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Overcoming the Naturalistic Fallacy
On the open-question argument, goodness, the objectivity of moral truths, and the science of morality.
Aug 7 • 
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Review of Tyler Cowen’s Stubborn Attachments
On prosperity, moral pluralism, longtermism, self-defeating modernity, and the foundations of ethical concern.
Jan 11 • 
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Free Will
On inevitability, possible worlds, propositions and their truth values, identity, causality, and responsibility.
Oct 8, 2024 • 
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A Response to Noam Chomsky on Machine Learning and Knowledge
On machine learning, the nature of knowledge and intelligence, associations, predictions, and explanations.
Dec 1, 2023 • 
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