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Joe

Oct 22
1 min

On the puzzle of the self-torturer

The crux of the puzzle of the self-torturer is how one takes reasonable advantage of collecting $10,000 without ending up the worse for...

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Joe

Aug 23
11 min

Sceptical Vertigo

Here is a paper I wrote fifteen years ago and never did anything with it other than present it at the American Philosophical Association...

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Equitable distribution in Rawls' <em>Law of Peoples</em>

Joe

Aug 8
7 min

Equitable distribution in Rawls' <em>Law of Peoples</em>

Does Rawls endorse a duty of assistance when it comes to liberal societies?

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Joe

Jul 19
6 min

Economic class and well-being in Rawls

Does a conception of well-being matter for Rawls' Difference Principle?

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Joe

Jun 14
5 min

Where should I look for the truth?

If you want to resolve disagreements, then think about how you and your interlocutor understand truth.

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Joe

Jun 1
13 min

Multi-modal practical reasoning

What should you do if the choice between two options would have equally good and equally bad outcomes?

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Joe

May 30
11 min

Wittgenstein on incontinence

What are Wittgenstein's views on akrasia?

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Joe

May 17
4 min

Distinguishing zombies from non-zombies

Is there a way of distinguishing zombies from non-zombies?

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Joe

May 2
3 min

Distinguishing between one's own actions

The coarse- and fine-grained accounts of act individuation suffer from a problem of vagueness and this post attempts to set out how.

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Joe

Apr 19
2 min

Never ever read a review of your book

Some book reviewers shouldn't write criticisms of good books. Here's an instance of that phenomenon.

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How to choose between two equally desirable things?

Joe

Apr 5
12 min

How to choose between two equally desirable things?

If we desire x and there are two xs, then how do we rationally choose between them? The only reasonable action is to not have either of them

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Does belief in free will affect behaviour?

Joe

Mar 8
2 min

Does belief in free will affect behaviour?

A study by Voos and Schooler shows that belief in determinism increases cheating. An alternative explanation is possible.

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Joe

Mar 1
5 min

On refereeing, redux

Refereeing for professional academic journals is a mess. Here are some arguments that fail to be considered important in the debate.

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Joe

Feb 23
3 min

Is university study a waste of time?

There's a lot of discussion about the usefulness of university study. Here I argue that removing it as a metric would be a mistake.

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Joe

Feb 14
2 min

Muybridge, hi-speed photography, and the problem of act individuation

Eadweard Muybridge's hi-speed photography gave us insight about gait analysis and the problem of act individuation.

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Is there an identity of intuitions had by philosophers and non-philosophers?

Joe

Feb 2
3 min

Is there an identity of intuitions had by philosophers and non-philosophers?

Are the intuitions of philosophers identical to the intuitions of non-philosophers? This post considers a few possible positions.

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Mele's agnosticism toward act individuation

Joe

Jan 25
2 min

Mele's agnosticism toward act individuation

Al Mele's work on intentional action has not considered act individuation an important issue. Here, I summarise his position.

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Joe

Jan 9
11 min

Kant on the problem of relevant descriptions and the problem of act individuation

Taking a stab at a Kantian analysis of the problem of relevant descriptions and how it links up with the problem of act individuation.

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Joe

Dec 31, 2021
2 min

The problem of relevant descriptions

Which description of action should be used to test whether a maxim ought to be acted upon?

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Joe

Nov 30, 2021
2 min

Truth as an epistemic goal of science

Is truth the epistemic goal of science?

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Joe

Nov 29, 2021
4 min

Sceptical vertigo, reprise

Consider a sceptical argument and an anti-sceptical argument. Are they contradictory conclusions? I argue that they are not.

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Joe

Nov 16, 2021
2 min

Is philosophy therapeutic?

Wittgenstein's lesson from the PI is that philosophy is therapy. I ask: which one?

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Joe

Nov 2, 2021
3 min

The logic-linguistic approach to verisimilitude

There are flaws of the logic-linguistic approach to verisimilitude but none more so than how it is supposed to account for normative evals.

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Joe

Oct 19, 2021
3 min

Journal entry from 2005 on folk theories of truth

Some thoughts on the nature of truth and experimental philosophy.

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