The Splintered Mind

reflections in philosophy of psychology, broadly construed

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Imagining Yourself in Another's Shoes vs. Extending Your Concern: Empirical and Ethical Differences

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[ 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...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The Weirdness of the World: Release Day and Introduction

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Today is the official U.S. release day of my newest book, The Weirdness of the World ! As a teaser, here's the introduction: ...
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Friday, January 12, 2024

Demographic Trends in the U.S. Philosophy Major, 2001-2022 -- Including Total Majors, Second Majors, Gender, and Race

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I'm preparing for an Eastern APA session on the "State of Philosophy" next Thursday, and I thought I'd share some data on...
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Friday, January 05, 2024

Credence-Weighted Robot Rights?

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You're a firefighter in the year 2050 or 2100. You can rescue either one human, who is definitely conscious, or two futuristic robots, ...
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Monday, January 01, 2024

Writings of 2023

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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 ,...
Friday, December 29, 2023

Normativism about Swimming Holes, Anger, and Beliefs

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Among philosophers studying belief, normativism  is an increasingly popular position. According to normativism, beliefs are necessarily, as ...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Washout Argument Against Longtermism

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I have a new essay in draft, " The Washout Argument Against Longtermism ". As always, thoughts, comments, and objections welcome,...
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Saturday, December 16, 2023

Could the Universe Be Infinite?

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It's not absurd to think the universe might endure forever. by Eric Schwitzgebel and Jacob Barandes From The Weirdness of the Wo...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2023

Falling in Love with Machines

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People occasionally  fall in love with AI systems . I expect that this will become increasingly common as AI grows more sophisticated and ne...
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Thursday, November 30, 2023

How We Will Decide that Large Language Models Have Beliefs

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