Every New Year's Day, I post a retrospect of the past year's writings. Here are the retrospects of 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
The biggest project was my new book The Weirdness of the World (under contract with Princeton University Press). Although most of the chapters are based on previously published essays, much of my writing energy for the year was expended in updating and revising those essays, integrating them into a book, and writing new material for the book. The biggest negative impact was on my fiction and public philosophy. In 2022, I hope to be able to write more in both genres.
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Books
Appearing in print:
- Philosophy Through Science Fiction Stories, (with Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt), Bloomsbury.This is an edited collection of mostly new stories by a mix of philosophers and professional science fiction writers.
- * Washington Post pick for Best science fiction, fantasy and horror of 2021
- The Weirdness of the World (under contract with Princeton University Press). Check out the draft.
- I'd really appreciate and value comments! Anyone who gives me comments on the entirety will receive a free signed copy from me when it appears in print, plus my undying gratitude and a toenail clipping from my firstborn grandchild.
- As co-editor with Helen De Cruz and Rich Horton, a yet-to-be-titled anthology with MIT Press containing great classics of philosophical SF.
Full-length non-fiction essays
Appearing in print:
- "The pragmatic metaphysics of belief", in C. Borgoni, D. Kindermann, and A. Onofri, eds., The Fragmented Mind. Oxford University Press.
- "Empirical relationships among five types of well-being" (second author, with Seth Margolis, Daniel J. Ozer, and Sonja Lyubomirsky). In M.T. Lee, L.D. Kubzansky, and T.J. VanderWeele, eds., Measuring well-being. Oxford University Press.
- "Designing AI with rights, consciousness, self-respect, and freedom" (first author, with Mara Garza), in S.M. Liao, ed., The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Oxford University Press [dated 2020].
- "Is there something it's like to be a garden snail?", Philosophical Topics, 48, 39-63 [dated 2020].
- "Susan Schneider's proposed tests for AI consciousness: Promising but flawed" (second author, with David B. Udell), Journal of Consciousness Studies, 28 (5-6), 121-144
- "The diversity of philosophy students and faculty in the United States" (first author, with Liam Kofi Bright, Carolyn Dicey Jennings, Morgan Thompson, and Eric Winsberg), The Philosophers' Magazine #244 (May 30).
- "Students eat less meat after studying meat ethics" (first author, with Bradford Cokelet and Peter Singer). Review of Philosophy and Psychology; online-first verison here.
- "Measuring eudaimonic and non-eudaimonic goods in the pursuit of the good life: The Riverside Eudaimonia Scale and the Rich & Sexy Well-Being Scale" (second author, with Seth Margolis, Daniel J. Ozer, Ramona Martinez, and Sonja Lyubomirsky). International Journal of Well-Being.
- "Uncle Iroh, from fool to sage -- or sage all along?" (with David Schwitzgebel).
- "Inflate and explode". (I'm trying to decide whether to trunk this one or continue revising it.)
- "Does the heart revolt at evil? The case of racial atrocities", Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture (forthcoming).
- Review of Combining Minds: How to Think about Composite Subjectivity, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (Feb. 2).
- Editorial material from Philosophy Through Science Fiction Stories:
- * "Introductory dispute concerning science fiction, philosophy, and the nutritional content of maraschino cherries" (with Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt)
- * "Expanding the human"
- * "Concluding ventilation" (with Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt)
- No new published stories this year. [sad emoji] I drafted and trunked a couple. Back in the saddle in 2022!
- "Two robot-generated Splintered Mind posts" (Nov 22)
- The dream argument against utilitarianism and hedonic theories of subjective well-being (Dec 14)
- Check out the extensive public Facebook discussion of this post, including objections from some leading advocates of hedonic theories
- "Passion of the Sun Probe", reprinted in Reductio: Adventures in Ideas, M11.
- "Fish Dance", reprinted in Ralph M. Ambrose, Vital: The Future of Health Care (Inlandia Books).
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