The Splintered Mind

[ new paper in draft ] The Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have others do unto you) isn't bad , exactly -- it can serve a val...

Today is the official U.S. release day of my newest book, The Weirdness of the World ! As a teaser, here's the introduction: ...

I'm preparing for an Eastern APA session on the "State of Philosophy" next Thursday, and I thought I'd share some data on...

You're a firefighter in the year 2050 or 2100. You can rescue either one human, who is definitely conscious, or two futuristic robots, ...

Each New Year's Day, I post a retrospect of the past year's writings. Here are the retrospects of 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 ,...

Among philosophers studying belief, normativism  is an increasingly popular position. According to normativism, beliefs are necessarily, as ...

I have a new essay in draft, " The Washout Argument Against Longtermism ". As always, thoughts, comments, and objections welcome,...

It's not absurd to think the universe might endure forever. by Eric Schwitzgebel and Jacob Barandes From The Weirdness of the Wo...

People occasionally  fall in love with AI systems . I expect that this will become increasingly common as AI grows more sophisticated and ne...

I favor a "superficialist" approach to belief (see here and here ). "Belief" is best conceptualized not in terms of dee...