Jonathan Dancy
Areas of interest
Professor Dancy is the author of An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, Moral Reasons, Berkeley: An Introduction, Practical Reality, and Ethics Without Principles, as well as articles on many philosophical subjects.
He is the editor of Perceptual Knowledge, Reading Parfit, Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, and co-editor of A Companion to Epistemology.
Publications
- Dancy, J. (2021) Response to Schwenkler. Analytic Philosophy , 62 (2). pp. 195-200. ISSN: 2153-9596 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phib.12219
- Dancy, J. (2015) More right than wrong. In: Timmons, M. and Johnson, R. , (eds.) Reason, Value, and Respect Kantian Themes from the Philosophy of Thomas E. Hill, Jr.. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 101-118. ISBN: 9780199699575
- Dancy, J. (2014) From thought to action. In: Shafer-Landau, R. , (eds.) Oxford Studies in Metaethics. , 9. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 1-17. ISBN: 9780198709299
- Dancy, J. (2012) McDowell, Williams and Intuitionism. In: Heuer, U. and Lang, G. , (eds.) Luck, Value and Commitment: Themes from the Ethics of Bernard Williams. Oxford University Press pp. 269-290. ISBN: 9780199599325
- Dancy, J. (2011) Has anyone ever been a non-intuitionist?. In: Hurka, T. , (eds.) Underivative Duty: British Moral Philosophers from Sidgwick to Ewing. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 87-105. ISBN: 9780199577446
- Dancy, J. (2010) Moral perception. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume , 84 (1). pp. 99-117. ISSN: 1467-8349 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8349.2010.00188.x
- Dancy, J. (2009) Arguments from illusion. In: Byrne, A. and Logue, H. , (eds.) Disjunctivism: contemporary readings. MIT readers in contemporary philosophy MIT Press , Cambridge, USA. pp. 117-136. ISBN: 9780262524902
- Dancy, J. (2009) Harold Arthur Prichard. In: Zalta, E. , (eds.) Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Stanford University
- Dancy, J. (2009) Normativity. Lexikon philosophie, hundert grundbegriffe. Reclam Verlag , Stuttgart. pp. 334. ISBN: 9783150107119
- Dancy, J. (2009) Reasons and rationality. In: Skorupski, J. , Robertson, S. , Timmerman, J. , (eds.) Spheres of reason: new essays in the philosophy of normativity. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 93-112. ISBN: 9780199572939
- Dancy, J. (2009) Action, content and inference. In: Glock, H. and Hyman, J. , (eds.) Wittgenstein and analytic philosophy: essays for P. M. S. Hacker . Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 278-298. ISBN: 9780199213238
- Dancy, J. (2008) Action in moral metaphysics. In: Sandis, C. , (eds.) New essays on the explanation of action. Palgrave Macmillan , London. pp. 398-417. ISBN: 9780230522022
- Dancy, J. (2008) How to act - disjunctively. In: Macpherson, F. and Haddock, A. , (eds.) Disjunctivism: perception, action, knowledge. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 262-279. ISBN: 9780199231546
- Dancy, J. (2008) Are basic moral facts both contingent and a priori?. In: Lance, M. , Potrc, M. , Strahovnik, V. , (eds.) Challenging moral particularism. Routledge , London. pp. 55-61. ISBN: 9780415963770
- Dancy, J. , Lind, A. , Brannmark, J. (2008) Particularism in question: an interview with Jonathan Dancy. Theoria , 74 (1). pp. 3-17. ISSN: 1755-2567 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-2567.2008.00002.x
- Dancy, J. (2007) Review of: S Botros, Hume, reason and morality. Times Literary Supplement
- Dancy, J. (2007) Review: Sean McKeever and Michael Ridge, Principled ethics: generalism as a regulative ideal. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006. Mind , 116 (462). pp. 462-7. ISSN: 1460-2113 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzm462
- Dancy, J. (2007) When reasons don't rhyme. The Philosopher's Magazine (37). pp. 19-24. ISSN: 1354-814X
- Dancy, J. (2007) An unprincipled morality. In: Shafer-Landau, R. , (eds.) Foundations of ethics: an anthology. Wiley- Blackwell , Oxford. pp. 265-280. ISBN: 9781405129510
- Dancy, J. (2007) Necessity, universality and the a priori in ethics. In: Puri, B. , (eds.) Reason, morality and beauty: essays on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Oxford University Press , Delhi. pp. 40-54. ISBN: 9780195683936
- Dancy, J. (2007) Defending the right. Journal of Moral Philosophy , 4 (1). pp. 85-98. ISSN: 1745-5243 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1740468106072790
- Dancy, J. (2007) Was Moore right about punishment?. In: Nuccetelli, S. and Seay, G. , (eds.) Themes from G. E. Moore: new essays in epistemology and ethics. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 325-342. ISBN: 9780199281725
- Dancy, J. (2007) Ethical non-naturalism. In: Copp, D. , (eds.) The Oxford handbook of ethical theory. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 122-145. ISBN: 9780195325911
- Dancy, J. (2006) What do reasons do?. In: Horgan, T. and Timmons, M. , (eds.) Metaethics after Moore. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 39-60. ISBN: 9780199269914 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199269914.003.0003
- Dancy, J. (2006) Review: Sean McKeever, Michael Ridge, Principled ethics: generalism as a regulative ideal. Times Literary Supplement pp. 32.
- Dancy, J. (2006) On how to be a moral rationalist, a contribution to a symposium on C. Peacocke The Realm of Reason. Philosophical Books , 47 (2). pp. 103-110. ISSN: 1468-0149 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0149.2006.391-2.x
- Dancy, J. (2006) What is particularism in ethics?. Ragion Pratica , 26 (1). pp. 113-131. ISSN: 1720-2396
- Dancy, J. (2006) Acting in the light of the appearances. In: MacDonald, C. and MacDonald, G. , (eds.) McDowell and his critics. Wiley-Blackwell , Oxford. pp. 121-134. ISBN: 9781405106238
- Dancy, J. , eds. (2006) The thing to use. In: Kroes, P. and Meijers, A. , (eds.) Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A: The Dual Nature of Technical Artifacts , 37 (1). pp. 58-61. ISSN: 0039-3681 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2005.12.007
- Dancy, J. (2006) Reasons, relevance and salience; a response to Hookway. Philosophical Studies , 130 (1). pp. 71-79. ISSN: 1573-0883 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-005-3234-0
- Dancy, J. (2006) Should we pass the buck?. In: Ronnow-Rasmussen, T. and Zimmerman, M. , (eds.) Recent work on intrinsic value. Springer , Kluwer. pp. 33-44. ISBN: 9781402038457
- Dancy, J. (2006) The particularist's progress. In: Ronnow-Rasmussen, T. and Zimmerman, M. , (eds.) Recent work on intrinsic value. Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy Springer , Kluwer. pp. 325-348. ISBN: 9781402038457
- Dancy, J. (2005) Ethical intuitionism. In: Borchert, D. , (eds.) Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2nd edition. Macmillan Reference USA pp 6200. ISBN: 9780028657806
- Dancy, J. (2005) Review: J Raz et al, The practice of value. Mind , 114 (453). pp. 189-92. ISSN: 1460-2113 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzi189
- Dancy, J. (2005) Review: G F Schueler, Reasons and purposes, and David-Hillel Ruben, Action and its explanation. Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press 2003. Philosophical Quarterly , 55 (218). pp. 139-42. ISSN: 1467-9213 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0031-8094.2005.00392.x
- Dancy, J. (2005) Essentially comparative concepts. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy , 1 (2). pp. 1-16. ISSN: 1559-3061
- Dancy, J. (2005) Two ways of explaining actions. In: Hyman, J. and Steward, H. , (eds.) Agency and action. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp. 25-42. ISBN: 9780521603560 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.2277/0521603560
- Dancy, J. (2005) Enticing reasons. In: Nimtz, C. and Beckermann, A. , (eds.) Philosophy - Science - Scientific Philosophy. Main lectures and colloquia of GAP 5, Fifth International Congress for the Society of Analytical Philosophy. Mentis , Paderborn. pp. 10-32.
- Dancy, J. (2005) Berkeley's active self. European Journal of Analytic Philosophy , 1 (1). pp. 5-20. ISSN: 1845-8475
- Dancy, J. (2004) Ethics without principles. Oxford University Press , Oxford, UK. pp 229. ISBN: 9780199270026
- Dancy, J. (2004) Enticing reasons. In: Wallace, . , Pettit, P. , Scheffler, S. , Smith, . , (eds.) Reason and value: themes from the moral philosophy of Joseph Raz. Oxford University Press , Oxford, UK. pp. 91-118. ISBN: 9780199261888
- Dancy, J. (2004) Discussion on the importance of making things right. Ratio , 17 (2). pp. 229-237. ISSN: 0034-0006 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2004.00250.x
- Dancy, J. (2004) Review of 'Ethical particularism: an essay on moral reasons' by U. Kihlbom. Philosophical Quarterly , 54 (217). pp. 624-625. ISSN: 1467-9213 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0031-8094.2004.00378.x
- Dancy, J. (2003) From intuitionism to emotivism. In: Baldwin, . , (eds.) The Cambridge history of philosophy, 1870-1945. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge, UK. pp. 693-703. ISBN: 9780521591041 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.2277/052159104X
- Dancy, J. (2003) Contro le ragioni basate su desideri. Ragion Pratica , 20 (1). pp. 189-208. ISSN: 1720-2396 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1415/9126
- Dancy, J. (2003) Précis of 'Practical reality'. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , 67 (2). pp. 423-428. ISSN: 1933-1592 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1933-1592.2003.tb00298.x
- Dancy, J. (2003) Reply to my critics. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , 67 (2). pp. 468-490. ISSN: 1933-1592 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1933-1592.2003.tb00304.x
- Dancy, J. (2003) What do reasons do?. Southern Journal of Philosophy , 41 (S1). pp. 95-113. ISSN: 2041-6962 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-6962.2003.tb00979.x
- Dancy, J. (2003) Are there organic unities?. Ethics , 113 (3). pp. 629-650. ISSN: 1539-297X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/345622
- Dancy, J. (2003) Critical studies: aspects of reason I. Philosophical Quarterly , 53 (211). pp. 274-279. ISSN: 1467-9213 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9213.00312
- Dancy, J. (2003) Review of 'Truth and truthfulness: an essay in genealogy' by B. Williams. The Pelican Record , 43 pp. 88-93.