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Rousseau: the first post-modernist?
Note: this is part 3 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) Thus far, we have surveyed Rousseau’s “Dedication to the Republic of Geneva” as well as the preface to his Discourse on Inequality, so … Continue reading
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Tagged History, jean-jacques-rousseau, Philosophy, political-philosophy
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Three questions for Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Note: this is part 1 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) Rousseau’s Discourse begins with a “Dedication to the Republic of Geneva” signed by none other than “J. J. Rousseau” himself and dated 12 … Continue reading
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Tagged enlightenment, History, Philosophy, political-philosophy, rousseau
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Review of Adam Smith’s 1756 letter-essay
Although Adam Smith’s 1756 “Letter to the Authors of the Edinburgh Review” consists of only 17 paragraphs, this survey essay makes for remarkable reading for two reasons. First off, it is one of Smith’s first publications — appearing in print … Continue reading
Another Adam Smith Problem:
Alternate title: “The $64 Question: Part 2” (FYI: here is part 1) Note: Thus far, I have reviewed the first four chapters of Paul Sagar’s Adam Smith Reconsidered; today, I will conclude my review with Chapter 5 (“The Conspiracy of … Continue reading
Of lotteries and prefaces: two probability puzzles
I concluded my previous post with a reference to two important probability puzzles: one is called the lottery paradox; the other, the paradox of the preface. What are these logical problems? Why are they important? And can they be solved? … Continue reading
Micro review of Franz Huber’s survey of subjective probability
By way of background, I should disclose off the bat that I am a huge fan of the subjective approach to probability pioneered by Bruno de Finetti and Frank Ramsey, especially the idea that a person’s “priors” about the world … Continue reading
If philosophy is a game …
… who are the umpires? Created by Landon Schurtz.
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Tagged Logical Fallacies, Philosophy
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Turing test bet
Alan Turing’s simple machine intelligence test has been in the news lately. It is worth noting that there are many possible versions of Turing’s test. One version of the test, for example, is currently the subject of a $20,000 bet between Ray Kurzweil … Continue reading
What would Wittgenstein say?
Philosopher Colin McGinn may not be the most popular professor in the academy these days, but his recent thoughts on “The Science of Philosophy” (which might just qualify as one of the shortest academic papers ever) have left me pondering … Continue reading
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Moral risk
John Danaher, a lecturer at Keele University, has a great blog called Philosophical Disquisitions. He recently wrote a very helpful review of a thought-provoking paper titled “Abortion and Moral Risk” by Dan Moller, a philosophy professor at the University of Maryland. Moller’s fascinating paper and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, Dan Moller, John Danaher, Moral Error, Moral Risk, Philosophy
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prior probability 