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In Which Areas of Philosophy Should We Expect Faster Progress?

November 17, 2023

On what we can call the answers model of philosophy, the primary aim of philosophy is to learn philosophical truths, and a primary form of…
philosophy

Organizing for Answers

October 11, 2022

Suppose the main aim of the enterprise of academic philosophy is to generate philosophical knowledge, and that said knowledge is mainly answers to big…
philosophy

Input Sought on New Questions for Upcoming PhilPapers Survey of Philosophers

October 16, 2019

A draft of the follow-up to the 2009 Philpapers survey of philosophical positions held by academic philosophers on various topics includes about 70 new questions.
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PhilPapers Planning to Conduct 2nd Survey of Philosophers in December

May 6, 2019

David Bourget (Western University) and David Chalmers (NYU), the creators of PhilPapers and related sites, are planning a sequel to their 2009 survey of the philosophical…
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Convergence as Progress in Philosophy

November 1, 2018

One type of evidence that some claim is relevant to determining whether there has been progress in philosophy is whether philosophers have converged on answers…
philosophy

Whether Philosophical Questions Can Be Answered

April 23, 2018

“How do you respond to those who wonder whether philosophy questions can ever be really answered once and for all and who therefore conclude…
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Syria and Misconceptions about Philosophy

April 13, 2018

In the wake of suspected recent chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians by their own government, The Atlantic reached out to a few philosophers to learn…
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How Philosophy Makes Progress (guest post by Daniel Stoljar)

November 7, 2017

Does philosophy make progress? Daniel Stoljar, professor of philosophy at Australia National University, thinks it does, and he defends that idea in his new…
philosophy

The Intellectual Achievement of Creating Questions

August 23, 2017

A commonly recognized form of intellectual achievement is the correct answering of questions. This kind of achievement is not a matter of mere quantity—one doesn’t get…
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Right Answers And What Makes For A Good Philosopher

April 18, 2016

Just going to put this on the table: Question: You work in the field of the philosophy of religion. Are you a religious person and…

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WiseGuy on A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows
of course.. they gave it to him and not me.
David Wallace on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
Let’s stipulate that Dropbox genuinely has no ties to AI companies. What about using Gmail or OneDrive? I don’t see how one could consistently (e.g.) abjure using Gemini…
David Wallace on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
That’s my (4): no objection in principle but it is probably sensible to draw a bright line.
Meme on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
Surreptitiously
Michael on A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows
Yes, memory is narrative storytelling using context triggered neurological networks. Freud speculated about memory traces, Friston called the Bayesian probability clouds.
Luca Barlassina on A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows
Amazing! Congrats!
Patrick Lin on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
I assume they'll be using the rigorous standard set by the US Supreme Court: "I'll know it when I see it."
Nicolas Delon on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
How do you get credit anonymously?
Meme on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
Still need someone to start it (I’m more of an “ideas guy who will take all the credit” myself).
Jukka on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
That's a laudable editorial practice. But AI & Society and a social contract between readers and journals: well, I turn to Jill; https://jilltxt.net/misaligned-citations-and-llm-generated-scientific-fraud/
Dee on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
And if evidence of bad behavior from Dropbox comes to light, I'll trust them less than I do at the moment. Many of us have used Dropbox for…
Kate on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
Just on point 2. I don't really think that editors are asking for reviewers to know what *you* think of it in a way that excludes what you…
Sander Verhaegh on Analytic Philosophy and McCarthyism: A New Look (guest post)
Thanks Conner, interesting suggestion! I guess the list of philosophers targeted by Red hunters is too short to draw any firm conclusions. But even this short list does…
Protrepticus on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
“What exactly do you mean by…?” There is a potential demarcation problem here. Before asking whether AI can ‘do philosophy’, we need some account of what counts as…
Conner Schultz on Analytic Philosophy and McCarthyism: A New Look (guest post)
Thanks, Sander—this was an interesting read, and I appreciate you bringing (much needed) archival data to bear on this debate. Some aspects of the McCarthyist thesis have long…