Kadish Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory: Michael Martin, University of California, Berkeley

Hume, Sentiment and No-Fault Disagreement

Hume’s celebrated essay, ‘On the Standard of Taste’ is often taken to uphold the common observation that people can disagree in matters of taste without there being any error on either side of the dispute. And Hume’s account of judgements of taste has often been taken as the basis of a subjectivist model of aesthetic and moral judgement. In this paper, I’ll argue that both contentions misinterpret the point of Hume’s essay, and the form of Hume’s sentimentalism.

About Michael Martin:

Mike Martin is Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Mills Adjunct Professor in the Department of Philosophy at UC Berkeley.

He is perpetually finishing a book on the philosophy of perception, _Uncovering Appearances_. But he also has interests in the history of philosophy, particularly the work of David Hume, and the early analytic philosophers.

About the Workshop:

A workshop for presenting and discussing work in progress in moral, political, and legal theory. The central aim is to provide an opportunity for students to engage with philosophers, political theorists, and legal scholars working on normative questions. Another aim is to bring together people from different disciplines who have strong normative interests or who speak to issues of potential interest to philosophers and political theorists.  

The theme for the Fall 2024 workshop is “Disagreement.”

This semester the workshop is co-taught by Josh Cohen and Véronique Munoz-Dardé.