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We’re taking our second vacation. This time we’re headed to Florida. I should have decent access to the internet, so I may get a chance to post a little philosophy while lounging next to the Gulf of Mexico. (Posted from my android phone)
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A few days ago, I mentioned that I really like the philosophy journal wiki, but it would be nice to have more automated system that presents the data in an easier to digest format. I have since been experimenting with various ways to do this, and I think I’ve settled on a method. The following [...]
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I may have found a slightly better way to run journal surveys. It’s inspired by the discussions of the journal wiki here and here. I found a spreadsheet plugin for Wordpress that may resolve some of the issues discussed in those posts, but I want to post a spreadsheet in this post and see what [...]
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UPDATE: I think I’ve found the method I’m going to go with. I’ve got a sample survey with corresponding data table here. I’d appreciate any feedback. I really like the philosophy journal wiki, but it would be nice to have more automated system that presents the data in an easier to digest format. I’ve been [...]
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It’s the end of June. Here are the top 10 submissions for the month over at Sympoze. If you’re a philosopher and you don’t have a Sympoze account, email me and I’ll set you up. You’re missing out on all the fun!
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I’ve said it a couple of times before, and I’ll say it again - Twitter makes it suprisingly easy to keep up with what’s going on in philosophy. It’s my favorite thing about Twitter. One neat thing we’re seeing now is philosophers twittering about what’s going on at a conference they’re attending…live. You don’t get [...]
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We’re driving to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota - all the way to the end of the Gunflint Trail. I doubt I’ll be doing much blogging while I’m there. Even if I wanted to, I’ll have limited internet access and no phone reception. So, I’ll basically be totally unplugged for about 7 days. We are [...]
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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 [...]
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Here’s an argument that the semantic content of some term is directly referential. It’s designed to mirror the regress argument for foundationalism in epistemology.
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I’ll be on the road a lot this summer, so I’m testing out different blogging options from my G1. I’ll be posting something that actually does some philosophy soon.
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