Tamler Sommers

Online Publications

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Peer Reviewed Articles

• “The Two Faces of Revenge: Moral Responsibility and the Culture of Honor." Biology and Philosophy. Forthcoming. (Available OnlineEarly) or see the draft version.

• “More Work for Hard Incompatibilism.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Forthcoming.

• “The Objective Attitude.” The Philosophical Quarterly. 57, 28 (2007): 321-342 or see the draft version.

• “The Illusion of Freedom Evolves.” In Distributed Cognition and the Will, David Spurrett, Harold Kincaid, Don Ross, Lynn Stephens (eds). MIT Press. 2007.

• “Darwin’s Nihilistic Idea: Evolution and the Meaninglessness of Life,” (with Alex Rosenberg). Biology and Philosophy. 18: 653-668. November 2003.

• “Of Zombies, Color Scientists, and Floating Iron Bars,” Psyche: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness 8(22). November 2002.

Under Review

• Metaskepticism about Moral Responsibility

Interviews for The Believer

 

• Interview with Frans de Waal, September 2007

• Interview with Jonathan Haidt, August 2005

• Interview with Michael Ruse, July 2003

• Interview with Galen Strawson, March 2003

Reviews for the Times Literary Supplement

• “A Review of The Self , edited by Galen Strawson.” January 6, 2006.

• “Thanks be to God: A Review of Can God Be Free? by William T. Rowe.” January 21, 2005.

• “Diane Decides: A Review of Justice, Luck, and Knowledge, by S.L. Hurley.” May 7, 2004.

• “Rightly Determined: A Review of Deontic Morality and Control, by Ishtiyaque Haji.” October 17, 2003.

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