Sitemap - 2017 - The Splintered Mind

Some Universities Have About 20% Women Philosophy Majors and others About 40%, in Patterns Unlikely to Be Chance

Philosophy Undergraduate Majors Aren't Very Black, but Neither Are They As White As You Might Have Thought

Sharp Declines in Philosophy, History, and Language Majors Since 2010

Dreidel: A seemingly foolish game that contains the moral world in miniature

Women Have Been Earning 30-34% of Philosophy BAs in the U.S. Since Approximately Forever*

Aiming for Moral Mediocrity

Yay Boo Strange Hope

A Moral Dunning-Kruger Effect?

Is It Perfectly Fine to Aim to be Morally Average?

Two Roles for Belief Attribution

Rationally Speaking: Weird Ideas and Opaque Minds

In 25 Years, Your Employer Will Directly Control Your Moods

Practical and Impractical Advice for Philosophers Writing Fiction

Should You Referee the Same Paper Twice, for Different Journals?

New Essay in Draft: Kant Meets Cyberpunk

Truth, Dare, and Wonder

Do Philosophy Professors Tend to Come from Socially Elite Backgrounds?

How to Build an Immaterial Computer

New Paper in Draft: The Insularity of Anglophone Philosophy: Quantitative Analyses

What would it take for humanity to survive? (And does it matter if we do?) (guest post by Henry Shevlin)

Writing for the 10%

The Gamer's Dilemma (guest post by Henry Shevlin)

How Often Do European Language Journals Cite English-Language vs Same-Language Work?

How Often Do Chinese Philosophy Journals Cite English-Language Work?

Am I a Type or a Token? (guest post by Henry Shevlin)

What Would (or Should) You Do With Administrator Access to Your Mind (guest post by Henry Shevlin)

The Ethical Significance of Toddler Tantrums (guest post by Henry Shevlin)

Welcome to the Blogosphere, Nomy Arpaly

Why Was Sci-Fi So Slow to Discover Time Travel? (Guest Post by Henry Shevlin)

How Everyone Might Reasonably Believe They Are Much Better Than Average

New Journal! The Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy

Why I Evince No Worry about Super-Spartans

THE TURING MACHINES OF BABEL

What's the Likelihood That Your Mind Is Constituted by a Rabbit Reading and Writing on Long Strips of Turing Tape?

Icelandic Thoughts

The Dauphin's Metaphysics, read by Tatiana Grey at Podcastle

On Not Distinguishing Too Finely Among One's Motivations

Academic Pyramids, Academic Tubes

The Social-Role Defense of Robot Rights

Lynching, the Milgram Experiments, and the Question of Whether "Human Nature Is Good"

Pre-Excuse

Hint, Confirm, Remind

The Sucky and the Awesome

On Trump's Restraint and Good Judgment (I Hope)

Is My Usage of "Crazy" Ableist?

My Next Book...

The Happy Coincidence Defense and The-Most-I-Can-Do Sweet Spot

Common Sense, Science Fiction, and Weird, Uncharitable History of Philosophy

We Who Write Blogs Recommend... Blogs!

Does It Matter If the Passover Story Is Literally True?

Only 4% of Editorial Board Members of Top-Ranked Anglophone Philosophy Journals Are from Non-Anglophone Countries

On Being Accused of Ableism

What Kinds of Universities Lack Philosophy Departments? Some Data

My Defense of Anger and Empathy: Flanagan's, Bloom's, and Others' Responses

Empathy, Anger, and the Richness of Life

Why Wide Reflective Equilibrium in Ethics Might Fail

Call for Papers: Introspection Sucks!

Belief Is Not a Norm of Assertion (but Knowledge Might Be)

Human Nature Is Good: A Sketch of the Argument

Should Ethics Professors Be Held to Higher Ethical Standards in Their Personal Behavior?

The Unskilled Zhuangzi: Big and Useless and Not So Good at Catching Rats

David Livingstone Smith: The Politics of Salvation: Ideology, Propaganda, and Race in Trump's America

What Happens to Democracy When the Experts Can't Be Both Factual and Balanced?

Fiction Writing Workshop for Philosophers in Oxford, June 1-2

The Philosopher's Rationalization-O-Meter

Reminder: Philosophical Short Fiction Contest Deadline Feb 1

AI Consciousness: A Reply to Schwitzgebel

Cheers to a Philosopher and Fighter

Against Charity in the History of Philosophy

Writings of 2016, and Why I Love Philosophy