today (edited with Lenn Goodman), SUNY Press, 2007 (softcover, 2008) [Review]
- Essays in Experimental Logic (edited with D. Micah Hester), Southern Illinois University Press, 2007
- Dewey's Logical Theory (edited with D. Micah Hester and Tom Burke), Vanderbilt, 2002
- Sidney Hook on Pragmatism, Democracy, and Freedom (edited with Robert Tempio), Prometheus, 2002
- III. Articles
- "Nagel on Public Education and Intelligent Design," with Scott Aikin and Michael Harbour, Journal of Philosophical Research, forthcoming (2010)
- "5 Answers," in Pragmatism: 5 Questions, Jim Johnson, ed. Automatic Press / VIP (forthcoming, 2010)
- "Reply to Festenstein," Contemporary Political Theory, forthcoming (2010)
- "Does Value Pluralism Entail Liberalism?," Journal of Moral Philosophy, forthcoming (2009)
- "Précis of A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy," contribution to a symposium issue of Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society on my A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy, 45.1(2009): 45-49
- "Replies to My Critics," contribution to a symposium issue of Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society on my A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy,45.1(2009) 90-108
- "Can Liberals Take Their Own Side in an Argument?," in Philosophy of Education in the Era of Globalization, Yvonne Raley and Gerhard Preyer, eds. Routledge, forthcoming (2009)
- "Deweyan Democracy: A Critique," Southwest Philosophy Review, forthcoming (2009)
- "The Truth about Hypocrisy," with Scott Aikin, Scientific American Mind, January, 2009
- "Folk Epistemology and the Justification of Democracy," in Does Truth Matter?, Ronald Tinnevelt and Raf Geenens, eds., Springer, 2009
- "Pragmatism and the Cold War," in the Oxford Handbook of American Philosophy, Cheryl Misak (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2009
- "Modus Tonens," with Scott Aikin, Argumentation 22.4(2008): 521-529
- "Abortion Activism and Civil Discourse," with Steven Maloney, Critical Review 20.1-2(2008): 167-179, with a response by Jon Shields, "Abortion and Deliberation".
- "Towards A Social Epistemic Comprehensive Liberalism," Episteme 5.1(2008): 106-128
- "Skepticism and the Democratic Ideal," Think 16(2008): 7-17
- "Rockmore on Analytic Pragmatism," with Scott Aikin, Metaphilosophy 39.2(2008): 155-162
- "Getting Duped," with Yvonne Raley, Scientific American Mind, February, 2008
- "Kitcher on the Ethics of Inquiry," with Scott Aikin, Journal of Social Philosophy 38.4(2007): 654-665, with a response by Philip Kitcher, "Reply to Talisse and Aikin"
- "Two Democratic Hopes," Contemporary Pragmatism 4.2(2007): 19-28, with a response by Robert Westbrook
- "Why Democrats Need the Virtues," in Aristotle's Politics Today, edited by Lenn Goodman and Robert Talisse, SUNY, 2007
- "Democracy and Ignorance," Critical Review 18.4(2007): 453-466
- "From Pragmatism to Perfectionism," Philosophy & Social Criticism 33.3 (2007): 387-406
- "Flathman on Pluralism and Liberal Democracy" (Review) Social Theory and Practice 33.1 (2007): 151-158
- "Two Forms of the Straw Man," with Scott Aikin, Argumentation 20.3 (2006): 345-352
- "Social Epistemology and the Politics of Omission," Episteme 2.II (2006): 107-118
- "Socratic Citizenship," Philosophy in the Contemporary World 13.2 (2006): 4-10
- "The Mistaken Premise of Political Liberalism," Southwest Philosophy Review 22.1 (2006): 139-147
- "Dilemmas of Public Reason," in The Legacy of John Rawls, Thom Brooks and Fabian Freyenhagen, eds. Continuum, 2005
- "Deliberative Democracy Defended," Res Publica 11.2 (2005): 185-199
- "Liberalism, Pluralism, and Political Justification," Harvard Review of Philosophy XIII.2 (2005): 57-72
- "Stout on Public Reason" (and a "Postscript"), with Caleb Clanton, Soundings LXXXVII.3-4 (2005): 349-368, with a response from Jeffrey Stout
- "Deliberativist Responses to Activist Challenges," Philosophy & Social Criticism 31.4 (2005): 423-444
- "Why Pragmatists Cannot be Pluralists," with Scott Aikin, Transactions of the C. S. Peirce Society, with replies from Cheryl Misak, Henry Jackman, Michael Eldridge, and John Lyskaer and Michael Sullivan, XLI.1 (2005): 101-118.
- "Still Searching for a Pragmatist Pluralism," with Scott Aikin, Transactions of the C. S. Peirce Society XLI.1 (2005): 145-160
- "Does Public Ignorance Defeat Deliberative Democracy? ," Critical Review 16.4 (2005): 455-463.
- "Dewey's Defense of Democracy ," Free Inquiry 26.4 (2004): 35-37
- "Politics Without Dogmas," in Sidney Hook Reconsidered, Matthew Cotter, ed. Prometheus Books, 2004
- "Can Value Pluralists be Comprehensive Liberals? ," Contemporary Political Theory 3.2(2004): 127-139, with a reply by William Galston
- "Towards a Peircean Politics of Inquiry," Transactions of the C. S. Peirce Society XL.1 (2004):21-38.
- "Pragmatism and Deliberative Politics ," Journal of Speculative Philosophy 18.1 (2004):1-8.
- "Problems with Galston’s Liberal Pluralism," Southwest Philosophy Review 20.1(2004):221-229
- "Sidney Hook, Pragmatism and the Communist Party," Transactions of the C. S. Peirce Society XXXIX.4 (2003):657-661.
- "Can Democracy Be a Way of Life?," Transactions of the C. S. Peirce Society XXXIX.1 (2003): 1-21.
- "Rawls on Pluralism and Stability," Critical Review 15.1&2 (2003): 173-194.
- "Teaching Plato's Euthyphro Dialogically," Teaching Philosophy 26.2 (2003):163-175.
- "Plato, Pragmatism, and Democracy,” Hypnos 10.1(2003): 71-84
- "Philosophy as Anti-Dogmatism," in What Is Pragmatism?, Paulo Ghiraldelli Jr., ed. Manole Publishing, Brazil (2003 )
- "The Relevance of Sidney Hook Today," Free Inquiry 23.1 (2003):51-52
- "Two-Faced Liberalism," Critical Review 14.4 (2002): 441-458.
- "Misunderstanding Socrates," Arion 9.3(2002):111-121.
- "Two Concepts of Inquiry," Philosophical Writings 20 (2002): 69-81.
- "Liberty, Community, and Democracy," Journal of Speculative Philosophy 15.4 (2001):286-304.
- "A Pragmatist Critique of Rorty's Hopeless Politics," Southern Journal of Philosophy 39.4 (2001): 611-626.
- "On The Supposed Tension in Peirce's 'Fixation of Belief'," Journal of Philosophical Research XXVI (2001): 561-569.
- IV. Miscellaneous
- Philosophy in the United States, bibliographic essay, authored with John Lachs, US Department of State, 2005
- Pragmatism and Deliberative Politics, guest edited issue of Journal of Speculative Philosophy 18.1(2004)
- On James, monograph for students, authored with D. Micah Hester, Wadsworth, 2004
- On Rawls, monograph for students, Wadsworth, 2001
- On Dewey, monograph for students, Wadsworth, 2000 (Japanese translation, 2002)
- V. Work In Progress
- See My SSRN Author Page
