Thursday, September 28, 2023

Elisabeth of Bohemia 1, Descartes 0

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I'm loving reading the 1643 correspondence between Elisabeth of Bohemia and Descartes! I'm embarrassed to confess that I hadn'...
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Friday, September 22, 2023

Percentage of Women Philosophy Majors Has Risen Sharply Since 2016 -- Why? Or: The 2017 Knuckle

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Back in 2017, I noticed that the percentage of women philosophy majors in the U.S. had been 30%-34% for "approximately forever". ...
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Friday, September 15, 2023

Walking the Walk: Frankness and Social Proof

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My last two posts have concerned the extent to which ethicists should "walk the walk" -- that is, live according to, or at least...
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Friday, September 08, 2023

One Reason to Walk the Walk: To Give Specific Content to Your Assertions

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Last week, I discussed some reasons we might not expect or want professional ethicists to "walk the walk" in the sense of living b...
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Friday, September 01, 2023

Does It Matter If Ethicists Walk the Walk?

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The Question: What's Wrong with Scheler? There's a story about Max Scheler , the famous early 20th century Catholic German ethic...
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Friday, August 25, 2023

Beliefs Don't Need to Be Causes (if Dispositions Aren't)

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I favor a " dispositional " approach to belief , according to which to believe something is nothing more or less than to have a c...
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Thursday, August 17, 2023

AI Systems Must Not Confuse Users about Their Sentience or Moral Status

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[a 2900-word opinion piece that  appeared last week in Patterns ] AI systems should not be morally confusing .  The ethically correct wa...
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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Top Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines 2023

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Since 2014, I've compiled an annual ranking of science fiction and fantasy magazines, based on prominent awards nominations and "be...
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