268:, Kieran Brayford writes that the 'book is terse, lively, and enjoyable' and that he would 'especially recommend it to those who feel instinctively rankled by its idealist leanings. There is enough in the book to maybe change your mind.' In popular writings and lectures about idealism, Tartaglia has emphasized its near universality within world culture and its ability to preserve common sense intuitions.
208:, Williams' line of questioning concerned the lack of moral guidance that his neutral nihilism offers. In response to a similar line of questioning from Rabbi Adam Jacobs, Tartaglia said the problem with using the meaning of life as a basis for moral judgements is that, "nobody's ever been able to agree on what it is." In a review of
292:... to explore some particularly difficult current issues. This approach works extraordinarily well, the pieces - all first takes - mixing expressive solo tenor lines and childlike, often wordless singing over marching beats ... Not an easy listen, as if its subject matter would allow that, but certainly a hugely rewarding one.'
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performed by two vocalists and a trio of tenor saxophone (Tartaglia), double bass and drums. It features five of
Tartaglia's compositions that were inspired by news stories at the time: 'Paedophile Priest', 'Asylum Seeker', 'Economic Migrant', 'Peace Process' and 'Weapons of Mass Destruction'. In a
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Tartaglia argues that nihilism is an evaluatively neutral fact about reality; nihilism is not a negative state of affairs, as it is standardly assumed to be, nor a positive state of affairs, as per the 'Sunny
Nihilism' defended by Wendy Syfret. When Tartaglia was questioned by
212:(2016) for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Guy Bennett-Hunter is sympathetic to Tartaglia's idealist 'transcendent hypothesis' but not his nihilism, arguing that there are various 'unstated affinities' between Tartaglia's views and those of
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in 2002, where he stayed to become
Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy in 2017; his inaugural lecture was a jazz-philosophy fusion performance entitled, “I’m Gonna Tell You the Meaning of Life”. He is an Associate Editor at the journal
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as if she were tormenting vocalist Sonja
Morgenstein with the cosmic pessimism being expressed; Tartaglia explains the concepts behind this performance in his article, 'Jazz-Philosophy Fusion'.
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endorsed as 'a major work of philosophy by one of the UK's most original philosophers', Tartaglia focuses on metaphysical idealism, for which he provides five arguments: the first about
451:, 2016 – with Jessica Radcliffe (vocals), Sonja Morgenstern (vocals), Steve Tromans (piano), David Hilton (bass guitar), Tymoteusz Jozwiak (drums), Gareth Fowler (guitar)
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