Tactics for increasing reason-responsivenessIf 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 12Aug 12
The Art of Lacking an Expressible ReasonYou know a lot of things; I do too. But what if we disagree?Jul 244Jul 244
Man vs Bear, decision theory edition (deprecated)This used to be an article that tried to pretend “man vs bear” was a serious statistical inference question, after admitting that of course…Jun 173Jun 173
Unpacking the Man BoxIn this article, I explore the “Man Box”: a little history, recent work on experimental validation of the ideas, and some thoughts about…Oct 7, 20233Oct 7, 20233
Science is Tricky for PhilosophersPhilosophers seem unreasonably bad at science. This article supports, to an extent, the claim that they are in fact frequently bad at…Sep 12, 202319Sep 12, 202319
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, 20236Apr 27, 20236
Beyond Critical TheoryIn 1937, the German philosopher Max Horkheimer, recently relocated from Germany to the United States, published an essay titled…Sep 27, 20226Sep 27, 20226
Solved: the meaning of life and the is-ought problemOne 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, 20227Aug 31, 20227
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, 2022May 31, 2022
All a-twitter about Twitter: a freely spoken 44-tweet essayTwitter has a free speech problem.May 2, 20226May 2, 20226