Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Philosophy

Highlighted Publications

Finlay, S. (2014). Confusion of Tongues: A Theory of Normative Language. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199347490.001.0001

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Recent Publications

Finlay, S. (2025). Beyond Normativity: Can Metaethics Escape Samsara’s Wheel? In S. Kirchin (Ed.), The Future of Normativity (pp. 35-62). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198927761.003.0002

Finlay, S. (2024). Why Reasons Are Explanations. Philosophia (United States), 52(4), 1001-1014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-024-00767-9

Finlay, S. (2020). Reply to Worsnip, Dowell, and Koehn. Analysis, 80(1), 131-147. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anz087

Finlay, S., & Lennertz, B. (2020). What might but must not be. Analysis (United Kingdom), 80(4), 647-656. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaa022

Finlay, S. (2019). A “Good” Explanation of Five Puzzles about Reasons. Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Perspectives, 33(1), 62-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpe.12126

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