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- Title
Do You Have to Reply to This Paper?
- Authors
Smilansky, Saul
- Abstract
I explore the question of whether one has to reply to a paper such as this, and consider what a positive answer (in any respect) would teach us. I argue for a qualified Yes. By "reply" I refer to an attempt to write a paper responding to the original one, which addresses (some of) the major claims made in it. I first ask what philosophical papers are for, and note the important role played by replies to them. I consider special obligations to reply to philosophical papers; and the weaker pro tanto obligations that might exist for most professional philosophers. Finally, I consider objections to my claims; and the broader implications if my case is plausible.
- Subjects
PROFESSIONAL ethics; ASSERTIONS (Logic); PHILOSOPHERS; THEORY of knowledge; PHILOSOPHICAL analysis
- Publication
Philosophia, 2021, Vol 49, Issue 4, p1361
- ISSN
0048-3893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11406-020-00294-3