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Politics and Justice: Aristotle, Rawls, and the Case for Realism in Political Theory

open access: yesPhilosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aristotle's analysis of stasis in Book V of the Politics offers a striking example of “distinctively political thought,” as advocated by Bernard Williams's political realism, and in contrast to the moralist approach exemplified by John Rawls. Aristotle identifies disputes over justice, driven by partial and conflicting conceptions of equality,
Paul Sagar
wiley   +1 more source

The Spread of Ideas in a Network-The Garbage-Can Model. [PDF]

open access: yesEntropy (Basel), 2021
Żuchowska-Skiba D   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Contingent Grounding Physicalism

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is widely held that physicalism is incompatible with the metaphysical possibility of zombies, i.e., beings physically just like us yet lacking in phenomenal consciousness. The present paper argues that this orthodoxy is mistaken. As against the received wisdom, physicalism is perfectly compatible with the possibility of zombies and zombie ...
Alex Moran
wiley   +1 more source

Against Proxy Optimization

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I discuss conditions under which maximizing a proxy utility function is harmful and suggest this poses problems for applying decision theory.
Sven Neth
wiley   +1 more source

Imposing Mind Onto World

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We impose our minds onto the world. We create artifacts that reflect our intentions to make them. We make social constructions that mirror our collective agreements. We impress value by our valuing. Discomfort with this power to mold the world in our image has led many to reject such mirroring of mind by world, but this would do away with much
Christopher Frugé
wiley   +1 more source

Dreams and Paintings: Descartes, Dream Skepticism, and the Constitution of Mental States

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contemporary epistemologists typically read Descartes’ dream argument as an argument for external world skepticism. This paper argues that Descartes’ own development of the issues suggests otherwise and enquires into the reasons for this divergence.
Mario Schärli
wiley   +1 more source

Attunement and Reason

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this essay, I present a theory of attunement, the agent's readiness to attend to a target. I focus on attunement to reasons for action, and in particular, on sensitivity to moral reasons. After noting that many claims regarding moral perception are better construed as claims regarding moral attention, I separate perceptual from attentional ...
Wayne Wu
wiley   +1 more source

A high-level overview of AI ethics. [PDF]

open access: yesPatterns (N Y), 2021
Kazim E, Koshiyama AS.
europepmc   +1 more source

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