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I am Senior Professor of Practical Philosophy at Lund university. My studies in philosophy begun in Warsaw and continued in Uppsala where in 1979 I got my Ph.D. Thereupon,I remained in Uppsala as associate professor in practical philosophy. During that period, I was the acting chair of practical philosophy 1987-89, the head of Uppsala's philosophy department 1988-93, and one of the directors of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study(SCAS)1994-95.
In 1995 I was appointed to the position as Professor of Practical Philosophy in Lund.
Research areas: moral philosophy, value theory, decision theory and philosophical logic.
My current research focuses on value theory and decision theory.
Other current assignments: Long-term fellow at the Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study (SCAS) in Uppsala. Co-editor of Theoria. Honorary Visiting Professor at the School of Politics Philosophy, University of York.
Research
Completed projects
About the research
Selected publications:
-"Buck-Passing and the Right Kind of Reasons", with T. Rønnow-Rasmussen, Philosophical Quarterly 2006
-"Democratic Answers to Complex Questions - An Epistemic Perspective", with L. Bovens, Synthese 2006
“Pragmatic Arguments for Rationality Constraints”, in Galavotti, Scazzieri & Suppes (eds), Reasoning, Rationality and Probability, Stanford: CSLI Publications 2008
-"Value Relations", Theoria 2008
-"Incommensurability and Vagueness", Proc. of Aristotelian Soc., Suppl. Vol. 2009
-"Preference Utilitarianism by Way of Preference Change?", in Grüne-Yanoff & Hansson (eds.), Preference Change, Springer 2009
-"The Puzzle of the Hats", with Bovens,Synthese 2009.
-"Broome and the Intuition of Neutrality", Philosophical Issues 2009
-"Analyticity and Possible Worlds", Erkenntnis 2010
-"Better to Be than Not to Be?", with Arrhenius, in Joas & Klein (eds.), The Benefit of Broad Horizons, Brill 2010
-"Value Relations Revisited", Economics and Philosophy 2012
University Press: Oxford, 2015, 225-248.
-"Interference Problem for the Betting Interpretation of Degrees of Belief", with L. Eriksson, Synthese 2013.
-"Safeguards of a Disunified Mind", Inquiry 2014.
-"Two Intuitions About Free Will: Alternative Possibilities and Intentional Endorsement”, with C. List, Philosophical Perspectives 2014.
-"Value Superiority", with Arrhenius, in Hirose & Olson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Value Theory, OUP 2015.
-"The Value of Existence", with Arrhenius, ibid.
Publications
Books (2)
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2004). Patterns of Value - Essays on Formal Axiology and Value Analysis, Vol. 2. Lund Philosophy Reports, 2004:1. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2003). Patterns of Value - Essays on Formal Axiology and Value Analysis, vol. 1. Lund Philosophy Reports, 2003:1. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
Editorships (5)
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2004). (Eds.) Patterns of Value- Essays on Formal Axiology and Value Analysis, vol. 2. Lund Philosophy Reports, 2004:1. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2003). (Eds.) Patterns of Value : Essays on Formal Axiology and Value Analysis, vol. 1. Lund Philosophy Reports, 2003:1. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2003). (Eds.) Patterns of Value: Essays on Formal Axiology and Value Analysis. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2001). (Ed.) Value and choice : some common themes in decision theory and moral philosophy, vol. 1. Lund Philosophy Reports, 2000:1. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2000). (Ed.) Value and choice : some common themes in decision theory and moral philosophy. Vol. 2. LPR : Lund Philosophy Reports, 2000:2. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
Articles (45)
- Rabinowicz, W. & Lina, E. (submitted). The Interference Problem for the Betting Interpretetation. Synthese, published on-line. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (in press). Aggregation of Value Judgments Differs from Preference Aggregation. Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities. Rodopi.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2016). Derek Parfit's Contributions to Philosophy. Theoria, 82, 104-109. Thales.
- List, C. & Rabinowicz, W. (2014). Two intuitions about free will: Alternative possibilities and intentional endorsement. Philosophical Perspectives, 28, 155-172. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2014). Safeguards of a Disunified Mind. Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 57, 356-383. Routledge.
- Rabinowicz, W. & List, C. (2014). Two intuitions about free will: Alternative possibilities and intentional endorsement. Philosophical Perspectives, 28, 155-172. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Eriksson, L. & Rabinowicz, W. (2013). The interference problem for the betting interpretation of degrees of belief. Synthese, 190, 809-830. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2012). Value Relations Revisited. Economics and Philosophy, 28, 133-164. Cambridge University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2012). Ethics Discussions at PEA Soup: Rabinowicz and Ronnow-Rasmussen on Schroeder. Ethics at PEA Soup, 1-5. Dan Boisvert, Joshua Glasgow, Douglas Portmore, and David Shoemaker.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2012). Ethics Discussions at PEA Soup: Rabinowicz and Ronnow-Rasmussen on Way. PEA Soup A blog dedicated to philosophy, ethics, and academia, 1-6.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Luc, B. (2011). Bets on Hats - On Dutch Books Against Groups, Degrees of Belief as Betting Rates, and Group-Reflection. Episteme, 8, 281-300. Edinburgh University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2010). Analyticity and Possible-World Semantics. Erkenntnis, 72, 295-314. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2010). In memoriam - Jordan Howard Sobel (1929 – 2010). Theoria, 76, 192-196.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2010). Jordan Howard Sobel (1929 – 2010) till minne. Filosofisk tidskrift, 2010, 57-60.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2010). Odwracanie ról : Odpowiedź na artykuł Krzysztofa Saji. Analiza i Egzystencja : Czasopismo Filozoficzne, 12, 61-68. Szczecin University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2010). Om värderelationer. Filosofisk tidskrift, 1. Thales.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2010). Utylitaryzm preferencji poprzez zmianę preferencji?. Analiza i Egzystencja : Czasopismo Filozoficzne, 12, 37-7. Szczecin University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Bovens, L. (2010). The Puzzle of the Hats. Synthese, 172, 57-78. Springer.
- Mulligan, K. & Rabinowicz, W. (2009). Editorial. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 12, 327-328. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2009). Broome and the Intuition of Neutrality. Philosophical Issues, 11, 389-411. John Wiley & Sons.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2009). Incommensurability and Vagueness. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 83, 71-94. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2009). Relacje Wartości. Etyka, 42, 120-85. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Semper.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2009). Values Compared. Polish Journal of Philosophy, 3, 73-96.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Mulligan, K. (2009). Editorial - Guest editors' introduction to a special issue on value theory. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 12, 327-328. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2008). Värdejämförelser. Kungl. vitterhets historie och antikvitetsakademiens årsbok, 77-94. Kungliga Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademien.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2008). Value Relations. Theoria, 74, 18-49. Thales.
- Bovens, L. & Rabinowicz, W. (2006). Democratic answers to complex questions - an epistemic perspective. Synthese, 150, 131-153. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2006). Buck-passing and the right kind of reasons. Philosophical Quarterly, 56, 114-120. Oxford University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Arrhenius, G. (2005). Millian Superiorities. Utilitas, 17, 127-146. Cambridge University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Arrhenius, G. (2005). Value and Unacceptable Risk: Temkin's Worries about Continuity Reconsidered. Economics and Philosophy, 21, 177-198. Cambridge University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Bovens, L. (2005). De Doctrinale Paradox. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 97, 60-76.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2004). Om ojämlikhetens negativa värde – några anmärkningar. Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, 8, 52-66. Thales.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Bovens, L. (2004). Voting Procedures for Complex Collective Decision. Ratio Juris, 17, 241-258. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2004). The Strike of the Demon: On Fitting Pro-attitudes. Ethics, 114, 391-423. University of Chicago Press.
- Jiborn, M. & Rabinowicz, W. (2003). Reconsidering the Foole's rejoinder: Backward induction in indefinitely iterated prisoner's dilemmas. Synthese, 136, 135-157. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2003). Complex Collective Decisions – An Epistemic Perspective. Associations Journal for Social and Legal Theory, 7.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2003). Remarks on the Absent minded Driver. Studia Logica, 73, 241-256. Studia Logica.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2003). Ryberg’s Doubts About Higher and Lower Pleasures –Put to Rest?. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 6, 231-237. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2003). The Size of Inequality and Its Badness – Some Reflections around Temkin’s “Inequality”. Theoria, 69, 60-84. Thales.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2003). Tropic of Value. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 66, 389-403. Brown University.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2002). Does Practical deliberation Crowd Out Self-Prediction?. Erkenntnis, 57, 122-91. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2002). Prioritarianism for Prospects. Utilitas, 14, 2-21. Cambridge University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Bovens, L. (2002). Demokrati och komplexa beslut - omigen. Filosofisk tidskrift, 2002, 52-56.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2001). Värdefulla Ting. Filosofisk tidskrift, 1, 48-59. Thales.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2000). A Distinction in Value: Intrinsic and For Its Own Sake. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 100, 33-51. Wiley-Blackwell.
Book chapters (31)
- Bovens, L. & Rabinowicz, W. (2015). The Meaning of 'Darn It!'. In Hirose, I. & Reisner, A. (Eds.) Weighing and Reasoning (pp. 129-139). Oxford University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Arrhenius, G. (2015). The Value of Existence. In Hirose, I. & Olson, J. (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Value Theory (pp. 424-444). Oxford University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Arrhenius, G. (2015). Value Superiorities. In Hirose, I. & Olson, J. (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Value Theory (pp. 225-248). Oxford University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2015). Value Taxonomy. In Brosch, T. & Sander, D. (Eds.) Handbook of Value/Perspectives from Economics, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology (pp. 23-42). Oxford University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Eriksson, L. (2014). Betting Interpretation and the Problem of Interference. In Galavotti, M.-C., Nemeth, E. & Stadler, F. (Eds.) Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook (pp. 103-115), 17. Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2013). When In Doubt, Equalize: Presumption of Equality Justified. In Eyal, N., Hurst, S. A., Norheim, O. F. & Wikler, D. (Eds.) Inequalities in Health - Concepts, Measures, asn Ethics (pp. 164-177). Oxford University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2011). Democracy - Two Models. In Sliwinski, R. (Ed.) Neither/Nor - Philosophical Essays dediscated to Erik Carlson on the Occasion of His 50th Birthday (pp. 219-241). Uppsala Philosophical Studies.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2011). Presumption of Equality as a Requirement of Fairness. In Ehtibar/Lacey, D. (Ed.) Descriptive and Normative Approaches to Hyman Behavior (pp. 203-224). World Scientific.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2011). Value Relations - Old Wine in New Bottles. In Raboul, A. (Ed.) Philosophical Papers dedicated to Kevin Mulligan.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2010). Epistemic Logic: Questions and Answers. In Hendricks, V. (Ed.) Epistemic Logic: 5 Questions (pp. 121-128). Automatic Press/VIP.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Gustaf, A. (2010). Better to Be Than Not to BE?. In Joas, H. (Ed.) The Benefit of Broad Horizons. Intellectual and Institutional Preconditions for a Global Social Science (pp. 399-421). Brill Academic Publishers.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2009). Democratic answers to complex Questions - An Epistemic Perspective. In Sintonen, M. (Ed.) The Socratic Tradition - Questioning as Philosophy and Method (pp. 223-251). College Publications.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2009). Letters from Long Ago: On Causal Decision Theory and Centered Chances. In Johansson, L.-G. (Ed.) Logic, Ethics, and All That Jazz - Essays in Honour of Jordan Howard Sobel (pp. 247-273), 56. Uppsala Philosophical Studies.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2009). Preference Utilitarianism by Way of Preference Change?. In Grune-Yanoff, T. (Ed.) Preference Change: Approaches from Philosophy, Economics and Psychology (pp. 185-206). Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Bovens, L. (2009). A Dutch book for group decision-making?. In Löwe, B., Pacuit, E. & Romeijn, J.-W. (Eds.) Foundations of the formal sciences VI : probabilistic reasoning and reasoning with probabilities (pp. 101-91), Studies in logic, 16. College Publications.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2008). Pragmatic Arguments for Rationality Constraints. In Galavotti, M.-C., Scazzieri, R. & Suppes, P. (Eds.) Reasoning, Rationality and Probability (pp. 139-163). CSLI Publications.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2006). Analyticity - An Unfinished Business in Possible World Semantics. In Lagerlund, H. & Sliwinski, R. (Eds.) Modality Matters: Twenty-Five essays in Honour of Krister Segerberg (pp. 345-358). Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2006). Levi on Money Pumps and Diachronic Dutch-Book Arguments. In Olsson, E. (Ed.) Knowledge and Inquiry: Essays on the Pragmatism of Isaac levi (pp. 289-312). Cambridge University Press.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2005). Mechanisms of Truth-Directedness - Comments on Pascal Engel's 'Truth and the Aim of Belief'. In Gillies, D. (Ed.) Laws and Models in Science (pp. 101-106). King's College Publications.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2005). A Distinction in Value - Intrinsic and For Its Own Sake. In Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. & Zimmerman, M. (Eds.) Recent Work on Intrinsic Value (pp. 115-130). Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2005). Tropic of Value. In Rønnow-rasmussen, T. & Zimmerman, M. (Eds.) Recent Work on Intrinsic Value (pp. 213-228). Springer.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2004). Modeling Parity and Incomparability. In Rabinowicz, W. & Rönnow-Rasmussen, T. (Eds.) Patterns of value : essays on formal axiology and value analysis. vol. 2 (LPR : Lund philosophy reports ; 2004:1 ). Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Arrhenius, G. (2004). Millian Superiorities. In Rabinowicz, W. & Rönnow-Rasmussen, T. (Eds.) Patterns of value : essays on formal axiology and value analysis, vol. 2 (LPR : Lund philosophy reports ; 2004:1). Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Bovens, L. (2004). Democracy and Argument - Tracking Truth in Complex Social Decisions. In van Aaken, A., List, C. & Luetge, C. (Eds.) Deliberation and Decision: Economics, Constitutional Theory, and Deliberative Democracy. Ashgate.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Broome, J. (2004). Superior Attributes. In Rabinowicz, W. & Rönnow-Rasmussen, T. (Eds.) Patterns of value : essays on formal axiology and value analysis. vol. 2. ( LPR : Lund philosophy reports ; 2004 :1 ). Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Arrhenius, G. (2003). On Millian Discontinuities. In Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (Eds.) Patterns of Value - Essays on Formal Axiology and Value Analysis (pp. 1-8), 1. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Bovens, L. (2003). Democracy and Argument – Tracking Truth in Complex Social Decisions. In van Aaken, A., List, C. & Luetge, C. (Eds.) Deliberation and Decision: Economics, Constitutional Theory, and Deliberative Democracy. Ashgate.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2002). Kripke on Psychophysical Identity. In Lindström, S. & Sundström, P. (Eds.) Physicalism, Consciousness and Modality - Essays in the Philosophy of Mind.
- Rabinowicz, W. & Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (2001). Tropic of Value. In Carlsson, E. & Sliwinski, R. (Eds.) Omnium-gatherum; Philosophical essays dedicated to Jan Österberg on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday (pp. 263-277), 50. Uppsala Philosophical Studies.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2000). Money Pump with Foresight. In Almeida, M. J. (Ed.) Imperceptible Harms and benefits (pp. 123-154). Kluwer.
- Sahlin, N.-E. & Rabinowicz, W. (1997). The Evidentiary Value Model. In Gabbay, D. & Smets, P. (Eds.) Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems (pp. 247-265), 1. Kluwer.
Encyclopaedia entries (1)
Conference contributions (5)
- Rabinowicz, W. (in press). If in Doubt, Treat'em Equally. Proceedings of the 6th European Congress in Analytic Philosophy (ECAP 6), 219-243. College Publications.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2012). Иррациональность, делает ли она человека незащищенным от эксплуатации?. In Guseynov, A. & Lektorsky, V. (Eds.) Рациональность и ее границы (Rationality and Its Limits), Proceedings of the 2011 Moscow meeting of Institute International de Philosophie (pp. 100-74). Russian Academy of Sciences.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2012). Does Irrationality Make One Vulnerable to Exploitation?. In Lektorsky, V. & Guseynov, A. (Eds.) Rationality and Its Limits. Proceedings of the 2011 Moscow meeting of Institut International de Philosophie (pp. 67-89). Russian Academy of Sciences.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2008). Presumption of Equality. In Jönsson, M. (Eds.) LPR : Lund philosophy reports (pp. 109-155), 2008:1. Department of Philosophy, Lund University.
- Rabinowicz, W. (2002). Preference Logic and Radical Interpretation: Kanger meets Davidson. In Gärdenfors, P., Wolenski, J. & Kijania-Placek, K. (Eds.) In the Scope of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (pp. 213-233), 2. Springer.
Reports (1)
Supervision at Lund University (3)
- Fritzson, F.-A. (2014). Value Grounded on Attitudes. Subjectivism in Value Theory. Lund University (Media-Tryck). Dissertation.
- Brandstedt, E. (2013). The Construction of a Sustainable Development in Times of Climate Change. Lund University (Media-Tryck). Dissertation.
- Brax, D. (2009). Hedonism as the Explanation of Value. Dissertation.
Research portal (Lund University)
Other tasks and qualifications
Past assignments: Cantennial Professor at London School of Economics, 2013-16. Editor-in-chief of Theoria, 1996-99. Co-editor of Economics and Philosophy, 1997-2002. Co-editor of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 2013-16. President of the European Society for Analytic Philosophy, 1999-2002. Chairman of the Swedish Philosophical Society, 2007-9. Chairman of the Schock Prize Committee for Logic and Philosophy at the Royal Academy of Sciences, 2009-14.
Research grants: Tercentenary Foundation of the Bank of Sweden, 1999-2003, 2003-2007. Swedish Research Council 2007-2012.
Research leaves: Leibniz professor, Leipzig 2000; adjunct professor at the Research School for Social Sciences (RSSS) in Canberra 2003-7, visiting fellow at All Souls, Oxford 2007, at SCAS 1994, 2004, 2008, 2011,2014, at the University College, Oxford, 2013, at RSSS 2016; Centenary Fellow of Scots Philosophical Association 2013; visiting fellow of the Franco-Swedish Programme in Economics and Philosophy in Paris 2013 and 2014.
Festschrifts:
"Odds and Ends: Philosophical essays Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz", ed. by S. Lindström, R. Sliwinski and J. Österberg, Uppsala 1996;
"Hommage à Wlodek: 60 Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz", ed. by T. Rönnow-Rasmussen, B. Petersson, J. Josefsson and D. Egonsson, Lund 2007, http://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek
Learned societies: Institut International de
Philosophie, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, Academia Europea, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences in Uppsala, Scientific Society in Lund, Royal Scientific Society of Letters in Lund, The Tampere Club.
