research overview
- I work in ethics, moral psychology and issues at the intersection of philosophy and psychology. I also do some work in aesthetics and some in epistemology.
- Contact Info
Fileva, Iskra
Positions
- Faculty Fellow, Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization
- Associate Professor, Philosophy
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- ethics, moral psychology, and issues at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and psychiatry
Publications
selected publications
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book
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chapter
- Planning ahead 2019
- Bad Faith and Make-Believe. 175-186. 2018
- Ontology 2017
- Preface and Introductions to Parts I-V 2016
- Two Sense of "Why": Traits and Reasons in the Explanation of Action. 182-202. 2016
- Playing with Fire: Art and the Seductive Power of Pain. 171-185. 2013
- Communicability of Pleasure and Normativity of Tast in Kant’s Third Critique. 21-32. 2005
- Can We Know Too Much, Do We Know Too Little, and Does It make a Difference Either Way?. 43-53. 2004
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journal article
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Altruism and the Boundaries of Sanity.
Philosophy & Public Affairs.
2026
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Impermissible Altruism: A Response to Pummer.
Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy.
151-165.
2024
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The Ethics of Equality.
Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy.
166-171.
2024
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Character Trouble: Undisciplined Essays on Moral Agency and Personality.
Philosophical Psychology.
531-538.
2024
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COULD UNDERSTANDING HARM?.
Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology.
211-214.
2023
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UNDERSTANDING FIRST: A Psychoanalytic Take on Self-Constitution.
Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology.
195-204.
2023
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My Delicate Taste: Aesthetic Deference Revisited.
Philosophers' Imprint.
2023
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Moral Testimony and Collective Moral Governance.
Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
722-735.
2023
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Virtue in a time of depraved ideals.
Inquiry (Oslo).
2023
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The optionality of supererogatory acts is just what you think it is: a reply to Benn.
Philosophical Studies.
2155-2166.
2022
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A State of Besire.
Philosophia (United States).
1973-1979.
2021
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The gender puzzles.
European Journal of Philosophy.
182-198.
2021
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You Disgust Me. Or Do You? On the Very Idea of Moral Disgust.
Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
19-33.
2021
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WHAT DO EXPERTS KNOW?.
Social Philosophy & Policy.
72-90.
2021
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Art and Belief.
Journal of Value Inquiry.
653-661.
2020
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Just another article on Moore's paradox, but we don't believe that.
Synthese.
5153-5167.
2019
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Metaethics and Mental Time Travel: a Reply to Gerrans and Kennett.
Philosophia (United States).
1457-1474.
2019
- HISTORICAL INACCURACY IN FICTION. American Philosophical Quarterly. 155-169. 2019
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Envy's Non-Innocent Victims.
Journal of Philosophy of Emotion.
1-22.
2019
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What Does Belief Have to Do with Truth?.
Philosophy.
557-570.
2018
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Inner Virtue.
Mind.
902-911.
2018
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CAN CHARACTER TRAITS BE BASED ON BRUTE PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTS?.
Ratio.
233-251.
2018
- Review of Tolerance among the Virtues by John Bowlin 2017
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The Duties of an Artist.
Film and Philosophy.
138-160.
2017
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Will retributivism die and will neuroscience kill it?.
Cognitive Systems Research.
54-70.
2015
- A PUZZLE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE IN ACTION. Logique et Analyse. 287-301. 2013
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Wisdom Beyond Rationality: A Reply to Ryan.
Acta Analytica.
229-235.
2013
- T Schelling Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays. Journal of Value Inquiry. 485-490. 2012
- Kieran Setiya, Reasons without Rationalism. Journal of Value Inquiry. 521-530. 2009
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THE NEUTRALITY OF RIGHTNESS AND THE INDEXICALITY OF GOODNESS: BEYOND OBJECTIVITY AND BACK AGAIN.
Ratio.
273-285.
2008
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Altruism and the Boundaries of Sanity.
Philosophy & Public Affairs.
2026
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Boston University 2008
- M.A., Saint Louis University 2002
- B.A., Sofia University (Bulgaria) 1999
awards and honors
International Activities
geographic focus
- Austria Country
- Europe Continent
- Germany Country
- United Kingdom Country