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Robert B. Talisse
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science
Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy
Editor, Public Affairs Quarterly
Contact Information
Email: robert.talisse@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Furman Hall 017-A
Phone: (615) 343-8671
Fax: (615) 343-7259
Personal Webpage
Degrees
M.A. (1995) New York University
Ph.D. (2001) City University of New York Graduate School
Research Area
Robert Talisse specializes in contemporary political philosophy, with particular interest in democratic theory and liberalism. His most recent work engages issues at the intersection of political theory and epistemology. In addition, he pursues topics in pragmatism and analytic philosophy. He occasionally writes on ancient philosophy.
Current Research
- Talisse has just completed a book on democracy and the epistemology of moral conflict which is unimaginatively titled Democracy and Moral Conflict. Recent articles examine problems concerning public reason, epistemic norms in political discourse, group polarization, fanaticism, and public ignorance. He is presently working on a book criticizing pluralism in ethics and politics, tentatively and unimaginatively titled Against Pluralism.
- Current CV
- SSRN Author Page
Recent Courses
In the Spring of 2009, Talisse will teach a graduate seminar on Pragmatism and Politics. Past graduate seminars include: Responsibility and Global Justice; Deliberative Democracy; Democracy and Religious Conviction; and Political Theory after Rawls. At the undergraduate level, Talisse regularly teaches a course in formal logic and various courses in social and political philosophy.Publications
Books
- Democracy and Moral Conflict, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming (2009)
- Pragmatism: A Guide for the Perplexed, (with Scott Aikin), Continuum (2008)
- A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy, Routledge (2007; paperback 2008)
- Democracy After Liberalism, Routledge (2005)
Articles
- “Précis of A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy” and “Replies to My Critics,” contributions to a symposium issue of Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society on my A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy, forthcoming (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 in Argumentation, 22.4 (2008) 521-529.
- "Abortion, Activism and Civil Discourse,” with Steven Maloney in Critical Review , 20.1-2 (2008) 167-179.
- “Folk Epistemology and the Justification of Democracy,” in Does Truth Matter?, Ronald Tinnevelt and Katia Vanhemelryck, eds., Springer (2009)
- “Towards A Social Epistemic Comprehensive Liberalism,” Episteme 5.1(2008): 106-128
- “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”
- “Democracy and Ignorance,” Critical Review 18.4(2007): 453-466
- “From Pragmatism to Perfectionism,” Philosophy & Social Criticism33.3 (2007): 387-406
- “Two Forms of the Straw Man” (with Scott Aikin), Argumentation 20.3(2006): 345-352
- “Social Epistemology and the Politics of Omission,” Episteme 2.2 (2006): 107-118
- “Deliberative Democracy Defended,” Res Publica 11.2 (2005): 185-199
- “Liberalism, Pluralism, and Political Justification,” Harvard Review of Philosophy, XIII.2 (2005): 57-72
- “Deliberativist Responses to Activist Challenges,” Philosophy & Social Criticism, 31.4 (2005): 423-444
- “Does Public Ignorance Defeat Deliberative Democracy? ,” Critical Review, 16.4 (2005): 455-463
- “Can Value Pluralists be Comprehensive Liberals?,” Contemporary Political Theory, 3.2 (2004): 127-139, with a response by William Galston
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