Category Archives: ethics

Wide Scope Philosopy Podcast – Episode 4

January 8, 2010 by Andy

Listen [podcast]http://www.sympoze.com/podcast/episode4.mp3[/podcast] Articles Discussed… Continue Reading

epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, podcast 4 Comments

Joshua Spencer – A New Counterexample to Principles of Alternative Possibilities (Young Philosophers Research Talk)

December 17, 2009 by Andy

I just posted Joshua Spencer’s research talk titled “A New Counterexample to Principles of Alternative Possibilities.” Check it out. Aside: This is by far the fastest, I’ve been able to get these talks up (thanks Flip HD).… Continue Reading

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Wide Scope Philosophy Podcast – Episode 1

December 7, 2009 by Andy

Listen [podcast]http://www.sympoze.com/podcast/Episode1.mp3[/podcast]… Continue Reading

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Ethics Bowl 2009 Regional Cases

September 20, 2009 by Andy

I coach an ethics bowl team. The Northeast Regional Cases are up, but people have been having problems with the site. I’m posting a link to the cases this year so that other people in the Northeast have another website to grab a copy of the cases. I also want a place for my own… Continue Reading

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Philosophy on the Today Show

September 18, 2009 by Andy

Sarah called me yesterday and said, “There’s some philosopher on the Today Show, and Meredith is asking him about whether or not philosophy is relevant to people today. They’re also talking about all those trolley cases that you love to talk about.” I couldn’t find the video yesterday. But I found it today. Here it… Continue Reading

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3QD Philosophy Prize 2009 Finalist

September 11, 2009 by Andy

I woke up this morning to discover that I’m a 3 Quarks Daily Philosophy Prize 2009 Finalist. The contest started out with about 60 nominees, and now it’s down to 9 finalists. The finalists will be judged by Daniel Dennett. He’ll pick three winners and write up little comments about each of his choices. Thanks… Continue Reading

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Facebook Used to Catch Exam Cheating

August 31, 2009 by Andy

This story showed up on Tech Crunch about a week ago. I’m just now getting around to reading it. It’s about two Belgian college students who were caught cheating on exams. It looks like there was already some evidence against them, but it was their Facebook conversations (presumably public wall postings) that finally convinced the… Continue Reading

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Helen Frowe – Saving the Greatest Number (Young Philosophers Intro Talk)

August 7, 2009 by Andy

I just posted Helen’s introductory level talk “Saving the Greatest Number” over at the Young Philosophers site.… Continue Reading

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The Concept of Intentional Action

June 12, 2009 by Andy

Joshua Knobe has run a series of experiments that suggest that our intuitions about whether or not an action was intentional may be influenced by whether or not the effects of the action were harmful/bad. Here’s a brief summary of one of those studies. In a case where an exec sought to max company profits… Continue Reading

ethics, metaphysics, philosophy, Uncategorized 3 Comments

Modal Realism and Drowning Children

May 6, 2009 by Andy

UPDATE: I think Mike Almeida is right. The response I lay out won’t work. Suppose you have the option of saving a drowning child. Further suppose that Lewisian Modal Realism is true. Here are your options. SAVE THE CHILD You save the child. However, consider what is true about the pluriverse if you save the… Continue Reading

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