Canadian Journal of Practical Philosophy (CJPP), Volume 8 Papers by the Editors and Members of the Editorial Board
Volume 8, CJPP, 2022
Editorial Board:
John Borrows, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law, University of Victoria Nathan Brett, Philosophy (Emeritus), Dalhousie University
Will Buschert, Philosophy & Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan Jane Dryden, Philosophy, Mount Alison University
Jay Drydyk, Philosophy, Carlton University
Lorraine Mayer, Native Studies, Brandon University Bruce Morito, Philosophy (Emeritus), Athabasca
Maureen Muldoon, Faculty Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Windsor Dwight Newman, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
Kathryn Norlock, Kenneth Mark Drain Endowed Chair in Ethics, Trent University J. Douglas Rabb, Philosophy (Emeritus), Lakehead University
Christine Tappolet, Département de philosophie, Université de Montréal Kira Tomsons, Philosophy, Douglas College
Jennifer Welchman, Philosophy, University of Alberta Alex Wellington, Philosophy, Ryerson University
The Canadian Journal of Practical Philosophy (CJPP) is an on-line, open access publication. It was founded by the editors, Philip MacEwen (Departments of Philosophy and Humanities, York University) and Sandra Tomsons (Research Affiliate: Centre for Health Care Ethics, Lakehead University), in 2017 and is published by the University of Windsor through its Leddy Library on- line, open access publishing unit.
Preface
In this Volume, we are pleased to present papers written, or jointly written, by the Editors, Philip MacEwen and Sandra Tomsons, and two members of our Editorial Board, Jane Dryden and Lorraine Mayer.
The papers in Volume 8 deal with a range of topics in practical philosophy.
The first contribution, “Responding to Gut Issues: Insights from Disability Theory,” is by Jane Dryden. Understanding ‘gut issues’ to refer to any condition which affects the human digestive system and causes pain or discomfort, this paper aims to 1) introduce and justify a disability theory approach to gut issues, 2) use gut issues thus construed to contend that the experience thereof has a social and relational dimension which could be otherwise, and 3) argue for a shared responsibility to ameliorate this dimension.
Canadian Journal of Practical Philosophy (CJPP), Volume 8 Papers by the Editors and Members of the Editorial Board
Volume 8, CJPP, 2022 The second paper, “Is the Naturalistic Fallacy Really a Fallacy,” is by Philip MacEwen. It argues that, given the conventional interpretation of Hume’s famous passage in the Treatise on “is” and
“ought,” i.e., no set of nonmoral premises, or premises not containing a moral term or terms used normatively can entail a moral conclusion or statement containing a moral term or terms used normatively, the naturalistic fallacy is only a fallacy if certain assumptions about the knower and the known are granted. These assumptions are peculiar to a modern way of looking at the world and were not shared by the worldviews which preceded it.
The third paper, “Inter-philosophy Dialogue Informs Research,” is co-authored by Lorraine Mayer and Sandra Tomsons. It is based on their many years of joint research and publishing. It aims to justify and illustrate the moral and epistemic value of the inter-philosophy dialogue (IPD) methodology which the authors have used in their Indigenous-non-Indigenous collaborative research. It tries to show researchers, particularly global health researchers (GHRers), that IPD supports i) moral and epistemic respect in collaborative relationships, ii) clarity about normative assumptions and presuppositions, iii) sound argument-chains supporting empirical and normative conclusions, and iv) new normative paradigms for research. In Part 1, the authors show why a philosophical methodology developed in the context of Aboriginal rights research has applicability in the context of global health. In Part II, they demonstrate the use and success of IPD in their collaborative research and co-authoring. In Part III, they justify their confidence that GHRers using IDP can produce analogous results.
Looking ahead, Volume 9 of the CJPP will address eclectic issues in practical philosophy, Volume 10 will be a second volume on the COVID-19 pandemic (Volume 6 was our first study of the COVID-19 pandemic.), and Volume 11 will deal with issues of law, community, and justice.
Submissions to the CJPP are welcome. Please address correspondence to Philip MacEwen ([email protected]) and Sandra Tomsons ([email protected]).
Philip MacEwen and Sandra Tomsons, Editors
