Applying Reflective Equilibrium

Is Reflective Equilibrium Enough

Suppose that one is at least a minimal realist about a given domain, in that one thinks that that domain contains truths that are not in any interesting sense of our own making. Given such an understanding, what can be said for and against the method of reflective equilibrium as a procedure for investigating the domain? One fact that lends this question some interest is that many philosophers d...

In defense of reflective equilibrium

Recent years have seen a rekindling of interest in the method of reflective equilibrium. Most of this attention has been suspicious, however. Critics have alleged that the method is nothing more than a high-minded brand of navel-gazing, that it suffers from all the classic problems of inward-looking coherence theories, and that it overestimates the usefulness of self-scrutiny. In this paper I a...

Applying General Equilibrium

Applying the reflective middleware approach in Grid computing

Significant progress has been made in the design and development of objectbased distributed systems and, more recently, in component-based reflective middleware platforms—i.e., middleware platforms that, through reflection, can be flexibly configured, and run-time adapted/ reconfigured—especially in terms of non-functional properties like quality of service (QoS). In this paper we consider how ...

How to combine hermeneutics and Wide Reflective Equilibrium?

Empirical ethics is based upon the idea that empirical research can be used to develop new and better ethical theories. Empirical research can elucidate the relevance of ethical issues in daily life, and show which problems require normative analysis. It can also give insight into the considerations of practitioners, which might be morally relevant because they embody experience. In the literat...