Tamler Sommers: Publications

Peer Reviewed

"The Two Faces of Revenge: Moral Responsibility and the Culture of Honor" Biology and Philosophy. Forthcoming, OnlineEarly (subscription required), or see the draft version.

"More Work for Hard Incompatibilism" Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Forthcoming. (Draft Version)

"The Objective Attitude." The Philosophical Quarterly. 57, 228 (2007): 321-342 (subscription required) or see the Draft version

"The Illusion of Freedom Evolves." . In Distributed Cognition and the Will. ed. Spurrett, D., Kincaid, H. Ross, D., Stephens. L. MIT Press. Sept. 2007. (draft version)

"Darwin's Nihlistic Idea: Evolution and the Meaninglessness of Life", Biology and Philosophy. 18: 653-668. November 2003. (With Alex Rosenberg).

"Of Zombies, Color Scientists, and Floating Iron Bars". Psyche 8:22. November, 2002

Under Review

"Metaskepticism about Moral Responsibility."

"The Intellectually Modest Criminal."

Interviews for The Believer

Interview with Frans de Waal, September 2007

Interview with Jonathan Haidt, August 2005

Interview with Michael Ruse, July 2003

Interview with Galen Strawson, March 2003

Reviews for The Times Literary Supplement

“A Review of The Self , edited by Galen Strawson.” January 6, 2006.

“Thanks be to God: A Review of Can God Be Free? by William T. Rowe.” January 21, 2005.

“Diane Decides: A Review of Justice, Luck, and Knowledge, by S.L. Hurley.” May 7, 2004.

“Rightly Determined: A Review of Deontic Morality and Control, by Ishtiyaque Haji.” October 17, 2003.

Essay on naturalism.org

Darrow and Determinism:  Giving Up Ultimate Responsibility