2026-10-09T21:07:03Z https://nostr.now Kevin Zollman https://nostr.now/npub1x3aj8yrvmrfvzgjh7gnjrstm9kj9tcnxr327zmdxgn47t6ejl6rqpcukq3 https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bt4eno63kd5uttdozhexncs6&cid=bafkreifv4z6y6yeralbb6p5bcxspsla5py732j4tzh66qzxzxiou3u76l4 https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bt4eno63kd5uttdozhexncs6&cid=bafkreifv4z6y6yeralbb6p5bcxspsla5py732j4tzh66qzxzxiou3u76l4 https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstexel86qyqv7hkfjv5c6kqp209vqyhc90tcfaq9gtkd6cvzsr3cszyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvyg08c8 I have been advised not to use this license for academic works. This license allows someone to, for example, leave the title and author the same but change the content and then redistribute it.<br/><br/>Just a fact you might be interested in.<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ov6ksblbmitfo45xyfia4nk7/post/3mxhtbrdb7226">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ov6ksblbmitfo45xyfia4nk7/post/3mxhtbrdb7226</a> 2026-10-09T20:41:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv30uhaayggn4epm8mag4yuy2dvfc3klqc9aegtwkgpg3p5s2pr6gzyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvxymsdr Famous for such important philosophical advances as, <br/><br/>everyone has a right to property except the native americans for some reason<br/><br/>and <br/><br/>everyone has a right to control their own body except for slaves for some reason<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5qvxhgczkbojq2b3345a3qxo/post/3mu7jbyxzkg2q">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5qvxhgczkbojq2b3345a3qxo/post/3mu7jbyxzkg2q</a> 2026-08-29T12:19:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs272slsggdgkfkkj8gl4m6mk6um380aymhwlhd7sjkeylzhjzys5qzyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvct30ng Academia was so much better before Woke. Sure, David Hume was never able to secure an academic job because he might have been an atheist. But at least no one made him use the singular &#34;they&#34; 2026-08-13T13:27:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2tv8jtpsh0g7sd5rcc90275g6xt5ly4vhxq872tlmx9ed9dcylszyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvt2le4s New paper: Intuitive theories of truth <br/><br/>We connect philosophical theories of truth with cognitive science. We suggest new avenues for research around questions of how people judge statements as truth apt, what makes them true, and whether to assert something as true. <br/><br/>Check it out!<br/><br/>[Intuitive theories of truth](<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136466132600001X?dgcid=author">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136466132600001X?dgcid=author</a> ) 2026-02-26T01:16:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf53u3j9n2647mkpgch8h7z78gc0mtcnk2heqtf83qy6d6ucegv6szyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvww2tud Here&#39;s my thoughts about the fake citation thing. <br/><br/>First, it&#39;s not really that new. I&#39;ve seen citations in papers and not been able to track them down before. What&#39;s more, there are tons and tons of citations to real papers which claim they say things that they definitely don&#39;t say. 2025-12-20T20:51:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8mefx5uq0ngv7c06t3r33ar8f3n40654y6et42w7dkjx0lelnmhqzyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgv9jqppz All good possible worlds are alike; each bad possible world is bad in its own way<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tvcyggw2gbv2xmqaqfahnwoy/post/3m75xepvpv22t">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tvcyggw2gbv2xmqaqfahnwoy/post/3m75xepvpv22t</a><br/>nostr:note1u6kdg4qc9ha2evfmcktsqzee0qz6c3u7ltj88ckffpgc4pk55dts6s49wc<br/> 2025-12-04T12:35:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv77u5ahvuz0hzxtw7syuv4wrk4dg9kw3tt0meqkl0scg6dmhc2pgzyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvwtzmau Happy to report that this paper is now out (Open Access!)<br/><br/>[onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....](<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/phpr.70060">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/phpr.70060</a> )<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bt4eno63kd5uttdozhexncs6/post/3lcksu6xgcc2l">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bt4eno63kd5uttdozhexncs6/post/3lcksu6xgcc2l</a><br/><br/>[onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11...](<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/phpr.70060">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/phpr.70060</a> )<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1sjy3z933q4265rsgnzjku8g2vxx56e0qgtgnf2dg879f60te46equjndnl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1sjy…ndnl</a></span><br/> </div> New Preprint from Kevin Dorst and me! <br/><br/>"Reflection, Introspection, and Book" is about arguments regarding probabilistic coherence and two other principles: reflection (your probabilities today are coherent with your probabilities tomorrow) and introspection (that you know your own beliefs).<br/><br/>[ Reflection, Introspection, an...](<a href="https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24352/">https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24352/</a> ) </blockquote> 2025-11-17T20:56:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0s0w8sxhlch2g4dugx7v6gagrtvjg2a82sw6qm56r558qc924g3czyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvfqd33j I did the thing you are never supposed to do. I wrote a (rough draft of a) textbook: Theories of Rational Decision <br/><br/>It&#39;s technical, but from a philosophical perspective. It focuses on the normative theory but touches on some behavioral issues as well.<br/><br/>[raw.githubusercontent.com/kzollman/Rat...](<a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kzollman/RationalDecision/main/TheoriesOfRationalDecisions.pdf">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kzollman/RationalDecision/main/TheoriesOfRationalDecisions.pdf</a> )<br/><br/>[raw.githubusercontent.com/kzollman/Ratio...](<a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kzollman/RationalDecision/main/TheoriesOfRationalDecisions.pdf">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kzollman/RationalDecision/main/TheoriesOfRationalDecisions.pdf</a> ) 2025-07-17T12:52:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxhwntchyvx0nrqn2cyg0ecwxg4dyepmjw3953099kpyxwsudg3qczyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvajesue People often complain that philosophy doesn&#39;t generate knowledge like the sciences. Sometimes you even here this from philosophers! They point to the interminable debates in philosophy (like utilitarianism vs deontology) as evidence for this claim.<br/><br/>This is wrong, however. 2025-06-20T06:43:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2058dprwslrpv7yzm7vqfqs8cudl38nmg8x8m8csuu5qsqlkxu6czyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvhq9ffa There&#39;s so much polarization around LLMs. They are way overhyped, I agree. But I also use them semi-regularly now.<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a thread of genuine use cases where I find them helpful. Please add your own! 2025-05-20T19:51:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv2prk7f8ykj7cvs9xfuk9c64c6lk8whcp9mvk8mygd5fkj9h9svqzyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvzmnxnw As I understand it, Easter marks the day that a holy rabbit laid an egg in the mouth of the body of Jesus, and he was thereby resurrected. Upon exiting the cave, to celebrate this miracle, he hid candy all over the land and made people look for it 2025-04-20T11:50:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgfzg3zccs24d2pcyf3ftwr59xrr2dvhsy95f54x5rlz5a84u6avszyq68kgusdnvd9sfz2lezwgwp0vk6g40zvcw9tctd5ezwhe0txtlgvuzk4gj New Preprint from Kevin Dorst and me! <br/><br/>&#34;Reflection, Introspection, and Book&#34; is about arguments regarding probabilistic coherence and two other principles: reflection (your probabilities today are coherent with your probabilities tomorrow) and introspection (that you know your own beliefs).<br/><br/>[ Reflection, Introspection, an...](<a href="https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24352/">https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24352/</a> ) 2024-12-05T13:52:08Z