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methodology

Argument Isn’t Everything: On Creativity in Philosophy

December 10, 2025

“I don’t believe that arguing is usually the way we come up with good ideas. Argument might be an effective way of deciding which…
Philosophy Websites

New Philosopher-Run Blog on Imagination

April 4, 2017

The Junkyard is a new blog dedicated to study of the imagination. Its creator and editor is Amy Kind, professor of philosophy at Claremont…
philosophy, Teaching

Philosophical Education and Constructive Imagination

August 11, 2015

As we’ve discussed before, most of our students are not heading off to become philosophers. Increasingly, students already have jobs and are saddled with time-consuming…

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Milan on An Open Letter from Academics about AI Risk / Life Without the Internet & the Case for Non-Network Redundancy
This seems to carry risks of political repression. Various countries have recently restricted internet access to suppress political protest/unrest. One reason these attempts had limited to success is…
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…

Tag: imagination

Argument Isn’t Everything: On Creativity in Philosophy

New Philosopher-Run Blog on Imagination

Philosophical Education and Constructive Imagination