Professor Daniel Whiting

I have published on a wide range of subjects in philosophy, including epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and the history of philosophy. One theme which runs through much of this work is normativity - very roughly, the right and the good.  Recent topics include: the nature of normative reasons; the distinction between subjective and objective reasons; the norms of belief, assertion, and practical reasoning; epistemic and motivational constraints on reasons; the distinction between first- and second-order reasons; normative testimony; epistemic value; aesthetic obligations; and epistemic justification.