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People should understand what precipitated my remarks here at Leiter Reports. Also, a few replies and comments on the conversation:…
As far as I am concerned, I am open to being convinced that AI is good for the profession. However,…
Kaufman seems to imply that proponents of the “important truths” view must maintain that the truths AI might help us…
Wallace’s distinction between the value of the philosophical process and the value of its product suggests a further complication, one…
It seems to me—no philosopher that I am—that, having reread Prof. Kaufman’s essay above, one might reasonably ask what, if…
I’m not sure whether an interactive, online logic textbook counts as an open-access philosophy book, but for those who might…
For a slightly more positive assessment, JS Mill: “The real advantage which truth has, consists in this, that when an…
$4.5 million worth! Project leaders are Cornell's Andrew Chignell and Notre Dame's Samuel Newlands.
UPDATE: Prof. Chignell writes: "The question mark cracked me up… It’s Kantian hope (me) and Leibnizean optimism (Sam) of course! We can’t let the politicians and pop-business writers co-opt these concepts altogether… That said, the grant will also sponsor substantial work on pessimism, despair, and other ‘related traits.’"
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