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Tactics for increasing reason-responsiveness

If you are reason-responsive, it means that, as it says, you respond to reasons by considering them and, if the reasons are good enough…

Aug 1

Aug 1

The Art of Lacking an Expressible Reason

You know a lot of things; I do too. But what if we disagree?

Jul 24

The Art of Lacking an Expressible Reason

Jul 24

Man vs Bear, decision theory edition

There’s a very trendy social media phenomenon of asking women whether they would rather meet a man or a bear in the wilderness.

Jun 17

Man vs Bear, decision theory edition

Jun 17

Unpacking the Man Box

In this article, I explore the “Man Box”: a little history, recent work on experimental validation of the ideas, and some thoughts about…

Oct 7, 2023

Unpacking the Man Box

Oct 7, 2023

Science is Tricky for Philosophers

Philosophers seem unreasonably bad at science. This article supports, to an extent, the claim that they are in fact frequently bad at…

Sep 12, 2023

Science is Tricky for Philosophers

Sep 12, 2023

Everything should be made simple as possible, but not simpler.

A brief note on the deceptive complexity of human societies and the consequences for productive dialog.

Apr 27, 2023

Everything should be made simple as possible, but not simpler.

Apr 27, 2023

Beyond Critical Race Theory

In 1937, the German philosopher Max Horkheimer, recently relocated from Germany to the United States, published an essay titled…

Sep 27, 2022

Beyond Critical Race Theory

Sep 27, 2022

Solved: the meaning of life and the is-ought problem

One of the most vexing problems of armchair philosophy — the kind you and I might do while putting off doing the dishes (assuming you and…

Aug 31, 2022

Aug 31, 2022

Do you have a citation for that?

And how do you know if you take this approach whether you're not instead contributing to a post-truth culture? It's exceedingly difficult…

May 31, 2022

May 31, 2022

All a-twitter about Twitter: a freely spoken 44-tweet essay

Twitter has a free speech problem.

May 2, 2022

May 2, 2022

Rex Kerr

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One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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