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I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that
For what it’s worth, I agree. I have, with some trepidation, given it a bunch of my papers and asked…
Looking at some of the AI-amplified cranks on philpeople, it is hard to agree with the assessment of this article.…
Perhaps a useful distinction here is between replacing philosophers and changing the conditions under which philosophical work gets done. LLMs…
Conditional on the hypothesis that journal editors sometimes desk reject high-quality papers written and commended by world experts on a…
Some users seem to have conflicting impressions about the (absolute level of) abilities of current iterations of the LLMs. But…
One thing I appreciate about Greco’s piece is the very helpful distinction between instrumental and intrinsic value, which he lays…
MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 24, 2019–UPDATED
Best-known for his work on Wittgenstein, Professor McGuinness taught for many years at Oxford University and then later at the University of Siena in Italy. I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.
UPDATE: An obituary from The Telegraph and another from the Austrian Wittgenstein Society. (Thanks to Josef Mitterer for the pointers.)
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