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  1. Leibniz's Argument for Primitive Concepts.Dennis Plaisted - 2003 - Journal of the History of Philosophy 41 (3):329-341.
    On its face, Leibniz's argument for primitive concepts seems to imply that unless we can analyze non-primitive concepts into their primitive constituents, we cannot grasp them. This implication, together with Leibniz's belief that we do conceive of some non-primitive concepts, entails that we can analyze some non-primitive concepts into their primitive components. However, Leibniz claims elsewhere that we are incapable of doing this. To resolve this inconsistency, I argue that, for Leibniz, grasping a concept is not an all-or-nothing affair; instead (...)
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    Leibniz on purely extrinsic denominations.Dennis Plaisted - 2002 - Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.
    The central task of this dissertation is to develop a new interpretation of Leibniz's famous claim that there are no purely extrinsic denominations . Though Leibniz regarded NPE as one of his most important doctrines, he nowhere offers an explicit statement as to what he meant by it. One interpretation of NPE, which enjoys a modest consensus among interpreters, is that all extrinsic denominations reduce to intrinsic denominations. According to the reductionist view, things only have intrinsic denominations as properties; extrinsic (...)
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    An Undignified Side of Death with Dignity Legislation.Dennis Plaisted - 2013 - Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 23 (3):201-228.
    In recent years, Oregon and Washington have enacted so-called Death with Dignity (DWD) statutes that permit patients whose doctors certify that they have less than six months to live to commit suicide with the aid of a physician.1 The laws allow a doctor, upon the patient’s request, to prescribe a lethal dosage of drugs, which the patient then self-administers.2 Oregon’s law went into effect in 1997, and over five hundred terminal patients have ended their lives pursuant to it since then (...)
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    The Ethics of Appropriating Evil.Dennis Plaisted - 2007 - Teaching Ethics 7 (2):1-23.
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    On justifying one’s acceptance of divine command theory.Dennis Plaisted - 2017 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 81 (3):315-334.
    It has been alleged against divine command theory that we cannot justify our acceptance of it without giving it up. For if we provide moral reasons for our acceptance of God’s commands, then those reasons, and not God’s commands, must be our ultimate moral standard. Kai Nielsen has offered the most forceful version of this objection in his book, Ethics Without God. My principal aim is to show that Nielsen’s charge does not succeed. His argument crucially relies upon the assumption (...)
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    Professional Ethics and the Verdict.Dennis Plaisted - 2008 - Teaching Ethics 8 (2):43-56.
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    Reply to Cover.Dennis Plaisted - 2004 - The Leibniz Review 14:109-113.
    The deepest and most formidable presentation to date of the reductionist interpretation of Leibniz’s views on relations is surely to be found in Jan Cover’s outstanding book, Substance and Individuation in Leibniz. Not surprisingly, Cover’s review of my book sets forth a number of objections to the view I develop. Despite my resistance to his objections in what follows, I found his charges to be both challenging and instructive, and I am grateful for the overall friendly tone with which he (...)
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